By Linda Loons
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Marla Adams (August 28, 1938 – April 25, 2024) was an American television actress, best known for her roles as Belle Clemens on The Secret Storm, from 1968 to 1974, and as Dina Abbott Mergeron on The Young and the Restless, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
In addition to her daytime works, Adams made more than 40 appearances on primetime television. She guest-starred on The New Dick Van Dyke Show; Adam-12; Starsky and Hutch; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Phyllis; The Streets of San Francisco; Emergency!; The Love Boat; Barnaby Jones; Hart to Hart; Happy Days; Hill Street Blues; Who’s the Boss?; Matlock; and Columbo. She also had a recurring role on Walker, Texas Ranger from 2000 to 2001. In 2000, she played First Lady Matthews in the television film The President’s Man, starring Chuck Norris and Dylan Neal.
Adams died in Los Angeles on April 25, 2024, at the age of 85.
