Susan Seaforth Hayes (born Susan Seabold; July 11, 1943)
is an American dramatic
actress
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. She is best known for her portrayal of
Julie Williams
Julie Olson Williams is a fictional character and member of the Horton family on the NBC daytime drama, '' Days of Our Lives'', a long running serial about working class life in the fictional town of Salem.
The character of Julie was introduced ...
on the
NBC
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drama
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''
Days of Our Lives
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'', and her intermittent portrayal of
Joanna Manning on the
CBS
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daytime drama ''
The Young and the Restless
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''. She began playing the role of Julie on ''Days of Our Lives'' in 1965, and is the only actor to appear on the show for all seven decades it has been on the air. Seaforth Hayes still regularly appears on ''Days'' as Julie.
Career
Susan Seaforth grew up in
Hollywood
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, where she was active in theater as a teenager. Her mother,
Elizabeth Harrower (1918–2003), was an actress and screenwriter who eventually became a part of the writing teams of ''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...
'' and ''
Days of Our Lives
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''. Her father, Harry Seabold, lived with his bride for 90 days during
World War II
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, through his basic training near
Oklahoma City
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. He shipped out after his daughter was conceived and remained overseas for thirty-three months; during this time, Harrower returned to her family home in Berkeley.
![Susan Seaforth Ty Hardin 1962](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Susan_Seaforth_Ty_Hardin_1962.JPG)
Seaforth Hayes had a number of featured roles on prime-time television in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Ms. Seaforth appeared in the TV series ''
Cheyenne
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'' in the episode, "The Bad Penny", portraying a young murderess avenging the hanging of her outlaw father. She appeared as Martha Otis, the wife of Jim Otis (
Gil Peterson
Gil Peterson is an American former actor and singer best known for such films and television series as ''The Cool Ones'', ''The F.B.I.'' and '' Valley of the Dolls''.
Early life and education
Peterson was born to H. W. and Mable Peterson in Wi ...
) in 1967 in ''
Death Valley Days
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''. She guest starred in ''
National Velvet
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Plot summary
''National Velvet'' is the story of a 14-year-old girl named ...
'', ''
The Fugitive'', ''
Redigo'', ''
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' is an American spy fiction television series produced by MGM Television, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. The series follows secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who wo ...
'', at least two appearances on ''
My Three Sons
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'', plus episodes of ''
Emergency!
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'', ''
Adam-12
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'', the 1967-1970 version of ''
Dragnet'', and ''
Matlock'', starring
Andy Griffith
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. She was in two separate episodes of ''Cheyenne'' with
Clint Walker
Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018) was an American actor. He played cowboy Cheyenne Bodie in the ABC/Warner Bros. western series ''Cheyenne'' from 1955 to 1963.
Early life
Clint Walker was born Norman Eugene Wal ...
in 1962. She had a guest appearance on ''
Perry Mason
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'' in 1962 as title character Helen Gregory in "The Case of the Stand-in Sister." In the mid 1960s, she appeared on ''
General Hospital
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'' as the flirtatious Dorothy Bradley (1964) and later on ''
The Young Marrieds
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The program was created by James Elward and written by Elward with Frances Rickett. Authors John Pascal and Francine Pascal also ...
'' as Carol West (1965), giving her some experience into the hectic world of daytime television soap opera.
She is best known for her work on the daytime
soap opera
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''
Days of Our Lives
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'' in the role of
Julie Olson Williams
Julie Olson Williams is a fictional character and member of the Horton family on the NBC daytime drama, ''Days of Our Lives'', a long running serial about working class life in the fictional town of Salem.
The character of Julie was introduced ...
, which she played continuously from 1968 to 1984 and again from 1990 to 1993, with recurring appearances in 1994 and 1996. Since 1999, she has appeared on the show in a recurring capacity, often doing double duty between "Days" and "Y&R", in one case appearing on both shows on the very same day, a feat possible because of their different shooting and airing schedules.
