‘Days’ Icon Susan Seaforth Hayes Looks Back on Highs (Julie-Doug Wedding) & Lows (That Disfiguring Fire)

In 1968, Susan Seaforth Hayes was hired as the fourth actress to play Days of Our Lives‘ resident troublemaker, Julie Olson, a role that would change the course of her life forever. “The gift of Days of Our Lives to the public is, you can turn it on and turn it off,” Seaforth Hayes begins. “But the gift of Days of our Lives to my life is I never had to turn it off. The gift of being able to act all these years has been incredible. I thank God for it every night when I say grace at dinner. Now I say grace at dinner alone, but I try to…