Cast and crew gathered together at the Hollywood Palladium for the 50th Anniversary celebration for “Days of our Lives.” Lysie Cue, from Daytime Royalty, went for The BUZZ and chatted with several members of the cast, past and present.
MAREE CHEATHAM (ex-Marie Horton)
BuzzWorthy Radio: What’s one of your favorite memories from your times at Days?
Maree Cheatham: When I came back.
BWR: Which time?
MC: Well all of them. But actually it was for Macdonald Carey’s funeral. I was in the Horton living room, and you know how actors shove things under a cushion when they’re ready to work? Well, I embroidered when I was on the set because it keeps my mouth shut, and I looked in the drawer of the desk, and oh my god. There was a piece of my embroidery I had been working on. I took it home, and finished it, and cried. I hadn’t seen the thing in 25 years. I took it home and finished it, and it hangs on my wall now. But working with Frances Reid and Macdonald Carey was wonderful.
BWR: What was different in the beginning from the times you came back?
MC: Well, we only got $500 a show when I first started! We got a little more than that later on. No one knew if it was going to be a hit or not, and we just did our best and worked hard. We were just journeyman actors.
BWR: Is there anything you’d like to say to the fans?
MC: Oh, thank you! On my knees and from the bottom of my heart. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