She is the only actor to appear on ''Days of Our Lives'' in all seven decades that it has been in production. In between appearances, she starred from November 1984 to May 1989 as
Joanna Manning, mother to
Tracey E. Bregman
Tracey Elizabeth Bregman is an American soap opera actress. She is best known for the role of Lauren Fenmore on ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful''.
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Bregman was born May 29, 1963, in Munich, Germany to A ...
's character,
Lauren Fenmore
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, on ''
The Young and the Restless
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'' and as District Attorney Patricia Steele on ''
Sunset Beach'' in that show's final months on the air.
The role of
Stephanie Forrester on ''
The Bold and the Beautiful
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'' was created for her by former ''Days'' headwriter
William J. Bell
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Ea ...
. When she turned it down, her former ''Days'' costar
Susan Flannery
Susan Flannery (born July 31, 1939) is an American actress and director known for her roles in the daytime dramas ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and ''Days of Our Lives''.
Early life
Flannery was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on July 31, 19 ...
took the role. However, when the character of Lauren Fenmore crossed over, Susan did reprise her role of Joanna Manning on that show for one episode in 2003, and has made several return appearances as that character on "Y&R" as Lauren's storyline required the character to be there.
Most recently, Susan made a cameo appearance in a music video for Chip Chocolate's "Cookie Dance" as Mrs. Fields.
For her work on ''Days'', Seaforth Hayes has received four
Daytime Emmy Award
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nominations for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, in 1975, 1976, 1978, and 1979; and two nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, in 2018, and 2020. On April 29, 2018, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
She was voted Best Actress in ''Daytime TV''
's Annual Reader's Poll in 1976, 1977, and 1978. Additionally, in 1977, she won two
Soapy Awards
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History
1977 until 1983
The Soapy Awards were an award presen ...
for Actress of the Year and Favorite Heroine. She was awarded Photoplay Gold Medal Awards in 1977 and 1978, for Favorite Daytime Female Star. She earned a degree in history from L.A's City College, and the stack of books at her deskside reflects an intense interest in the American West and diverse Native American cultures. Seaforth Hayes has lectured at universities in Los Angeles and Boston.
Her onscreen and real-life romance with co-star
Bill Hayes (
Doug Williams) was widely covered by both the soap opera magazines and the mainstream press (they married in 1974).
The characters of
Doug and Julie were ''Days of our Lives, as well as daytime TV's, first
supercouple
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,
and are widely believed to be the first supercoupling on the American daytime serials.
Their appearance together on the January 12, 1976 cover of ''
Time
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'' magazine was the only time daytime actors have appeared there.
They also made an appearance on ''
Password Plus
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'' in 1979.
In 2005, she and Hayes published their joint autobiography, ''Like Sands Through The Hourglass''.
Major roles
*
Julie Olson Williams
Julie Olson Williams is a fictional character and member of the Horton family on the NBC daytime drama, ''Days of Our Lives'', a long running serial about working class life in the fictional town of Salem.
The character of Julie was introduced ...
on ''
Days of Our Lives
''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that streams on the streaming service Peacock. The soap, which aired on the American television net ...
''
**(1968–1984, 1990–1993)
ontract**(1993–1994, 1996)
uest stints**(1999–present)
ecurring*
Joanna Manning on ''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...
''
**(1984–1989)
ontract**(2005–2007, 2010)
uest stints*Joanna Manning on ''
The Bold and the Beautiful
''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The Yo ...
''
**(2003, 2005)
uest stints*
D.A. Patricia Steele on ''
Sunset Beach''
**(1999)
ecurring
Personal
For many years, she and her mother lived in the
Alvarado Terrace Historic District
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S ...
of Los Angeles.
Awards and nominations
See also
*
Supercouple
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References
External links
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1943 births
Living people
American television actresses
American soap opera actresses
Actresses from Oakland, California
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses