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The first episode revolved around teenager Julie Olson (first played by Charla Doherty ; since 1968 the role has been played by Susan Seaforth Hayes) stealing a mink stole from Bartlett's Department Store. She lied about her last name, telling the store detective that her name was Julie Horton. As a result, her grandfather, Dr. Tom Horton ( Macdonald Carey) and his son (Julie's uncle) Mickey (then John Clarke) were called down to the police station to resolve the matter. At home, Dr. Tom's wife Alice ( Frances Reid) was lamenting the reality of all her children leaving her; her daughter Marie (at that time played by Maree Cheatham ) was going to be married to Tony Merritt ( Richard A. Colla ).
Popular characters Doug and Julie Williams (played by real-life marrieds Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes) came to represent the idea of the soap opera and modern love in the 1970s, and were featured on the cover of TIME magazine.
In the beginning, when the story did not revolve around either Tom or Alice, the love lives of their five children were put on display. Their daughter Addie, married to Ben Olson, had much trouble raising their rebellious daughter Julie as well as their son Steven. Tom Horton, Jr., presumed dead in Korea, came home with a disfigured face and a new identity. Unknowingly, his sister Marie fell in love with him. When they learned of each other's true identities, Marie was so ashamed that she went to live in a convent. Tom and Alice's other children, Bill and Mickey, fought over the affections of lovely Laura Spencer, played by Susan Flannery.
Since then, the show has moved from its roots in telling stories revolving around the Horton clan. The show extended to an hour in 1975, giving the show more time to develop new characters. At the time, the popular characters were Dr. Neil Curtis ( Joseph GallisonJoseph Gallison (born March 9, 1935) is an American soap opera actor. He was born in Houston, Texas. Gallison was the first William Matthews, Jr. on the American soap opera Another World ( 1964- 1969) and is best known for his role as Dr. Neil Curtis on D), Dr. Marlena Evans ( Deidre HallDeidre Hall (born October 31, 1947) is an actress who is best known for her portrayal of Dr. Marlena Evans Craig Brady Black on the American NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives''. She played the role originally from 1976 to 1987, and returned to the show in), and Don Craig ( Jed AllanJed Allan (born Jed Allan Brown on March 1, 1937) is an American actor. Allan has starred in many soap operas. However, he is arguably most known for his role as Don Craig on Days of Our Lives which he played from 1971 to 1985. He gained a new audience wh). Days courted controversy when the first interracial romantic pairing was seen on daytime television. David Banning, son of Julie Olson, first fell in love with Valerie Grant, a black woman from a more middle-class part of Salem. The relationship was not to be, however, as there were many roadblocks. His former girlfriend Brooke Hamilton ( Adrienne La Russa ) tried to kill herself in an attempt to gain his sympathy and love. When that didn't work, an old fling, Trish Clayton ( Patty Weaver ) announced that she was pregnant with his child. He married her for the baby's sake, and the pairing of David and Valerie were over.
In the 1970s and 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends, Julie reformed due to her marriage to the much older Doug Williams ( Bill Hayes), a lounge singer. Doug and Julie had a rough time getting together, as Doug had once married her mother Addie (at first he was only using her for her money, but then they fell in love, even though he still loved Julie). Addie's bout with leukemia cemented his bond to her, and after she went into remission, she bore him a child, named Hope (Addie was over 40 during her pregnancy; women giving birth late in life was a plot element generally left undiscussed in the early 1970s). Not long after, Addie died; she was hit by a truck as she pushed her young child to safety, but even then, Doug and Julie were not free to be a couple. Julie was trapped in a loveless marriage to Bob Anderson, and although she did not want to be wed to him, he gave her security. Eventually, Doug was fed up and went back to his ex-wife Kim. En route, Doug was involved in a car accident and Julie rushed to his side. Julie was divorced quickly and the two were married within weeks (in tune with the viewers' collective clamor to have the characters finally wed).
In an example of Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome , her child from a previous marriage became of legal age by the time her character was supposed to be just 26 years old. She became a grandmother by the time she was in her mid-thirties.
In the 1980s, the show became most famous for its supercoupleTIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline "Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon". A supercouple in soap opera terms, is a couple on a progrs, the most popular being (but not limited to) John and Marlena Black ( Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall), Bo and Hope Brady ( Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso), Patch and Kayla Johnson ( Stephen Nichols and Mary Beth Evans), and Shane and Kimberly Donovan ( Charles Shaughnessy and Patsy Pease). As the show moved into the 1990s, the pairings of John and Marlena, and Bo and Hope remained extremely popular.
In the 1990s, storylines drifted away from the traditional due to new stories from head writer James E. Reilly. One of his first acts was to have one of the show's heroines, Dr. Carly Manning ( Crystal Chappell) be buried alive by evil Vivian Alamain ( Louise Sorel). Some of his other storylines included having another one of the show's heroines, Marlena, possessed by the devil, which although controversial, garnered the show a ratings increase, and a new generation of soap viewers. In a bizarre turn of events, good girl turned evil Kristen Blake ( Eileen Davidson) ended up playing four other roles in addition to the one she was originally hired for.
In the 2000s, Greta von Amburg (formerly known as Swamp Girl, played by Julianne Morris ) learned of her mother's death, which meant she would be crowned princess of her country. In a bizarre turn of events, she and her love interest, Austin Reed, were transported into a "virtual Garden of Eden". The story was panned by soap columnists and viewers alike as too "out there", even for a show like Days.
A major storyline of the 2003-2004 season was the Salem Serial Killer, which claimed 9 victims and was revealed to be Dr. Marlena ( Deidre Hall). However, the victims have been revealed as alive and are all trapped on an island replica of Salem, named, appropriate enough, Melaswen (New Salem spelled backwards).
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