Duration 1965–66, 1971–74 Last appearance December 18, 1974 Parents Tom Horton, Alice Horton Creators Ted Corday, Irna Phillips | First appearance November 10, 1965 Introduced by Ted Corday Significant other Doug Williams | |
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Portrayed by Patricia Huston (1965–66)
Patricia Barry (1971–74) Created by Peggy Phillips
Kenneth Rosen Similar Tommy Horton, Marie Horton, Julie Olson Williams, Bill Horton, Mickey Horton | ||
Addie Horton is a fictional character on the television soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by Patricia Huston from November 10, 1965, to March 9, 1966, and Patricia Barry from April 19, 1971, to June 28, 1974. Barry reprised her role as Addie for one episode on December 18, 1974.
Character's background
Addie Williams was the daughter of Tom and Alice Horton. She had four other siblings. Her fraternal twin brother, Tommy; and Mickey, Bill and Marie Horton. She was first married to wealthy banker Ben Olson and had two children with him, Steve and Julie Williams. Ben later died and Addie was free to date, later becoming engaged and later becoming married to her lover, Douglas "Doug" Williams.
Once Addie married Doug she soon discovered that she was ill with Leukumia and that she was pregnant. Despite her doctor's warnings she decided to keep her baby and let the cancer take its course instead of fighting it and harming the baby.
Addie soon gave birth to her and Doug's first and only child together, a baby girl named Hope. Soon afterwards though Addie was deathly ill and soon realized that she wouldn't live long. So as she was taking a walk one day with her daughter, a car spun out towards them. Addie pushed her daughter's stroller to safety and let the car hit her so her daughter would survive, while Addie was instantly killed.