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Tina Ivlev has landed the role of "Kelly" and first airs on Friday, December 12.

Marsha Waterbury will be appearing as Sister Theresa when Sami shows up in a convent. Look for her first air on Wednesday November 26.

Daytime actress Sandra Robinson (formerly known as Sandra Ferguson) will be coming to Salem as Dr. Charlotte Taylor. To find out when she's show up, who she's playing and why she looks so familiar, read this!

All My Children's John Callahan will be playing the latest doctor to sail into Salem's harbor. We don't know much about him so far, except that he'll be interacting quite a bit with knocked-up Nicole. .. For Callahan's first airdate and more, read here.

"Port Charles" alum Alex Mendoza (ex-Joe) will hit Salem as The Killer, starting Friday, October 17.

Passions alum Eric Marstolf is coming to Salem! As you may recall, Days recently quashed chatter that Martsolf was on his way. Turns out they were stalling and, as rumored, the man who played Theresa's true love Ethan will take on the role of Brady Black, who returns to Salem mid November to settle unresolved issues with Chloe.

Erin Chambers has been tapped to play Theo's babysitter, Lacey. She already appeared on the September 19 episode and will next show up on Thursday, October 9th.

Former "Tonight Show" cut up Ross Matthews is returning to Salem as Chris and this time, he'll show up as Kate's assistant, on Tuesday, September 9th. Fans are likely to see him for visits after that as well. Get more on the story at here.

Freda Foh Shen joins the cast as Eleanor Thomas and first airs Thursday, September 18.

Terrell Tilford returns to the role of Dr. Carrington on Friday, September 5.

Jensen Higley, the 18-year-old daughter of Days' head-scribe Dena Higley, has been playing Melanie's "friend" Susan since August 4!

Bryan Friday is the man behind the mask! Word is, Bryan has quite the rep as a stuntman. Hopefully, that means things with Marlena's stalker are going to get interesting!

In case you were wondering, that's Brandon DeShazer playing Harry, the detective who's been working the computer at the Salem PD.

Goings

Blake Berris Out!
Days can report another loss in the casting department... Blake Berris (Nick) will be out by early next year.

The end of John and Marlena? Following on the news last week that Jay Kenneth Johnson will be departing from the cast (see story here, more bad news is coming out for Days fans. Find out why the show is losing two fan faves here.

Grandpa Shawn (portrayed by Frank Parker) unfortunately died on February 15th and the character left the show. This is expected to be the last date he'll air in a new show, though there could be flashbacks of him with an upcoming funeral. You can read more about Frank's career at soaps.com

Staying

Updated! It’s Official! Jay Kenneth Johnson is not leaving Days. We're finally getting a little clarity after the chaos that erupted last month. Read more on this news here!

Alison Sweeney & Lauren Koslow are staying put, contrary to recent rumors. In fact, Alison will be working well into the holidays, as long as her pregnancy has her feeling up to it.

Darin Brooks (Max) is reportedly staying in the mix, having signed his new contract with the show.

InRich.com, a local Virginia newspaper, has reported that "I Wanna Be A Soap Star" winner Ashlee Holland has been offered and accepted a three year contract with Days! Originally she was only to have won a 13 week contract role with the show.

As of August 2007, Kristian Alfonso (Hope) has re-signed with the show for 2 more years.

As of May 2006, Josh Taylor (Roman) recently re-signed with the show for 2 more years. This was reported on his Official Blog

As of August 2006, Deidre Hall has re-signed with the show for two more years! This news was reported by Deidre's WebDeeva on her official website webboard

As of April 2006, Alison Sweeney (Sami) has signed a new contract with the show keeping her on Days for three more years.