Svetlana Nikolaevna "Lanna" Saunders (December , â€" March , ) was an
American actress, best known for her role as Marie Horton on the
television soap opera Days of Our Lives, on which she appeared from -.
She also played the character Betty Andrews on the daytime soap opera
The Young and the Restless.Saunders came from a prominent
Russian-American acting family: her father was actor Nicholas Saunders
and her grandfather was actor Nicholas Soussanin, who emigrated from
the Ukrainian SSR in the s, and married actress Olga
Baclanova.Saunders first started in acting at age , studying under
Elia Kazan and later joining his Lincoln Center Company. She met her
future husband, actor Lawrence Pressman, while performing on Broadway,
and they were married from until her death.Saunders was diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis in and she left Days of our Lives three years
later when she became too ill to continue in the role. She died on
March , . She was survived by her mother, brother (Theo Saunders), and
her son, David Pressman.
American actress, best known for her role as Marie Horton on the
television soap opera Days of Our Lives, on which she appeared from -.
She also played the character Betty Andrews on the daytime soap opera
The Young and the Restless.Saunders came from a prominent
Russian-American acting family: her father was actor Nicholas Saunders
and her grandfather was actor Nicholas Soussanin, who emigrated from
the Ukrainian SSR in the s, and married actress Olga
Baclanova.Saunders first started in acting at age , studying under
Elia Kazan and later joining his Lincoln Center Company. She met her
future husband, actor Lawrence Pressman, while performing on Broadway,
and they were married from until her death.Saunders was diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis in and she left Days of our Lives three years
later when she became too ill to continue in the role. She died on
March , . She was survived by her mother, brother (Theo Saunders), and
her son, David Pressman.
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