"In my next life I want to come back as Mary Beth Evans.
She is the healthiest human being I've ever met in my life.
She takes nothing hard. Two days before she delivered her
son she did 100 pages of dialogue to cover her maternity leave
without so much as a whimper, whine, or complaint. If her husband
has to leave town for a few months of training- no problem! If the
housekeeper catches the garbage on fire and the fence burns down-
no big deal! She's an astonishing human being. We have absolutely
nothing in common, but I miss having her to learn from. I miss having
her around to remind m e how the other half lives,
because I take everything hard."

-Jane Elliot, (ex-Anjelica, Days; ex-Tracy, GH)
Daytime TV, September 1989

          "Mary Beth is one of those rare people
            who goes out of her way to get along
            with everyone. People are just drawn
            to her. They want to make sure that
            she's always all right. I can't explain it
            really, but she's very relaxed. She
            makes everyone laugh and knows
            everyone by name..."

           -Richard Biggs, (ex-Marcus, Days)
            Soap Opera Digest, August 22 1989

            "...Inevitably whenever you're working
            with Mary Beth, you can't help
            becoming completely hysterical. She's
            just a crack-up...working should be fun
            and Mary Beth keeps Stephen and
            everybody else from getting too
            serious"

            -Charles Shaughnessy, (ex-Shane
            Donovan, Days; ex-Maxwell on The
            Nanny) Soap Opera Digest, Aug. 22
            1989

"Soap Opera Update Salutes Mary Beth Evans for the
depth and range of her talent and her ability to 
make us open our hearts and share the feelings"
        -Alison J Waldman, SOU writer
          (Soap Opera Update, 1990).


"Aside from looking stunning,
she will move you like you won't believe.'  "

-Hogan Sheffer (ATWT Headwriter) /
Soap Opera Digest- 1/2/01 (Previews for 2001)

"Mary Beth is a dream. A lot of actresses would
react negatively and be hurt and feel threatened.
Mary Beth doesn't do any of that...She's a great
actress and she came up with amazing performances.
The first time Tamara worked with Mary Beth,
Tamara said to me, 'My God! she is just great!' "
~ Stephen Nichols

"Mary Beth should be the next Lucille
Ball. She has more facial expressions
than anyone I've ever met. She cracks
me up all the time. She's very open and
tells it like it is"

-Robert Sloan (Days makeup artist),
Soap Opera Digest, Aug. 22 1989

"Mary Beth is a beautiful person inside.
She's incredibly real. She's very open
and full of joy and just lights up on
camera. She's very happy and fulfilled
in her own life, and that shows."

-Shelley Curtis, Soap Opera Digest,
March 21 1989

"She's an absolute doll! She's just a
sweet girl from Pasadena. Her smile
just lights up the room. Mary Beth is the
kind of girl that you want under your
Christmas tree! She's the one that's
always doing the right thing and she has
the cutest sense of humor. She is great."

-Judi Evans (ex Adrienne, Days)
Daytime TV/Days of Our Lives
Magazine 1987

"Her carefree attitude is totally refreshing. A lot
of beautiful women in Hollywood tend to take
themselves a bit too seriously, but Mary Beth is
the antithesis of that. She's wonderful to everybody.
I've never heard anybody say anything about her
other than, 'Wow! That Mary Beth'. "

-Billy Warlock (AJ, GH; ex-Frankie, Days)
in Soap Opera Magazine circca 1997
(Most Beautiful Women Issue)

"We are very pleased that someone
of Mary Beth's talent was available
to play the role of Sierra Montgomery.
I have been a fan of hers for a
long time. She is a consummate professional,
and we are really lucky to have her"

-As The World Turns Executive
Producer Chris Goutman/Statement
in several magazines December 2000


"I think she's brilliant. I didn't know her
in the other role (Kayla), but I think
she's absolutely marvelous. I'm so
invested in her as a bad girl, but then I
had no baggage. She must have been
enormously effective on Days...She
has been such a trouper and has bitten
the bullet and gone for the wicked stuff.
And I think she's just about the best
little bad girl in the world"

-Claire Labine, ex- General Hospital
Headwriter

"There she was in that long tight gown
and veil all day long and she never did
anything but have a good time. She was
smiling and laughing. But then again,
Mary Beth is always like that. She never
complained once. "

-Joy Garrett, Daytime TV,
December 1988

"Mary Beth is constantly giving me little tips
and pointers on how to adjust to
motherhood. I really appreciate all of it I think
the best thing she told me was to take it
one day at a time and not to try to do too
much too soon. Our sons have visited with
one another. Who knows in a few years
they could turn out to be the best of friends"

- Patsy Pease (Kim,Days)
Soap Opera Stars Nov 88

"She was blonde and virginal without
being boring"

Paul Decker, Casting Director for
"Santa Barbara" Talking About Mary
Beth's audition for the role of Laken
on Santa Barbara. Mary Beth passed
on the part and landed the role of
Kayla on Days of our Lives.

