Susan Banks
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Eileen Davidson as Susan Banks
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| Days of Our Lives character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by |
Eileen Davidson (1996–98; 2014) Brynn Thayer (2011) |
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| First appearance | November 4, 1996 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | September 30, 2014 | ||||||||
| Created by | James E. Reilly | ||||||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||
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| Other names | Kristen Blake | ||||||||
| Residence | England | ||||||||
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| Siblings | Sister Mary Moira Banks Thomas Banks Penelope Kent |
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| Spouse |
John Black (1997) Edmund Crumb (1998–) |
| Sons | EJ DiMera |
| Grandchildren |
Johnny DiMera Sydney DiMera Grace Brady (legal) |
Susan Banks is a fictional character on NBC's daytime drama Days of Our Lives. She was played by Eileen Davidson from November 4, 1996 to April 8, 1998, and again in 2014. Susan is the mother of Elvis "EJ" DiMera, and once acted as Kristen Blake's doppelganger. In November 2011, it was announced that Brynn Thayer would take over the role of Susan, since Davidson was committed to The Young and the Restless. Thayer made her appearance on December 7, 2011.
In June 2012, it was announced that Davidson would reprise the role of Kristen Blake, along with her doppelganger, Susan Banks. In July 2012, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Davidson to reprise the role of Kristen Blake in October 2012.
In January 2014, it was announced that Davidson would be returning to Days for three-month story arc after having departed with the show in November 2013. In late September 2014, it was announced that Davidson would reprise her role as Susan Banks; her first time portraying the character in 16 years.
The decision to create a storyline in which Stefano hires a doppelganger to impersonate Kristen Blake demanded that the Days producers cast an actress who resembled Davidson. Actress, Brenda Epperson was considered for the role, an actress Davidson suggested to replace her in her role as Ashley Abbott on The Young and the Restless, due to their uncanny resemblance. Instead of casting Epperson, or any actress for that matter, Davidson suggested that she play both roles: Kristen and her alter. The show ultimately agreed.
On rehearsing, Davidson related: “I had a tape recorder and I would read the scene and turn it off when the character I was supposed to be talked. I ran lines that way. The major way that I knew it was working was because the crew was laughing, and I was laughing, we were cracking up all the time.”
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