Marla Adams

Marla Adams
Born	August 28, 1938 (1938-08-28) (age 73) Ocean City, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1961–2008

Marla Adams (born August 28, 1938; Ocean City, New Jersey) is an American soap opera actress, best known for her roles as Belle Clemens on The Secret Storm, from 1968 to 1974,^[1] and as Dina Abbott Mergeron on The Young and the Restless, from 1983 to 1986 and in 1996. She reprised her role as Dina for three episodes on The Young and the Restless in 2008.

She also was the third actress to play Beth Logan, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Donna's (Carrie Mitchum, now Jennifer Gareis) mother on The Bold and the Beautiful (1991). She was also the second actress to play manipulative and scheming Myrna Clegg, on the defunct soap Capitol after the death of actress Carolyn Jones who originated the role; and before Marj Dusay, who became better known in the role. She also portrayed Helen Mullin on Generations.

Adams appeared on Broadway in the 1958 production of "The Visit" at the Morosco Theatre with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Filmography

Years	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Splendor in the Grass	June
1968–1974	Secret Storm, TheThe Secret Storm	Belle Clemens Britton Kincade[2]
1985	Gotcha!	Maria Moore[3]
1986–2008	Young and the Restless, TheThe Young and the Restless	Dina Abbott Mergeron[4]

References

1. ^ "Pike's Peeks". The Herald Journal. May 26, 1979. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DocsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rc0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5644,5317266&dq=marla-adams&hl=en. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 
2. ^ Brown, Les (January 18, 1974). "'SECRET STORM' STILLED BY C.B.S". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20613F93E5B1A7493CAA8178AD85F408785F9. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 
3. ^ Thomas, Kevin (May 3, 1985). "'GOTCHA!' TAKES AIM BUT MISSES COMEDY TARGET". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/64437754.html?dids=64437754:64437754&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+03%2C+1985&author=KEVIN+THOMAS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MOVIE+REVIEW+%60GOTCHA!'+TAKES+AIM+BUT+MISSES+COMEDY+TARGET&pqatl=google. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 
4. ^ "O'GRADY IS BLUE ABOUT LEAVING "NYPD"". Contra Costa Times. December 22, 1995. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CC&s_site=contracostatimes&p_multi=CC&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1063F9DB1F30E97F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 

External links

• Marla Adams at the Internet Movie Database
• Marla Adams at AllRovi

Persondata
Name	Adams, Marla
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	August 28, 1938
Place of birth	Ocean City, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death