Andrea Hall was a special education teacher living in Florida at the time and came to Los Angeles to live with her twin sister, Deidre Hall, during her stint on "Days of Our Lives." Deidre admitted that she was a bit worried about how her sister would perform in front of the camera, especially when it came to emotional scenes. However, Deidre claims she was impressed with Andrea's acting chops. "I was so panicked for her," Hall told People. "I stood way out of her sight line and I was watching the scenes and she began to cry. As she came off, and I said, 'That was spectacular. How did you do that?' And she said, 'Well, I don't know. I've watched you do it for years. How hard could it be?'"
In her role as Samantha, Andrea played an out-of-work drug addict who was clearly jealous of the life that her sister had made for herself in Salem. Samantha even went as far as to impersonate her sister in an attempt to steal her life. Samantha had Marlena hospitalized and looked to assume her identity. Eventually, her plan was foiled and she was sent to prison. After her release, Samantha and Marlena made amends but Samantha was tragically killed by the Salem Strangler, who thought he was murdering Marlena.
However, Marlena never forget about her troubled twin, and even named her first-born daughter, Sami Brady, after her late sister.
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