While I totally agree that Marian should be on contract, comparing
this situation to that on "Days of Our Lives" has me grateful that
my soaps have not stooped to the level of killing off their vets.
While we don't see Phoebe at all, we know she will probably pop in
at some point out of the blue, and we don't have to worry about all
of these characters being killed off. (A tasteless joke about
Marlena from "DOOL" popping over to ABC soaps has been circulating.
I was not amused.)

But I love Marion, I love Mary Smythe, I love Ruth Martin, I adore
Myrtle and Opal, and I adore the actors who play them. I thank God
every day watching SoapNet that we have Jennifer Bassey, Anna
Stuart, Eileen Herlie, Marj Dusay, Constance Towers, Jed Allan,
Louise Sorel, Jane Elliott, Leslie Charleson, Jeanne Cooper, Jess
Walton, Catherine Hickland, Ilene Kristen, John Ingle, and
other "over 40" actors working on soaps. They are scene stealers
and are a lot more worth watching than these twenty-something people
who need a few more acting lessons to be even palatable.

--- In jenniferbasseyofficialchatclub@yahoogroups.com, "Merilee
Lawing" <harte61@h...> wrote:
> I do wish they'd put her back on contract again. When I see her
it
> makes me want to see more of her.
>
> Merilee