Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives premiered on November 8, 1965

Days of our Lives
Debuted	November 8, 1965
Created by	Ted Corday Betty Corday Allan Chase Irna Phillips
Head Writers	Ron Carlivati
Executive Producer	Ken Corday
Network	NBC
Running Time	30 Minutes (1965-1975) 60 Minutes (1975-present)

Contract Cast

As of 12/31/2020 (per NBC end credits)

	ACTOR	CHARACTER	TENURE
	Suzanne Rogers	Maggie Kiriakis	08/20/1973-10/01/1984; 08/28/1985-11/10/2003; 01/07/2004-04/29/2004; 06/14/2004-present
	James Reynolds	Abe Carver	10/29/1981-08/23/1990; 08/31/1991-09/29/2003; 12/03/2003-04/29/2004; 05/26/2004-present
	Lauren Koslow	Kate DiMera	01/25/1996-present
	Josh Taylor	Roman Brady	07/18/1997-01/16/2004; 02/18/2004-03/29/2004; 05/24/2004-present
	Eric Martsolf	Brady Black	11/13/2008-present
	Deidre Hall	Marlena Black	06/21/1976-04/24/1987; 08/02/1991-01/23/2009; 09/26/2011-present
	Mary Beth Evans	Kayla Brady	05/23/1986-05/26/1992; 06/12/2006-02/17/2009; 06/18/2010-06/29/2010; 09/23/2010-02/15/2011; 12/14/2011-present
	Lamon Archey	Eli Grant	02/23/2017-present
	Drake Hogestyn	John Black	01/24/1986-01/23/2009; 09/26/2011-07/18/2013; 03/04/2014-11/01/2016; 04/03/2017-present
	Sal Stowers	Lani Price-Grant	09/25/2016-06/09/2016; 12/19/2016-present
	Robert Scott Wilson	Ben Weston	5/22/2014-12/08/2015; 03/11/2016-06/24/2016; 09/28/2017-11/30/2017; 05/04/2018-present
	Linsey Godfrey	Sarah Horton	10/26/2018-present
	Matthew Ashford	Jack Deveraux	10/30/1987-10/12/1996; 02/05/2000-10/27/2003; 06/22/2004-09/21/2006; 04/02/2007-04/04/2009; 09/23/2011-08/15/2012; 05/24/2013-06/20/2016; 12/20/2017; 12/28/2018-present
	Arianne Zucker	Nicole Brady	02/27/1998-02/08/2006; 04/02/2008-10/20/2017; 10/05/2018-10/22/2018; 09/05/2019-present
	Paul Telfer	Xander Cook Kiriakis	03/24/2015-08/25/2015; 09/08/2016-10/17/2016; 04/27/2017-09/25/2017; 05/11/2018-06/12/2018; 10/08/2018-01/28/2019; 04/29/2019-present
	Billy Flynn	Chad DiMera	09/12/2014-02/21/2019; 11/11/2019-present
	Stephen Nichols	Steve Johnson	06/13/1985-10/26/1990; 06/09/2006-02/17/2009; 08/28/2015-08/31/2018; 11/27/2019-present
	Jay Kenneth Johnson	Philip Kiriakis	12/27/1999-12/25/2002; 01/12/2007-04/20/2011; 08/18/2020-present
	Lucas Adams	Tripp Dalton	03/23/2017-08/29/2019; 09/04/2020-present
	Emily O'Brien	Gwen Rizczech	06/05/2020-present
	Lindsay Arnold	Allie Horton	06/10/2020-present
	Isabel Durant	Claire Brady	08/12/2020-present
	Brandon Barash	Jake Lambert	04/24/2020-present
	Marci Miller	Abigail DiMera	11/10/2016-11/19/2018; 09/04/2020-present
	Mike C. Manning	Charlie Dale	10/06/2020-present
	Cady McClain	Jennifer Deveraux	10/21/2020-present
	Tamara Braun	Ava Vitali	02/08/2008-08/04/2008; 12/09/2015-03/01/2016; 11/13/2020-present
	Galen Gering	Rafe Hernandez	10/31/2008-08/28/2020; 11/27/2020-present
	Camila Banus	Gabriela Hernandez	10/04/2010-06/12/2014; 12/22/2014-12/29/2014; 09/17/2015-08/28/2020; 11/27/2020-present
	Nadia Bjorlin	Chloe Lane	11/24/1999-06/13/2003; 12/24/2003-01/12/2004; 08/13/2004-09/16/2005; 11/29/2007-09/28/2011; 01/04/2013-04/16/2013; 09/24/2013-09/25/2013; 08/03/2015-08/04/2015; 01/08/2016-01/28/2016; 06/10/2016-08/29/2019; 08/03/2020-08/04/2020; 12/03/2020-present
	Brandon Beemer	Shawn Brady	09/28/2006-03/24/2008; 01/19/2016-09/12/2016; 11/15/2016-02/20/2017; 12/04/2017-12/28/2017; 03/20/2018-03/27/2018; 08/22/2018-07/09/2019; 06/12/2020-present
	Martha Madison	Belle Black	08/10/2004-03/24/2008; 11/25/2015-09/12/2016; 01/24/2017-02/20/2017; 12/05/2017-12/28/2017; 03/22/2018-03/27/2018; 08/21/2018-07/09/2019; 06/08/2020-present
	Stacy Haiduk	Kristen DiMera	08/23/2018-10/31/2018; 05/24/2019-05/12/2020; 09/03/2020-present