Soap Opera Digest August 25, 1987

"Mary Beth I adore and she's very fluid
to work with...I always feel, especially
in certain scenes, like we're dancing
together. I find Mary Beth very easy to
connect with"

-Leigh J. McCloskey Soap Opera Update,
March 22, 1994


"Mary Beth and I spend a lot of time
together and she's just the sweetest
woman- a great person and a great
mom"

- Leslie Horan (Miranda, General
Hospital) in Soap Opera Update

"I love Mary Beth Evans. I have a huge
crush on her; I tell her all the time. I
think she's beautiful and she's a very
good actress..."

-Sean Kanan (AJ, General Hospital) in
Soap Opera Update

"Those Lips...she's got the sexiest lips in
the world"

-Richard Biggs (ex-Marcus, Days) in
Soap Opera Update

-John J York (Mac, General Hospital),
Soap Opera Magazine 1997

"I miss Mary Beth's laughter. She
always has something funny to say, or
is ready to cheer you up. I even miss
when she'd break me up right before
we'd have to tape a scene and the
director would give us a stern look"

-Wally Kurth (Ned, General Hospital),
Soap Opera Magazine 1997

"Mary Beth Evans is one of the funniest,
craziest, down to earth people I've ever
met. She's a lot of fun to work with.
She's also a great actress. I think the
storyline really works."

-Tyler Christopher (June, 1997 issue)
Soap Opera Digest

"She's a wonderful combination of
innocence and devilishness ..she's your
classic romantic heroine in that there's a
loveliness to her, but she's willing to
push the envelope and explore the dark
side, which is a very compelling
combination and helps make her so
beautiful."

-Mark Teschner, GH Casting Director,
Soap Opera Magazine July 14, 1998
issue

"She's so incredible"

-Stephen Nichols
People Are Talking
(Boston Talk show)
February 19, 1990

"I'd enjoy working with Mary Beth Evans.
She's a major pro"

-Wally Kurth (Ned, General Hospital;
ex-Justin, Days) in Soap Opera Weekly
November 13, 1990
(he was still Justin on Days at the time he
said this)

"Mary Beth Evans is one of the
funniest people on the show to work
with. She's very very energetic."

-From the 8/24/98 Online Tyler
Christopher Fan Club Chat

"Mary Beth makes me laugh a lot. She
is hysterical.."

-GH hairstylist Michael Anton
August 10, 1999 Soap Opera Digest

"Where do we sign up? Her extended
summer vacation left her looking
extremely well rested and more beautiful
than ever upon her character's return
from the dead."

-Soap Opera Weekly editors in the
Winners and Losers column
September 22, 1998, talks about
Katherine's return
(in the winners list of course!)

"...Kay also finds in truly amusing that
his best verbal sparring partner on the
show is Mary Beth Evans- his real
life cousin by marriage! 'I love our
dueling, but she gets upset,' he reveals.
'She's like, {' 'I can't talk to you like
that!'} 'We are incredibly close."

-Stephen T Kay (Reginald, the Q Butler
on GH) Soap Opera News Jan 12, 1999

"It was the last day of casting before
starting production and we were frantic
to find our Piper. Mary Beth Evans walked
in that morning and as soon as I saw her,
I had all the other interviews cancelled."

-Lovelines Producer Hal Taines
In Lovelines Press Kit
Production Notes

"I was working with Mary Beth Evans as
you know. It was 'Welcome to the show,
Coltin, you're going to be naked your first
week on the set.' I had John Ingle, Billy
Warlock, all these guys coming up to me
saying, 'We've been trying to kiss this girl
for a year and here you come naked with
her for the first 3-4 days.' She's a
sweetheart, a lot of fun to work with."

