Maree Cheatham
{{Short description|American actress}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2017}}
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| name = Maree Cheatham
| image = Марӣ Читэм.jpg
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| occupation = Actress
| other_names = Marie Cheatham
| years_active = 1964–present
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Maree Cheatham (also credited as Marie Cheatham) is an American actress, who is known for her performances on the daytime soap operas Days of Our Lives (1965–1968, 1970–1971, 1973, 1994, 1996, 2010, 2024), Search for Tomorrow and General Hospital, as well as for her role as Nona on the Nickelodeon comedy series Sam & Cat (2013–2014). She has also worked in many feature films, including Soul Man (1986), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Hanging Up (2000), Labor Pains (2009) and Letters to God (2010).
Life and career
Cheatham graduated from Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas in 1958.{{cite web|url=https://bellairehighschoolalumni.org/bhs-hall-of-fame/|title=BHS Hall of Fame|website=bellairehighschoolalumni.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017003659/https://bellairehighschoolalumni.org/bhs-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=October 17, 2021}} She was an original cast member of the daytime serial Days of Our Lives, in which she played the role of Marie Horton, who was the show's very first heroine.{{cite web |title=Who Was Days Of Our Lives' Marie Horton?|url=https://www.thelist.com/1049202/who-was-days-of-our-lives-marie-horton/ |website=www.thelist.com|date=11 October 2022 }} Horton has several traumatic relationships before going into a convent to become a nun.
After leaving Days of Our Lives in 1973, she moved to New York, where in 1974 she originated the role of the sarcastic and vampy Stephanie Wilkins on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. She was replaced on that soap opera in early 1984 by actress and writer Louise Shaffer. In 1987, she became a regular cast member of General Hospital as Lucy Coe's wacky and fun-loving Aunt Charlene Simpson. When Gloria Monty returned as a producer in 1991, Cheatham was one of many cast members let go, but in 1998 Cheatham returned to the role with a brief appearance on the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles.
During the last two seasons of Knots Landing, she played the role of the scheming Mary Robeson, a blackmailer who became the victim in a murder mystery.
Cheatham has returned to Days of Our Lives on several occasions to reprise the role of Marie Horton, as a doctor and no longer a nun. She returned twice in 1994 and 2010 for tributes to actors that died — MacDonald Carey and Frances Reid who played Marie's father and mother, respectively. Her character also attended one of Bo and Hope's remarriages. In 2024 she returned for the funeral of Doug Williams played by Bill Hayes who was once married to her sister Addie and after her death, he married her daughter Julie (Marie's niece).
Cheatham played the role of Mona on the soap opera Passions in 2002.
She has also made many guest appearances in TV series such as Gunsmoke, Cagney and Lacey, Quantum Leap, The Nanny, Dharma & Greg, Profiler, Judging Amy, Scrubs, The West Wing, Monk, Cold Case and Desperate Housewives. She has also appeared in movies such as Beetlejuice, Rumor Has It..., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, America's Sweethearts, and a notable cameo in The Wedding Singer, in which she innocently asked Billy Idol what the mile high club was.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1974
|Indict and Convict |Barbara Mathews |TV film |
| 1986
|Dorothy Watson | |
| 1988
|Sarah Dean |
| 1988
|Mrs. Brooks | |
| 1998
|{{sortname|A|Night at the Roxbury}} |Mabel Sanderson | |
| 1998
|Ms. Fischer |TV film |
| 1998
|Nice Lady on Plane | |
| 1998
|Perfect Prey |Mrs. Leary |TV film |
| 1999
|Mrs. Millstone | |
| 1999
|{{sortname|The|Bachelor|The Bachelor (1999 film)}} |Mona Arden | |
| 2000
|Angie | |
| 2001
|Just Ask My Children |Corene Oliver |TV film |
| 2001
|Comedy Central Thanxgiveaway: Home Fires |Evelyn Gordon |TV film |
