Anna Fredericks

Infobox soap character
name = Anna Fredericks
series = Days of Our Lives


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first = July 30, 1982
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nickname = Contessa
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gender = Female
age =
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death =
occupation = Fashion Designer
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parents =
siblings = Brett Fredericks
(brother)
spouse = Roman Brady
(divorced)
Tony DiMera
(divorced; first time)
Tony DiMera
(invalid; second time)
Tony DiMera
(divorced; third time)
Tony DiMera
(married; fourth time) [05/2008+]
children = Carrie Brady
(daughter, with Roman)
Unnamed child
(sex unknown, with Tony, deceased)
romances = Roman Brady
(lovers/one night stand)
Prince Nicholas Arani II
(lovers, deceased)
Alex Marshall
(lovers)
Tony DiMera
(dated/engaged)
André DiMera
(lovers; as Tony)
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residence = Milan, Italy (Former)
Salem Inn, Salem (Current)
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portrayer = Leann Hunley (1982-1986, 2007-Present)

Anna Fredericks Brady DiMera is a fictional character on the American soap opera, "Days of our Lives". The character of Anna has been portrayed by Leann Hunley from 1982 to 1986, and again since June 21, 2007. [http://soapcentral.com/days/whoswho/anna.php Anna Fredrricks DiMera profile - SoapCentral.com] ]

Fictional character history

Anna Brady showed up in Salem in 1982 with her daughter Carrie to find her husband, and Carrie's father, Roman Brady. Roman believed Anna drowned at sea in a boating accident, but she told him she was rescued and then sold into white slavery. Anna had red marks on her back, which she claimed were whip marks, but were actually scars from multiple sclerosis, which she kept a secret.

Anna divorced Roman and soon took a job as Tony DiMera's secretary. However, Anna had secretly been working for Tony's father Stefano DiMera all along. Stefano had agreed to pay Anna one million dollars to have Roman fired from the International Spy Association (ISA). Anna hypnotized young Carrie into planting fake deposit slips in his home. Roman was suspended from the police force, but the ISA believed he was framed.

In 1983, Anna and Tony went to Las Vegas, where Anna drugged and married Tony. She claimed they were both intoxicated, and she had no memory of marrying him. Tony was angered, but when Stefano's will was read, he was forced to live with his half-sister, Reneé DuMonde for one year to gain his inheritance. So, Anna and Tony moved into the DiMera mansion with Reneé and her husband, David Banning.

Anna soon became pregnant with Tony's child, and jealous Reneé tried to kill Anna in a boating accident. Unfortunately, Tony was on the boat with Anna when the arranged explosion went off. Tony and Anna were rescued by David, but Anna lost her baby.

Later that year, Tony learned exactly how Anna got him to marry her, by drugging him. Tony quickly divorced Anna, even though Anna had fallen in love with him by that time.

Later, Anna became involved with Alex Marshall, but when she found a letter from Kelly Chase implicating Alex in dealings with Stefano, she was forced to flee town because Alex was after her. Anna hid in a warehouse, but when it caught fire, she was rescued by Roman, who was on the run from the law after being framed for the Salem Black-Feather murders.

Anna soon learned that the evidence connecting Alex to Stefano was destroyed and she could safely return to Salem. Once in Salem, Anna returned to her old job as Tony's secretary, but Alex forced her to spy on Tony for him. While snooping around in Tony's apartment one day, she found Tony chained up, and realized she was working for an imposter. Before Anna could get away, Tony's identical cousin André DiMera, who had been impersonating him, locked her up with Tony. Later, the two were rescued by Roman.

In 1984, Anna and Alex Marshall opened up a fashion company. Alex, Anna, and Tony picked Haiti for a photoshoot. On board the plane flying to Haiti was Eugene Bradford, Calliope Jones, Bo Brady, Hope Williams, Anna DiMera, Liz Chandler, Carlo Forensa, Tony DiMera, and his mother, Daphne DiMera. On the way to Haiti, André DiMera surprisingly popped up, and when he threatened the pilot to change his course, the pilot died of a heart attack, and the plane crashed on a remote island. As a result of the plane crash, Daphne DiMera died in André's arms. When Tony learned about his mother's death, he attacked André. They fought, and André met his demise in a patch of quicksand. Eventually, the Coast Guard arrived, and everyone was rescued.

After returning to Salem, Alex Marshall sold his and Anna's fashion company.

In 1985, Alex stole Anna's dress designs, but Anna had the last laugh when Eugene rigged the fabric on the dresses to disintegrate while they were on the runway. Later that year, Anna had a brief romance with Prince Nicholas Arani II, but it was cut short when he was murdered.

In 1985, Tony and Anna became engaged once again. Their first marriage was thwarted by Alex Marshall, who hired an actor to play the part of the minister. Their second wedding was thwarted when Anna was kidnapped by an Asian potentate. Eventually, Tony and Anna were married, and returned to Salem.

Later, Anna was accused of murdering her art dealer, Claus Van Zandt, who swindled her out of profits from pieces of hers he sold. Anna was innocent, and while trying to prove her innocence, Tony disappeared. Anna was also blamed for her husband's disappearance, but in truth, Tony was held captive by a very much alive Claus Van Zandt.

When it was discovered that Claus was still alive, Anna was let off the hook. Anna also received a court document telling her Tony had divorced her. Anna left Salem in 1986, and lived in Europe for just over 20 years. Anna returned to Salem in 2007, to return some old letters of Tony's. When she discovered that the letters held valuable information concerning the Brady-DiMera vendetta, she agreed to help the Bradys in their pursuit to end the vendetta, but only if they give her something in return.

In the pursuit of this goal, she had approached Tony and flirted with him (as a distraction, and in an attempt to charm him into revealing important information), and at one point, kissed him. She immediately sensed something was wrong, and went straight to Roman, telling him that she knew, without a doubt, that the man she had just kissed was not the Tony DiMera she had been married to.

When Anna discovered that John and Marlena were going to rescue Tony on the island he was held captive on for over 20 years, she convinced them to take her along with them to confirm that the man on the island was the real Tony DiMera. Anna eventually concluded, through a kiss, that the man who had been stranded on this island for the last 20 years was the real Tony DiMera. Upon their return, they took up residence together and reunited after over twenty years apart.

References

See also

*DiMera family

External links

* [http://soapcentral.com/days/whoswho/anna.php Anna Fredrricks DiMera profile - SoapCentral.com]