 There she landed a role in "The Apple" (1980), a musical science fiction cult film.During the production of "The Apple", the director Menahem_Golan took issue with her original name Mary Nursall and insisted she change it, which she did using using her mother's maiden name.After moving to Los Angeles she obtained a role on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives", playing the original Kayla Brady from January 1982 to December 1983.