  marj dusay (; born marjorie ellen pivonka mahoney on february 20, 1936, russell, kansas) is an american actress known for her roles on american soap operas. she is especially known for her role as "alexandra spaulding" on guiding light, a role she played on and off, from 1993 through the show's 2009 cancellation. ==career== dusay started her career with a small role as a waitress alongside elvis presley in the film clambake in 1967. in 1968, dusay played a special agent in the tv series hawaii five-o in an episode titled "twenty-four carat kill", as well as appearing three times as seductive temptresses on hogan's heroes. she made numerous guest appearances on popular television shows in the late 1960s/1970s. she played alien "kara" in "spock's brain", the first third-season episode of star trek. dusay is a popular guest at star trek fan conventions, often appearing with personal friend and fellow star trek actor michael dante. she appeared on daniel boone in its 1969 episode "benvenuto... who?" as a beautiful french diamond thief named eugenie. she starred as jean macarthur in the 1977 film macarthur, and guest-starred as blair warner's mother, monica warner, on the facts of life. in 1982, she appeared as kate hanrahan, a madam/con artist, in several episodes of bret maverick, starring james garner. already an established actress when she began her long career on daytime, she made her soap debut in april of 1983 replacing carolyn jones as the powerful washington d.c. matriarch myrna clegg on capitol which she played through the final episode in march of 1987. she then took over for shirley ann field as the troubled "pamela pepperidge capwell conrad" on santa barbara from 1987â88 and in 1991. in 1993, she filled in for louise sorel as "vivian alamain" on days of our lives while sorel was on leave. after a nationwide search for an actr
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