Mariann Aalda (born May , ) is an American television, stage, film
actress, performance artist, and stand-up comic.She is best known for
her work in television as DiDi Bannister-Stoner on ABC's The Edge of
Night from until the show's cancellation in . For many years before
that she was a writer-performer with the sketch comedy troupe Off
Center Theatre in New York. Later, she appeared on the CBS show
Guiding Light. She also had regular roles on the CBS sitcom The Royal
Family, as the daughter of Redd Foxx and Della Reese, and the HBO
series st & Ten, as the wife of O.J. Simpson's character.Aalda also
achieved notoriety recurring on the CBS sitcom, Designing Women, as
Anthony's yuppie-from-hell girlfriend, Lita Ford, and on the NBC soap
opera Sunset Beach as the tragically disfigured Lena Hart.
Additionally, she co-hosted the lifestyle show Designs for Living on
the USA Network and was a reporter for the magazine show NOW! on WNBC
in New York. Her numerous guest-star roles are mostly sitcom.
actress, performance artist, and stand-up comic.She is best known for
her work in television as DiDi Bannister-Stoner on ABC's The Edge of
Night from until the show's cancellation in . For many years before
that she was a writer-performer with the sketch comedy troupe Off
Center Theatre in New York. Later, she appeared on the CBS show
Guiding Light. She also had regular roles on the CBS sitcom The Royal
Family, as the daughter of Redd Foxx and Della Reese, and the HBO
series st & Ten, as the wife of O.J. Simpson's character.Aalda also
achieved notoriety recurring on the CBS sitcom, Designing Women, as
Anthony's yuppie-from-hell girlfriend, Lita Ford, and on the NBC soap
opera Sunset Beach as the tragically disfigured Lena Hart.
Additionally, she co-hosted the lifestyle show Designs for Living on
the USA Network and was a reporter for the magazine show NOW! on WNBC
in New York. Her numerous guest-star roles are mostly sitcom.
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