Marla Adams, who famously played Abbott family matriarch Dina Abbott Mergeron on “The Young and the Restless” for 37 years, has reportedly died. She was 85 years old.
The Emmy Award-winning soap opera actress died on Thursday in Los Angeles, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“We send our deepest condolences to the family of Marla Adams,” the show’s official “We are so grateful and amazed by Marla’s incredible performance as Dinah Abbott Mergeron as both Marla and Dinah have left an unforgettable mark on Y&R.”
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Representatives for “The Young and the Restless” did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Adams – who was born in 1938 in Ocean City, New Jersey – began her career in daytime television, first appearing on Broadway in 1958 in “The Visit” and in the 1961 film “Splendor in the Grass” with Natalie Wood. Appeared with.
Marla Adams died on April 25 in Los Angeles. (Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection)
It was not until 1968 that Adams made her official debut on daytime TV as Belle Clemens on CBS’s “The Secret Storm” and years later, in 1982, as Dina Abbott Mergeron on “The Young and the Restless.” in the form of.
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“I was a daytime b—-,” she told Ocean City’s Daily News Source in 2016. “I played a good b—-.”
Adams played her “Young and the Restless” character for nearly four decades. After her three-year contract expired in 1985, the actress returned to Genoa City in 1991, 1996, 2008, and again from 2017 to 2020. Ultimately, his character, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, died in an October 2020 episode.
He paid tribute to his character in 2020, saying, “Of all the characters I’ve played, from ‘The Secret Storm’ to Broadway, this is the most amazing, wonderful part I’ve had the privilege of playing.”
“This little girl from Ocean City has had the most amazing life,” he said in a 2016 interview.
