JamesG
10-05-2016, 05:43 PM
"Days of Our Lives" Recast: "Melrose Place" Alum Takes Over Groundbreaking Role
by Kimberly Roots
October 5, 2016
Dr. Valerie Grant is — after a decades-long absence — back in.
NBC’s "Days of Our Lives" has cast "Melrose Place" and "Soul Food" actress Vanessa Williams as Dr. Grant, a role that originated in the 1970s and was controversial at the time, our sister site Deadline reports.
In the late ’70s, Valerie (then played by Tina Andrews) and David Banning were daytime’s first interracial couple. They planned to marry, though that endeavor went south after he had an affair. Diane Sommerfield later took over the part; Valerie left the fictional Salem in 1982.
Per Deadline, Valerie — now a cardiologist — will come back to town in a storyline involving her old love, Abe Carver. Her first airdate is Tuesday, Oct. 25.
http://tvline.com/2016/10/05/days-of-our-lives-vanessa-williams-cast-dr-valerie-grant-recast/
by Kimberly Roots
October 5, 2016
Dr. Valerie Grant is — after a decades-long absence — back in.
NBC’s "Days of Our Lives" has cast "Melrose Place" and "Soul Food" actress Vanessa Williams as Dr. Grant, a role that originated in the 1970s and was controversial at the time, our sister site Deadline reports.
In the late ’70s, Valerie (then played by Tina Andrews) and David Banning were daytime’s first interracial couple. They planned to marry, though that endeavor went south after he had an affair. Diane Sommerfield later took over the part; Valerie left the fictional Salem in 1982.
Per Deadline, Valerie — now a cardiologist — will come back to town in a storyline involving her old love, Abe Carver. Her first airdate is Tuesday, Oct. 25.
http://tvline.com/2016/10/05/days-of-our-lives-vanessa-williams-cast-dr-valerie-grant-recast/