-Coltin Scott Martines (Nik #2, GH) on
Soap Talk (Soap Net Talk Show- 6/24/02)

"Everybody said 'You got to kiss the
best woman on your first day.' She's the
big kisser on the show, if you will."

-Coltin Scott (first scenes as Nikolas
were kissing Mary Beth as Katherine).
Soap Opera Weekly, September 7,1999

In the February 23 issue of SOD, the
ROUNDUP feature asks:
What actor or actress on another soap
would you want to work with?

Robert Woods (who plays Bo on
OLTL and played Paul on Days) picked
Mary Beth (as Katherine on GH) .

"I just think she is great to watch. I knew her
from Days of Our Lives (as Kayla) and I like
watching her on GH"

~Bob Woods

"From an artistic standpoint, the first time we
kissed was one of the best days I ever had.
I was the biggest supporter of that [plot]. The
younger man/older woman thing's played a
million times, but there was something special
about this"

-Tyler Christopher
ABC SOAPS IN DEPTH,
August 10, 1999

"..Also, the first time I worked with
my mother, Mary Beth Evans (Sierra).
I remember hoping she was my love
interest. It was a huge challenge not
to make out with her the first time we
had to kiss. Maybe we'll play a role as
lovers in a film someday!"

~Todd Rotondi (ex-Bryant, ATWT)
from an interview at
www.soapdom.com
recalling fond memories of his
days on the soap.

"My first day, I was half naked, kissing
Mary Beth Evans. And my second day,
I was half naked, kissing Mary Beth Evans.
So it's been a great couple of days!"

- Coltin Scott (Nikolas #2 , GH), Soap
Opera Digest July 20, 1999

In the July 13, 1999 Issue of Soap
Opera Digest, Tyler Christopher (ex
Nikolas, GH) is asked: What have you
learned from Mary Beth Evans?

"I've learned that this can be really fun.
Mary Beth is really a happy and
animated person, and she keeps it
loose. Just have fun and be yourself.
That's what I've learned from Mary Beth."

~Tyler Christopher

In a Soap Opera Digest online chat,
Judi Evans Luciano (ex Paulina, Aw;
ex-Adrienne, Days) is asked:

When you were on Days, we thought
there was a resemblance between you
and MB Evans. are you sisters, or
cousins? Judi Evans Luciano:

"Not even close! Nothing! Everyone
thought that, but no. Blond, blue-eyed
girls from California, but that's it. As far
as we know, no, we're not related. But
thanks because I think she's very beautiful,
so to say we look alike or somewhat alike
-- that makes me feel great, thanks! "

- 9/21/99 Soap Opera Digest Online

Soap Opera Weekly asks Coltin Scott
(Nik #2, GH) Your first scenes with
Mary Beth were pretty hot and heavy.
Did that add to your nervousness?

"Not really. I knew, obviously, having
read through the script, that I was going
to be kissing her and stuff. And I
was completely fine with that. Mary
Beth made it easy for me..."

-Coltin Scott, Soap Opera Weekly,
Sept 7, 1999

"While viewers have responded to
Katherine's more sensitive moments,
they've also loved her when she's been
a royal bitch, too . . . It's a testament to
Evans' versatility that she can play
characters both beloved and hated. It
will be a shame to see her leave!"

-Soap Opera Update applauds Mary
Beth upon news of her upcoming
departure from GH September, 1999

"I didn't know her because I'm new to
soaps when we found her, everyone
went, 'This is great.' I was like, 'Who is
she?' I watched in close circuit when she
was taping, and everyone was blown away
. She's so stunningly beautiful. There's a
scene in the jailhouse that breaks your
heart. I love her on the map because she
humanizes Craig. When she's with Hunt
(Block) , all I kept thinking was 'Craig,
what's WRONG with you?' I would love to
use her again. That's one of the things
we're kicking around."

-Hogan Sheffer,
As The World Turns
Headwriter
Soap Opera Weekly, 1/02/01

"Thanks to her heartwarming
performances in only a few key episodes,
Evans successfully assumed this role,
helping even longtime viewers forget that
she did not create Sierra-no small feat on
a 44 year old show".

-Soap Opera Weekly 1/22/01

From an article naming Mary Beth
Performer of the Week

"I am so excited. I’ve wanted to work
with Mary Beth for so long."

