Deidre Hall has been in a coma, abducted on many occasions, faced an evil twin, fallen from a 30th-floor window, and possessed by the devil in one of daytime’s most renowned plotlines in her 40 years as Dr. Marlena Evans on “Days of Our Lives.”

On May 19, 2016, at 11:30 a.m. PDT, Deidre Hall received the 2,581st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In front of Eastown, at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard, there is a star devoted to the category of Television.

Actress Susan Seaforth Hayes assisted Emcee of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and President/CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Leron Gubler in unveiling the star. “Soap opera fans are going to be thrilled that their favorite star will be honored on the Walk of Fame,” Gubler added. “Deidre’s long career on television is proof she is a huge fan favorite and we welcome her to Hollywood Boulevard.”

It’s wonderful to hear Hall is a bit of a ham at heart, especially after so much turmoil. “I love comedy,” Hall says. “I’d love to do a pratfall or a spit take. The fact I play a serious psychiatrist is funny to me.”

For years, Hall has been admired by people all across the world. Hall has the distinction of having been on screen more than any other artist in television history, being one of the most known and filmed faces during her career. Hall has been a driving factor in the success of NBC’s longest running written daytime drama, Days of Our Lives. Hall has been a driving force in the success of NBC’s longest running scripted daytime drama, Days of Our Lives.

Hall was born in Milwaukee as an identical twin and relocated to Lake Worth, Florida, with her family when she was six years old. Her first official performance in front of a huge audience was when she was crowned Junior Orange Bowl Queen at the age of thirteen. Hall’s gift for the improvisation got her a broadcasting job at WLIZ-Radio when she was still in her teens, where she presented her own program interviewing local talent, covering current events, announcing hurricane reports, and handling daily sign-on and sign-off.

Hall just finished a standup comedy class at the Comedy Store, which culminated in a graduation performance. “It was as frightening a thing as you can imagine,” she admits. But she’s not one to rest on her laurels; in fact, she frequently enrolls in classes as a means of “continuing to expand and stay fresh.” Water coloring, sign language, writing, and cake decorating have all been offered in the past.

She explains, “Whatever looks like fun at the time.”

Hall’s creativity extends to other areas as well, such as Little Big Bear, a children’s book she authored for WriteBrain.com’s highly illustrated instructional series. She co-wrote Deidre Hall’s Kitchen Close-Up, an instructive and funny cookbook with dietary suggestions for persons suffering from heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, as an advocate of healthy living and a good attitude. How Does She Do It? is her most recent book. Hall’s amusing wink-and-a-smile attitude to her work of being made up, dressed up, and photographed from every perspective pokes fun at her career of being done up, dressed up, and shot from every angle in A Beauty Book.

Hall has always believed in dedicating time to volunteer work in the community. All revenues from her Days of Our Lives calendars and cookbooks are donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and all proceeds from her watercolor greeting cards are donated to Wounded Warriors. When her children started school, Hall became a member of the school board and advocated for Congress to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act, which included arranging a news conference at the White House. Hall came to Brazil with his son David as an ambassador for Operation Smile in 2009.

It’s understandable that she’d be eager to take on anything – after all, what could be more daunting than a busy daytime schedule? Seven episodes of “Days” are shot in five days. She also has to remember between 10 and 30 pages every day on a regular basis.

But, as she puts it, she wouldn’t have it any other way. “It’s the hardest job there is because of the pace,” she says. “But those of us who work at this pace think, ‘If I did film, I’d shoot myself! I can’t read that many magazines.’ We thrive on it.”