Recurring Cast

• Elin Alexander as Holly Jonas U/5
• John Aniston as Victor Kiriakis
• Cary Christopher as Thomas DiMera U/5
• Bryan Dattilo as Lucas Horton
• Judi Evans as Bonnie Lockhart
• Jayna/Kinsley Fox as Henry Horton U/5
• Bill Hayes as Doug Williams
• Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie Williams
• Tina Huang as Melinda Trask
• Wally Kurth as Justin Kiriakis
• Josephine/Rosaline May as Rachel Black U/5
• Thaao Penghlis as Tony DiMera
• Olivia and Oakley Rondou as Charlotte DiMera U/5
• William Utay as Wilhelm Rolf

U/5 - Under 5 lines and are often uncredited

Cast and Crew Changes

IN

• Jackee Harry (Paulina) - March
• Linda Dano (Vivian)

OUT

Production Staff

Executive Producer: Ken Corday

Co-Executive Producer:  Albert Alarr

Senior Producer: Janet Spellman-Drucker

Producer: Randy Dugan

Producation Coordinator: Sara Peterson

Production Manager: Jeff Voorhees

Executive in Charge of Production: Greg Meng

Writing and Directing Staff

Head Writer: Ron Carlivati

Story Consultant: Ryan Quan

Associate Head Writers: Lorraine Broderick, Jeanne Marie Ford, Dave Ryan, Katherine Schock, Elizabeth Snyder

Staff Writers: Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, David Kreizman, Rebecca McCarty

Script Editor: Fran Myers

Directors: Albert Alarr, Sonia Blangiardo-Goins, Grant A. Johnson, Noel Maxam, Scott McKinsey, David Shaughnessy, Angela Tessinari

History of Executive Producers and Head Writers

Executive Producers

Duration	Name
11/08/1965-08/02/1966	Ted Corday
08/03/1966-12/31/1987	Betty Corday
04/20/1977-01/18/1980	H. Wesley Kenney
01/21/1980-03/1983	Al Rabin
05/12/1986-present	Ken Corday
04/1996-01/2002	Tom Langan

Head Writers

Duration	Name
11/08/1965-12/31/1965	Peggy Phillips Kenneth Rosen
01/03/1966-07/04/1966	Peggy Phillips
07/05/1966-05/06/1975	William J. Bell
05/07/1975-04/19/1977	Pat Falken Smith
04/20/1977-02/26/1979	Ann Marcus
02/27/1979-03/14/1980	Elizabeth Harrower
03/17/1980-04/18/1980	Ruth Brooks Flippen
04/21/1980-10/09/1980	Nina Laemmle
10/10/1980-10/17/1980	Michelle Poteet Lisanti
10/20/1980-10/20/1981	Michelle Poteet Lisanti Gary Tomlin
10/21/1981-04/16/1982	Pat Falken Smith
04/19/1982-09/21/1984	Sheri Anderson Margaret DePriest
09/24/1984-10/25/1984	Margaret DePriest Sheri Anderson Thom Racina
10/26/1984-11/30/1984	Sheri Anderson Thom Racina
12/03/1984-11/10/1986	Sheri Anderson Leah Laiman Thom Racina
11/11/1986-11/18/1986	Leah Laiman Thom Racina
11/19/1986-03/16/1989	Leah Laiman
03/17/1989-01/19/1990	Anne Howard Bailey
01/22/1990-06/18/1991	Richard J. Allen Anne Schoettle
06/19/1991-01/30/1992	Gene Palumbo
01/31/1992-06/11/1992	Richard J. Allen Beth Milstein
06/12/1992-07/09/1992	Sheri Anderson
07/10/1992-08/06/1992	Sheri Anderson Gene Palumbo
08/07/1992-12/18/1992	Sheri Anderson
12/21/1992-04/28/1993	Sheri Anderson James E. Reilly
04/29/1993-11/20/1997	James E. Reilly
11/21/1997-01/05/1998	James E. Reilly Sally Sussman Morina
01/08/1998-10/14/1999	Sally Sussman Morina
10/15/1999-11/10/1999	Lorraine Broderick
11/11/1999-03/28/2002	Tom Langan
03/29/2002-03/06/2003	Peter Brash Paula Cwikly
03/07/2003-08/08/2003	Dena Higley
08/11/2003-08/15/2003	Dena Higley James E. Reilly
08/18/2003-10/04/2006	James E. Reilly
10/05/2006-01/24/2008	Hogan Sheffer Meg Kelly
01/25/2008-04/22/2008	None Credited - WGA Writers Strike
04/23/2008-10/10/2008	Dena Higley Victor Gialanella
10/13/2008-08/25/2011	Dena Higley
08/26/2011-08/16/2012	Marlene McPherson Darrell Ray Thomas Jr.
08/17/2012-08/18/2015	Gary Tomlin Christopher Whitesell
08/19/2015-09/02/2016	Josh Griffith Dena Higley
09/06/2016-07/18/2017	Dena Higley Ryan Quan
07/19/2017-present	Ron Carlivati

Daytime Emmy Awards/Nominations

Winners are noted in bold.