| 2002
|Gabby Finn |TV film |
| 2004
|{{sortname|The|Affair|The Affair (2004 film)}} |Charlene | |
| 2004
|Comedy Central Laughs for Life Telethon 2004 |Sen. Langman |TV film |
| 2006
|{{sortname|The|Last Time|The Last Time (film)}} |Gladys | |
| 2008
|Mrs. Kraus | |
| 2009
|Landlord | |
| 2009
|Stellina Blue |Clare | |
| 2009
|Judge Freeman | |
| 2009
|Ann | |
| 2009
|Protection |Mrs. Shapiro |Short |
| 2010
|Olivia | |
| 2017
|{{sortname|A|Moving Romance|nolink=1}} |Midge |TV film |
| 2018
|Anyone Home? |Mrs. Kakanian | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1965–68, 1970–71, 1973, 1994, 1996, 2010, 2024 |Regular role{{cite web |title=Actress Discusses Soap's Past & Future |url=https://www.athensnews.com/culture/arts_and_entertainment/actress-discusses-soaps-past-future/article_a823f7f2-3048-11ed-b63f-0f56b6dc753b.html |website=www.athensnews.com|date=14 September 2022 }}{{cite web |title=Days of our Lives Needs Sister Marie Horton to Help Fight MarDevil |url=https://soaphub.com/days-of-our-lives/days-of-our-lives-needs-sister-marie-horton-to-help-fight-mardevil/ |website=soaphub.com|date=3 December 2021 }} |
| 1969
|{{sortname|The|Outcasts|The Outcasts (U.S. TV series)}} |Cora |"And Then There Was One" |
| 1970
|Abigail Hartly |"McCabe" |
| 1971
|{{sortname|The|F.B.I.|The F.B.I. (TV series)}} |Miss Evans |"Center of Peril" |
| 1971
|Jessica Adams |"Assault on San Saba" |
| 1972
|Amy Carter |"R & R & R" |
| 1974–1984
|Stephanie Wyatt |Contract role |
| 1986
|Mrs Delicath |"A Safe Place" |
| 1987
|Cynthia Jane Bartlett |"Double Exposure" |
| 1987
|Mrs. George |"Juvi" |
| 1987–91, 1997
|TV series |
| 1988
|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color |Janine |"Rock 'n' Roll Mom" |
| 1989
|Ilene Patterson |"B-Men" |
| 1990
|Mrs. Rowe |"Columbo Goes to College" |
| 1991
|Margaret Twilly |"Play Ball" |
| 1992
|Amy Proctor |"I Dream of Squidhead" |
| 1992
|Audrey |"Sayonara" |
| 1992–93
|Mary Robeson |Recurring role |
| 1994
|{{sortname|The|Nanny}} |Emma Trusdale |"The Show Must Go On" |
| 1995
|Acapulco Bay |Victoria |Main role |
| 1996
|{{sortname|The|Jeff Foxworthy Show}} |Molly |"The Gift" |
| 1997
|Yantona |"Ransom" |
| 1997
|{{sortname|The|Journey of Allen Strange}} |Irma Stephenson |"Space" |
| 1997
|Judge Paramen |"Second Best" |
| 1998
|Lorna |"The Nine Wives of Leo Wagonman" |
| 1998
|Judge Paramen |"The Root of All Evil" |
| 1998
|Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction |Nanny / Maggie |"The Red Eyed Creature" |
| 1998
|Thelma Wicker |"Chasin' the Blues" |
| 1998
|Dorothy Baxter |"Caroline and the Big Night" |
| 1999
|Charlene Simpson |TV series |
| 2002
|Betty |"Boston Terriers from France" |
| 2002
|Mona |3 episodes |
| 2002
|Mrs. Warner |"My Case Study" |
| 2003
|{{sortname|The|West Wing}} |Gov. Wade |"Disaster Relief" |
| 2004
|Monk |Edna Coruthers |"Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month" |
| 2005
|Ceal |"Color and Light" |
| 2005
|Nancy Walsh |"A Perfect Day" |
| 2007
|Georgina Babineaux |"Angel of Death" |
| 2007
|Elizabeth Yablonsky |"The Good, the Bad and the Mob", "Disorder in the Court" |
| 2007
|Mrs. Wallach |"Performance Anxiety" |
| 2007
|Mrs. Fulford |"Fix-Ups & Downs" |
| 2009
|Myrna Cooperton |"This Joint's Haunted" |
| 2009
|Susan |"She's a Lump" |
| 2010
|Dr. Seitz |"In Re: Jessica Davis" |
| 2011
|Unnamed Docent |"The Angel of Death" |
| 2012
|GCB |Boofie Marfeson |"Hell Hath No Fury" |
| 2012
|Mrs. Filsinger |"Rubber Ball" |
| 2012
|Mrs. Claymore |"Nice Guys Finish at Some Point" |
| 2013–14
|Nona |Main role |
| 2013–15
|Bettie Breeland |
| 2015
|{{sortname|The|Millers}} |Mrs. Mueller |"Highway to the Manger Zone" |
| 2016−2021
|{{sortname|The|Haves and the Have Nots|The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)}} |Pearl |Multiple appearances (seasons 3-8) |
| 2016
|Stephanie |"Back to the Start" |
| 2016–19
|Maggie |Recurring cast, 12 episodes |
| 2019
|Joyce |Episode: "Eye of the Duckworth" |
| 2019
|Dorothy |Episode: "A Parasol and a Hell of an Arm" |
References
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Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:Actresses from Oklahoma
Category:20th-century American actresses