'Susan Seaforth Hayes' (born 'Susan Seaforth' on
July 11,
1943 in
Oakland, California) is an
American actress.
Career
Seaforth Hayes grew up in the Hollywood environment; her mother,
Elizabeth Harrower, was an actress and writer who eventually became a part of the writing team of ''
The Young and the Restless''.
Although Seaforth Hayes had a number of featured roles on primetime television, and was active in theater as a teenager, she is perhaps best known for her role as Julie Olson Williams on the American daytime television
soap opera ''
Days of our Lives''. Seaforth Hayes played the role from
1968 to
1984 and again from
1990 to
1993,
1994, and
1996. She returned to the show with her real-life husband
Bill Hayes (who also plays her husband on the show) in
1999, with recurring appearances since.
Her character's partnership with Bill Hayes's character, Doug Williams, is widely believed to be the first
supercoupling on the American daytime serials.
In between roles, she guest-starred as Joanna Manning, mother to
Tracey E. Bregman's character, Lauren Fenmore, on ''
The Young and the Restless'' and as District Attorney Patricia Steele on
Sunset Beach in that show's final months on the air.
In
2005, she and Hayes published their joint autobiography, "
Like Sands Through The Hourglass".
Major Roles:
- Julie Olson Williams ''
Days of our Lives'' (1968-1984) [contract]
- Joanna Manning "
The Young and the Restless" (1984-1989) [contract]
- Julie Olson Williams "
Days of our Lives" (1990-1993) [contract]
- Julie Olson Williams "
Days of our Lives" (1994, 1996) [guest stints]
- Patricia Steele "
Sunset Beach" (1999) [recurring]
- Julie Olson Williams "
Days of our Lives" (1999-2003) [recurring]
- Joanna Manning "
The Bold and the Beautiful" (2003) [guest stint]
- Julie Olson Williams "
Days of our Lives" (2004-present) [recurring]
- Joanna Manning "
The Young and the Restless" (2005, 2006) [guest stints]
See also
★ ''
Days of our Lives''
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Doug and Julie Williams
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Supercouple
External links
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