remembrance of Marj Dusay by A Chronicle of Corpses writer/director McElhinney. Marj finally originated a soap role as the evil Vanessa Bennett on All My Children from 1999-2002. As the mother of Dr. David Hayward (Vincent Irizarry, her co-star from Guiding Light) and Leo DuPres (Josh Duhamel), she also became Palmer Cortlandt's last wife, giving her another legendary leading man in James Mitchell. After Vanessa's supposed demise after she was revealed to be a drug lord, Marj was persuaded to come back to the Guiding Light, this time replacing Joan Collins, who left three months into a six-month contract. In late May 2005, Dusay was one of several cast members taken off contract due to budget cuts. The show later asked her to remain with the show on recurring status. Owing to her popularity in the role, Dusay was given a front-burner storyline in 2006 that had Alexandra marrying a younger man to keep him in the country and scheming to keep him out of a younger woman's bed. While her appearances were greatly reduced after this story ended, she began appearing more upon the return of Grant Aleksander (Philip Spaulding) in 2009. CBS announced that Guiding Light was being cancelled on April 1, 2009, with the last show set to air in September. She appeared in the final episode of Guiding Light, which aired on September 18, 2009. The character of Alexandra had a "happy ending" when old lover Fletcher Reed came to squire her off on a round-the-world cruise to help her deal with the death of her brother. Personal life In 1955, she married John Dusay, a physician. They had a son and a daughter, Debra, who is an actress. The marriage ended in divorce in 1962. In 1967, she married Thomas Perine, who died in 1987. Beginning in 1984, Dusay sponsored the Marj Dusay Celebrity Golf Tournament in Russell, Kansas. The event was designated as a fundraiser for the Kansas Child Abuse Prevention Centers and for establishing a statewide hotline. On January 28, 2020, Dusay died at the age of 83. Partial TV and filmography Clambake (1967) as Waitress Year 1999 A D. (1967 short) as Karen The Wild Wild West (1967-1968, TV series) as Dolores Hammond / Crystal Fair Sweet November (1968) as Carol Star Trek (1968, episode "Spock's Brain") as Kara Bonanza (1968-1969, TV Series) as April Horn / Stephanie Regan Hawaii Five-O (1968-1969,