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Days of Our Lives Comings and Goings: Big Names & Huge Homecomings

By Janet Di Lauro
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Who’s coming and who’s going from Days of Our Lives (DOOL)?

Are any favorite performers from yesteryear returning to the daytime drama, this week, or in the near future?

Have any new actors or actresses been cast on the show in contract, recurring or day player roles?

Are any well remembered stars from other soaps, past or present, about to join Days of Our Lives fold in surprise new parts?

Here’s the latest casting news from the NBC soap.

The week of January 28, 2019
Judith Chapman premieres as Diana Cooper, Leo’s (Greg Rikaart) mother, on Tuesday, January 29. The actress previously portrayed Anjelica Deveraux on the soap from 1989 to 1991 and again in October 2018 for a special Halloween episode.

Chapman’s first scenes will be with Rikaart. However, she’ll also share screen time with Deidre Hall’s Marlena on Thursday, January 31.

Victoria Konafel is set to reappear as Ciara on Thursday, January 31, although don’t expect a happy Salem homecoming for the character.

Laura Kai Chen pops back in as Melinda Trask on Tuesday, January 29. She’ll share tense scenes with Deidre Hall.

Days of our Lives (DOOL) airs weekdays on NBC. Check your local listings for airtimes.

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Janet Di Lauro
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Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.

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