Anne Marie Johnson on Days of Our Lives!
October 31, 2012 - 11:41am
I saw Anne Marie Johnson best known for her roles in the sitcom What's Happening Now!, the drama series In The Heat Of The Night and her short stint on Melrose Place. Her appearance on Days as the therapist (in scenes with Deidre Hall and Eileen Davidson) made me want her to be kept around as up-ed to contract status. I could see her playing the role as the therapist to Dimera family and then building a romance with Abe. Thus, with the recast of Cameron, the two could have a past together. Say that she and Cameron once slept together when she was visiting the med-school he was at. Or how about aging Theo and having the her go after him. Oh the possibilities.
Seeing her was a wonderful surprise!
She was just featured her in Daytime Confidential in a photo series (I think it was a latino award gala?) a few weeks ago, and I said then how a show should really snap her up, because she is very talented and looking good. And bam, there she was at Days! I hope she will continue to make more appearances as Dr. Patel, maybe in a recurring capacity as Marlena and Kristen's psychiatrist.
Loved her on Melrose Place!
@Yoryla: I have wistful cast her on Y&R, but Days could really do something with her. So I am glad to see her appear and would love to see more!
Yeah, she hasn't really aged since she was on "A Different World" in the late 80s. Too bad she was stuck with such boring and bland dialogue. She, along with Deidre Hall and Eileen Devidson, deserve WAY better than this hot mess of a show that they have been saddled with lately.
OK, I didn't know the name had to search then immediately recognized her. She hasn't aged at all. She's a good actress, I loved In the Heat of the Night. David who was you thinking as character for Y&R?
@harlee490: Here is an old storyline template I had for her a several years ago. I need to update it. But here is what it once looked liked:
The roles: Ellen Marie Carrington (Anne Marie Johnson), Tyra (Napiera Groves, ex Bonnie #1 ATWT http://youtu.be/gjamf0SRFzQ ), & Nathan Hastings Jr.
The Story: A Savvy business executive named Ellen "Marie" Carrington comes to Genoa City as a woman working for Neil at Chancellor Industries as the newly installed vice president of Jabot. Neil would hire her not only for her business acumen but to keep an eye on things at Jabot since Billy and Jack are too wrapped up in their personal lives to make sure the company is functioning at its best. In addition, she would be spearheading the re-launch of Tuvia the African American cosmetics line once spokes modeled by Dru and not afraid of Victor or Jack. This would be the entry to way to developing a slow friendship turned romance between Marie and Neil.
Tyra sans Eva Mariclle feeling rejected by Neil would take up relations with detective Gil again, yet would become jealous when she would see Neil bonding with Marie. Tyra would play nice with Neil and get him drunk so that he would have sex with her. However, he would end up passing out before she could make her move. Later, Tyra would discover she was pregnant with detective Gil's baby but pass it off as Neil's child, since he was the man she always wanted. This would cause the biggest moral conflict for Neil as he doesn't love Tyra but doesn't want to have a baby out of wedlock. Marie would convince Neil not to make any rash moves as he has nine months to figure out what he wants to do before the baby is born. Meanwhile, Trya would begin to pursue various plots to drive a wedge between Neil and his growing affection for Marie. Marie on the other hand would take up a friendship with Detective Gil, whom was heartbroken over his 2nd try at a relationship with a woman that failed. He would talk about Tyra without mentioning her name and Marie would try to help him through it. Eventually Marie would figure out that the other woman was Tyra and start to putting two and two together. Yet she wouldn't let Detective Gil know that what she was up to.
Little Nate would return to town and when Marie spotted him she would avoid him for as long as she could. Eventually Neil, Tyra, Marie, Olivia, Nate, Devon, Roxie, Lily, and Cane would have a Winters family holiday dinner and Marie and Nate would come face to face. Tyra would notice the awkwardness between the two and wonder if there was something more. During dinner Marie would pull Nate into the back of the apartment and it would be revealed that they once had a fling. Tyra who happened upon them would listen in and learn this secret. She would hide out as Nate left the room and before she could enter to confront Marie with the secret, she would hear Marie admit another secret to herself that Nathan could never know that she became pregnant and aborted his child. Tyra would then back away from her plan and save the ammo for later.
As the pregnancy, continued Tyra would taunt Marie with stories about one night stands and aborted babies. This would worry and enrage Marie a bit. Marie would later figure out the truth about Tyra and the baby, but before she could tell Neil, Tyra would try to blackmail her with her past. Marie wouldn't go for it and call her bluff. Marie would tell Tyra that when she returns Neil will be with her and the truth about Tyra's baby would come out. In a desperate move, Tyra would contact some thugs and agrees to pay them to tamper with Marie's car so she'd have an accident.
Marie would call Neil from Jabot and tell him to meet her at Devon's place after work. Later while heading to her car she would spot the thugs who had came a bit too late and the thugs would kidnap Marie and take her to an abandoned house. The thugs would try and figure out what to do next as their plans went wrong. Meanwhile, Neil would show up at Tyra's and they would wait for Marie. Neil would become concerned as Marie never showed up and would not answer her cell.
Marie would try to escape and would end up enraging the thugs who would then take their anger out by sexually assaulting her and then leaving her near death...
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This would all continue into a 3 year plotline I have where Tyra becomes daytime's newest black villainess and Marie would become a new herione.
So to cast this storyline I have 3 actresses I shall present you who could play Ellen Marie Carrington and 1 actress as a recast for Tyra. Take a look at their acting reels and tell me who you would pick for Marie and if you like the Tyra recast idea.
So now I have to create an updated version.
David it sounds good! If Nate returns and she had slept with him (being a cougar) we need Liv ready to get in her face over her son. Liv could be the protected mother cub. For Tyra (personally I don't care for EM) but this could be easily cast with my beloved Ameila Marshall
or the mother of one of the new A-A males just cast. Let Lily not approve of her for Neil and puts Neil in tough position on loyalty. Maybe we could see more of Dru side in Lily and Lily does her scheming 
Dru wasn't a girl scout and would scheme to get what she wanted especially when it came to Neil. 
I'd also like her on GH as Faith Ward, Justus Ward's sister, Maya's mom, and Edward Quartermaine's granddaughter. I could see her as a strong businesswoman going head to head with Tracy or as a doctor competing with Monica or as an attorney matching wits with Alexis and Diane.