-Robert S. Woods (Bo, OLTL)
commenting on Mary Beth
joining OLTL ABC Soaps In
Depth, 8/31/04 (Mary Beth ended up not
joining OLTL after all)

"Mary Beth is such a sweetheart and so great
to work with .I'm happy to have her back and all
to myself...She started working with other people
and I got really jealous. It's my mom!"

~Peyton List (Lucy, ATWT) in CBS Soaps In
Depth 11/30/04

--Matthew Ashford,
TV SOAP Magazine (Australia)
November 1995

"Mary Beth Evans adds class to any scene"

-Soap Opera Update (editors)
2/27/01

Soap Opera Weekly has a list of
"Winners and Losers" in each issue.
The May 8, 2001 issue said this
about Mary Beth:

"Winners: ATWT's Mary Beth Evans. She
breathes a wonderful lightness into the
drama with every visit."

"Watching Mary Beth Evans go
toe-to-toe with Elizabeth Hubbard
was simply mesmerizing...Given
Evans performance, Lucinda may
have lost a daughter, but Hubbard
gained a worthy sparring partner."

-Kevin Ullman, Soap Opera Weekly
Hits Or Miss (Editor)

September 11, 2001

"There is so much sex appeal exploding
from Mary Beth Evans as Leslie Detweiler,
it would take two companies of
firefighters to control the flames"
~ Review Plays.Com
May 2004

"Mary Beth Evans is sinfully sexy, as
the conniving Leslie Detweiler"
~  Pat Taylor-
Tolucan Times/Canyon Crier
May 2004

Evans successfully replaced Finn Carter's
Sierra as effortlessly as she made fans
fall in love with her as Days of our
Lives' Kayla. Even ATWT headwriter
Hogan Scheffer is singing her praises,
and the buzz is that ATWT wants her for
a long term contract. As Sierra, Evans
mesmerizes us with her convoluted
relationship with Craig, undying love for her
son Bryant, and honest mother/daughter bond
with Lucinda.

-Soap Opera Update Editors/People Are
Talking May 22, 2001

"We actually flew next to Mary Beth Evans on
the way to New York. She's so nice! "

-Marisa Ramirez (Gia, General Hospital, and
her real life boyfriend) ABC Soaps In Depth
August 7, 2001

"We can't say enough about how completely
thrilled we are that the talented Mary Beth
Evans is back as Sierra on ATWT.
Every time we turn on CBS and see the youthful
Evans acting her heart out on screen, not to
mention those bedroom scenes with the too-hot
Hunt Block, we thank our lucky stars. Let's see if
the show can convince her to hang around for a
long time to come. Leave her alone, DAYS."

-Soap Opera Update Editors
"It's What We Want To See"
September , 2001

In a photo spread about ATWT's 48th
anniversary, there's a picture of Peyton
List (Lucy) with Hunt Block (Craig). The
caption reads: List was looking forward to
the return of her other onscreen parent Mary
Beth Evans (Sierra):

"It's been a year since Lucy has seen her Mom,
so it will be nice. And Mary Beth is great! It's
going to be cool."

-Soap Opera Digest
April 27, 2004

"My first scenes were with Hunt Block
and Mary Beth, who are both amazing,
amazing actors, and I'm just like,'Hi,'"

-Peyton List
(Lucy, As The World Turns)
Soap Opera Digest 9/3/02

CBS Soaps In Depth Asked:
"What daytime star would you most
like to share a scene with?"

"...Mary Beth Evans, who I've always wanted
to work with again."

-Richard Biggs (ex-Marcus, Days;
currently on GL)
October, 2002

Peter Reckell (Bo Brady, Days) is
asked, "Is there anyone else that you
would like to come back to the show? "

"Kayla - my sister, Kayla. I miss her...
Mary Beth is such a wonderful actress,
and a fun spirit. We always had an
interesting time on the set."

-December 8, 2002
Online Soap Chat Awards
/Chat Transcript

-Charles Shaughnessy
(ex-Shane, Days)
on Mary Beth's exit from Days/
Soap Opera Weekly 1992

Stephen on Mary Beth's Exit
From GH

"It was terrible," sighs the actor.
"Not only for me, but for a lot of
people around here. So, a couple of
weeks before she left, I went around
with a video camera, and I put a little
sign on it that said, 'I will miss Mary
Beth because...' And you could just
see the looks on people's faces the
instant they saw the question because
she was one of those people who kept
everybody feeling good around here;
such a great spirit and funny as hell."

-Soap Opera Digest
November 19, 1999