• Drama Series (24 Nominations/4 Wins): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Directing Team (25 Nominations/2 Win): 1974, 1975, 1977 (2), 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Writing Team (20 Nominations/3 Wins): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Lead Actor (18 Nominations/3 Wins):
  • Jed Allan (1979)
  • Macdonald Carey (1974, 1975, 1976)
  • Tyler Christopher (2019)
  • John Clarke (1979)
  • Bill Hayes (1975, 1976)
  • Billy Flynn (2017, 2019)
  • Vincent Irizarry (2017)
  • Stephen Nichols (1988)
  • Thaao Penghlis (2008, 2020)
  • Peter Reckell (2009)
  • James Reynolds (2018)
  • James Scott (2010, 2011)
• Lead Actress (20 Nominations/3 Wins):
  • Eileen Davidson (1998, 2014)
  • Crystal Chappell (2012)
  • Kassie DePaiva (2016)
  • Mary Beth Evans (2016)
  • Susan Flannery (1975)
  • Deidre Hall (1984, 1985)
  • Susan Seaforth Hayes (1975, 1976, 1978, 1979)
  • Peggy McCay (1986, 2013, 2015)
  • Marci Miller (2018, 2019)
  • Frances Reid (1987)
  • Alison Sweeney (2015)
  • Arianne Zucker (2014. 2020)
• Supporting Actor (15 Nominations/2 Wins):
  • John Aniston (2017)
  • Matthew Ashford (2012)
  • Joseph Campanella (1989)
  • Joseph Gallison (1979)
  • Wally Kurth (2020)
  • Eric Martsolf (2014, 2019)
  • Chandler Massey (2018, 2020)
  • James Reynolds (2004, 2017)
  • Greg Rikaart (2019)
  • Paul Telfer (2020)
  • Greg Vaughan (2018, 2019)
• Supporting Actress (21 Nominations/4 Wins):
  • Tamara Braun (2009)
  • Patrika Darbo (2000)
  • Kassie DePaiva (2019)
  • Jane Elliot (1989)
  • Judi Evans (2008)
  • Linsey Godfrey (2019)
  • Deidre Hall (1980)
  • Susan Seaforth Hayes (2018, 2020)
  • Leann Hunley (1986)
  • Martha Madison (2019)
  • Kate Mansi (2017)
  • Peggy McCay (1987, 2016)
  • Frances Reid (1979)
  • Melissa Reeves (2016)
  • Suzanne Rogers (1979)
  • Arleen Sorkin (1988, 1989)
  • Arianne Zucker (2010, 2013)
• Younger Actor (22 Nominations/7 Wins):
  • Billy Warlock (1987, 1988)
  • Darrell Thomas Utley (1989)
  • Jensen Ackles (1998, 1999, 2000)
  • Kyle Lowder (2003)
  • Darin Brooks (2008, 2009)
  • Blake Berris (2009)
  • Dylan Patton (2010)
  • Chandler Massey (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
  • Freddie Smith (2013, 2015)
  • James Lastovic (2017)
  • Lucas Adams (2018, 2019)
  • Casey Moss (2018)
  • Kyler Pettis (2019)
• Younger Actress (18 Nominations/1 Win):
  • Kristian Alfonso (1985)
  • Lisa Trusel (1985)
  • Charlotte Ross (1990, 1991)
  • Melissa Reeves (1992)
  • Christie Clark (1997, 1998)
  • Rachel Melvin (2008, 2009)
  • Molly Burnett (2010, 2012)
  • Shelley Hennig (2010, 2012)
  • Camila Banus (2015)
  • True O'Brien (2016)
  • Olivia Rose Keegan (2018, 2019)
  • Victoria Konefal (2019)
• Younger Performer (2 nominations / 1 win)
  • Olivia Rose Keegan (2020)
  • Thia Megia (2020)
• Guest Cameo/Performer (9 Nominations / 1 Win)
  • Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (2019)
  • Tobin Bell (2017)
  • Robb Derringer (2018)
  • John Enos (2018)
  • Morgan Fairchild (2018)
  • Adam Leadbetter (2016)
  • Kate Mansi (2019)
  • Hugh McPhillips (1980)
  • Thaao Penghlis (2019)

Preceded by Ryan's Hope (1977); General Hospital (2012; 2017) The Young and the Restless (2015)

Drama Series Winner 1978, 2013, 2015, 2018

Succeeded by Ryan's Hope (1979); The Young and the Restless (2014, 2019) General Hospital (2016)