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Aalda is best known for her work in television as one of the first African-American daytime soap opera heroines, playing DiDi Bannister-Stoner on ABC's The Edge of Night from 1981 until the show's cancellation in 1984.
As played by Mariann Aalda, the smart and spirited young attorney became a prototype for the professional African-American female characters that began to proliferate on network TV, earning her accolades and numerous awards from the African-American community.
Apr 30, 2024 · Mariann Aalda may be turning 76 on May 7, but to her, age is nothing more than a number. The former daytime star (Didi, Edge of Night; Lena, Sunset Beach) has had a long and successful...
As played by Mariann Aalda, the smart and spirited young attorney became a prototype for the professional African-American female characters that began to proliferate on network TV, earning her accolades and numerous awards from the African-American community.
May 8, 2018 · Deemed “too old” by the industry, actress and comic Mariann Aalda reclaims the career she loves and empowers women of all ages to snap out of society’s trance.
Jan 13, 2020 · In her Talk, Mariann Aalda shares the guiding principle she has utilized throughout her life, which she now applies to getting older. Her hope is that at the...
Actress Mariann Aalda joins Chris Cordani in the Outhouse LoungeMariann, who has appeared in several movies and programs, is perhaps best known for playing E...
She's been dispensing her wit and wisdom about getting older and still getting your groove on in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, at the 2019 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC, where she made box office history for selling out all of her performances TWICE after additional seats were added to the Convention Center ...
I went on to long-term, recurring daytime roles. on CBS’ Guiding Light and NBC's Sunset Beach, but it's "DiDi" for which I am most fondly remembered by soap opera fans. Now in my seventies, I'm renouncing basking in past career accomplishments in favor of marinating in new possibilities!
Mar 16, 2022 · In 1981, Mariann Aalda became one of the first African-American daytime soap opera heroines, the feisty, young criminal defense attorney DiDi Bannister on ABC’s Edge of Night. But these days she’s prosecuting ageism with a TEDx Talk, a solo show and as an AARP Age Disruptor.
