death_place death_date years_active birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name
los angeles , california , u.s. 14 january 2007 1963 -- 2006 chicago heights , illinois , u.s. 18 july 1934 bill -rrb- kurt hensch -lrb- 1970 -- 1981 -rrb- -lrb- divorced woodson -rrb- -lrb- 1959 -- 1966 -rrb- -lrb- divorced darlene conley
 darlene conley
darlene conley

darlene conley -lrb- july 18 , 1934 -- january 14 , 2007 -rrb- was an american actress .
conley 's career spanned fifty years , but she was best known for her performances in daytime television , and in particular , for her portrayal of larger-than-life fashion industrialist sally spectra on `` the bold and the beautiful '' .
conley played the role from 1988 until her death nineteen years later .
darlene 's character sally is the only soap opera character to be displayed at madame tussaud 's wax figures galleries in amsterdam and las vegas .
