![]() Whether she was the villain, the damsel, the sexpot or the comedienne, Darlene was brilliant…She was truly one-of-a-kind. “She constantly entertained us with every move, every breath, every inflection of her voice. Bell, executive producer and head writer of The Bold and the Beautiful. “Darlene understood better than anyone that each moment of airtime was precious”, said Bradley P. Hopefully in the future, when all of this has passed and when everything heals and the world is better, we will get to go do that again because it really is an unbelievable experience.Actress Darlene Conley, best known for the long-running role of tough dame with a heart of gold, Sally Spectra on the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful, died on Januat age 72. It’s been really cool to be able to be a part of those shoots. Everyone has to step up their game, and I’ve never seen that in any other medium. That is a testament to the directors, the actors, the crew. “We’ve worked in Paris, Amsterdam, Monte Carlo, and I’ve never seen anyone able to shoot the amount of material that B&B does in such a short period of time, and in the conditions that we’ve had to shoot in, and make it look so glamorous! It’s beautifully shot - and if you only saw what happens behind the scenes to get those shots, it’s unbelievable. “Shooting internationally, with this crew and these directors, I’ve never seen people work the way B&B works on location,” marvels the actress. Hopefully in the future, when all of this has passed and when everything heals and the world is better, we will get to go do that again because it really is an unbelievable experience.”ī&B’s Kelly Kruger (Eva ex-Mackenzie, Y&R) appreciates that she has been in the mix for the soap’s European location shoots. It’s genuine.”ī&B’s Kelly Kruger (Eva ex-Mackenzie, Y&R) appreciates that she has been in the mix for the soap’s European location shoots. Do you know how great that is? It’s better than great. I’ll come to your hotel.’ I had many people say that to me. Judi called me before I went to California and said, ‘If you need help learning lines, call me. Can you imagine? I’m a nobody at 18 at ANOTHER WORLD. I just love that you’re here on DAYS OF OUR LIVES.’ And I said to her, besides being completely overwhelmed by how kind she was to me, I said, ‘How long have you been here?’ And she said, ‘Fifty-three years.’ And I said, ‘What? What happened? You got born in the hospital and they brought you right here?’ She laughed. I ran into Susan Seaforth Hayes, and she and Bill stopped in front of me and she said, ‘Oh, my God, Linda Dano. You couldn’t go into their room and just chat with them so there was none of that going on. With the virus going crazy, you couldn’t hang out with anyone. “And before she left the studio, she wrote me a note and left her number for me and said, ‘I would love to see you.’ And I thought, ‘Oh, you’re such a darling girl,’ but there was just no time. ![]() “I saw Tamara Braun and she said, ‘Linda, you’re here!’ ” she shares. ![]() ![]() Linda Dano (ex-Felicia, ANOTHER WORLD et al) had many reunions when she filled in as DAYS’s Vivian. I’m so thankful for him as a fan because that was very sweet, but I’m sure people who see it are like, ‘Who the hell is that?’ ” But instead it looked like chicken scratch. I would have put Sally Spectra with my initials or something. If I had known what he was going to do, I would have done a way better job at signing my name. “I didn’t take it seriously when I signed his arm and the poor guy has Courtney Hope permanently on his arm in terrible handwriting. “I was so embarrassed because my handwriting was awful,” she sighs. I was so surprised to see he had my autograph made into a tattoo.” She immediately had one regret. He thanked me and left but then he came back a couple of hours later and showed me his arm. This guy came up to me and asked me to sign his arm, which didn’t seem that unusual to me, so I did. “It was so much fun to meet the fans, sign autographs and take pictures with them. “I had been on B&B for maybe half a year and was at my first fan event,” she recalls. Y&R’s Courtney Hope had a unique fan encounter after first joining B&B as Sally. ![]()
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