Marla Adams, best known for playing Abbott family matriarch Dina Abbott Mergeron for 37 years on The Young and the Restless, has reportedly died. She was 85 years old.
The Emmy Award-winning soap opera actress died Thursday in Los Angeles, reports said. hollywood reporter.
“Our deepest condolences go out to Marla Adams’ family,” the show’s official X account (formerly Twitter) wrote on Friday. “Both Mara and Dina left an indelible mark on Y&R, and we are so grateful and in awe of Mara’s incredible performance as Dina Abbott Mergeron.”
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Representatives for “The Young and the Restless” did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Born in Ocean City, New Jersey in 1938, Adams made his Broadway debut in 1958’s “The Visit” and appeared in the 1961 film “Splendor in the He co-starred with Natalie Wood in “Glass”.
Marla Adams passed away on April 25th in Los Angeles. (Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection)
Adams officially debuted on daytime television in 1968 as Bel Clemens on CBS’ The Secret Storm, and a few years later in 1982 with The Young and the She played the role of Dina Abbott Mergeron in “Stress”.
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“I was a daytime villain,” she said. Ocean City Daily News Source 2016. “You gave a good performance—-.”
Adams played her “Young and the Restless” character on and off for nearly 40 years. After the three-year contract expired in 1985, the actress returned to Genoa City in 1991, 1996, 2008, and from 2017 to 2020. At the end of the episode, her character lives with Alzheimer’s disease, and in the October 2020 episode, she dies.
“Of all the characters I’ve played, from ‘The Secret Storm’ to Broadway, this was the most amazing, amazing role I’ve ever had the privilege of playing,” she said in 2020. He spoke in a eulogy for his character.
“This little girl from Ocean City, I’ve lived the most amazing life,” she said. 2016 interview.
