Melinda O. Fee obit

Days of our Lives, Guiding Light alum Melinda O. Fee has died

She was not on the list. 

Actress Melinda O. Fee, known to daytime fans for roles like Days of our Lives' Mary Marshall and Guiding Light's Charlotte Bauer, has passed away. She was 77.

Former actress Melinda O. Fee (ex-Mary Marshall, Days of our Lives; ex-Charlotte Bauer, Guiding Light; ex-Olivia Welles, Santa Barbara; ex-Jill Abbott, The Young and the Restless) died in March at the age of 77. The sad news was reported in SAG-AFTRA's Spring 2020 publication as well as by actress Gilleigh McLain.

"It is with great sadness I tell you, her Facebook friends, that on March 24th [2020], Melinda passed away," wrote McLain on Fee's Facebook page. "She had a massive stroke and passed away in the hospital. She had requested no funeral nor memorial, so don't grieve you missed it. May God hold Melinda, forever, in the hollow of his hand."

The daughter of Charles O. Fee and screen actress Astrid Allwyn, Fee was born on October 7, 1942, in Los Angeles, and began her TV acting career in the 1960s with roles on primetime shows like My Favorite Martian, Lost in Space, and Mannix.

Fee made the transition to soap operas in the early 1970s, starting with the role of Victoria Randolph on Love of Life. That led to several other soap roles, such as Guiding Light's Charlotte Waring Bauer from 1971 to 1973; Dallas' Cathy Baker in 1979; Days of our Lives' Mary Anderson Marshall from 1981 to 1982; and Santa Barbara's Olivia Welles from 1987 to 1988. She was also a temporary replacement in the role of Jill Abbott on The Young and the Restless in 1984.

Some of Fee's other acting credits include The Invisible Man, The Bionic Woman, CHiPs, Eight Is Enough, Knight Rider, and Matlock. Her last listed projects include a 1991 episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 and two films that same year titled Changes and California Casanova.

Fee married Steven S. Harrison in 1985. She had a sister named Vicki who died in 1975.

Actress

California Casanova (1991)

California Casanova

4.2

Madam Luchband

1991

 

Changes (1991)

Changes

5.9

TV Movie

Diana Maxwell (as Melinda Fee)

1991

 

Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)

Beverly Hills, 90210

6.5

TV Series

Mrs. Coolidge (as Melinda Fee)

1991

1 episode

 

Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)

Matlock

7.1

TV Series

Barbara Grayson

Marsha Gold

1988–1991

2 episodes

 

Robin Wright, Judith Anderson, Valorie Armstrong, Melissa Reeves, Robert Alan Browne, Paul Burke, Ismael 'East' Carlo, Margarita Cordova, Nicolas Coster, Lane Davies, Richard Eden, Gina Gallego, Linda Gibboney, Andrea Howard, Ava Lazar, A Martinez, Todd McKee, John Allen Nelson, Rupert Ravens, Julie Ronnie, Kerry Sherman, Louise Sorel, Jonna Leigh Stack, Marcy Walker, and Dane Witherspoon in Santa Barbara (1984)

Santa Barbara

5.7

TV Series

Olivia

1987–1988

7 episodes

 

She's the Sheriff (1987)

She's the Sheriff

4.1

TV Series

1987

1 episode

 

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey (1981)

Cagney & Lacey

6.8

TV Series

Rhonda Benson

1987

1 episode

 

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

MacGyver

7.6

TV Series

Carol Lafferty

1986

1 episode

 

Kim Myers and Mark Patton in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

5.4

Mrs. Webber

1985

 

Doin' Time (1985)

Doin' Time

4.8

Denise

1985

 

John Ritter, Mary Cadorette, and Robert Mandan in Three's a Crowd (1984)

Three's a Crowd

5.7

TV Series

Ms. Cartwright

1984

1 episode

 

David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)

Knight Rider

6.9

TV Series

Suzanne Weston

1983

1 episode

 

Casablanca (1983)

Casablanca

5.6

TV Series

Ynez

1983

1 episode

 

Days of Our Lives (1965)

Days of Our Lives

5.2

TV Series

Mary Anderson Marshall

1981–1982

127 episodes

 

Flamingo Road (1980)

Flamingo Road

6.5

TV Series

Pat Simmons

1981

1 episode

 

Tony Curtis, Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis, and Judy Landers in Vega$ (1978)

Vega$

6.9

TV Series

Kay Drummond

1980

1 episode

 

Dennis Christopher in Fade to Black (1980)

Fade to Black

6.1

Talk Show Hostess (as Melinda Fee)

1980

 

The Aliens Are Coming (1980)

The Aliens Are Coming

4.2

TV Movie

Gwendolyn O'Brien (as Melinda Fee)

1980

 

Willie Aames, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Dianne Kay, Connie Needham, Lani O'Grady, Adam Rich, Susan Richardson, Dick Van Patten, and Laurie Walters in Eight Is Enough (1977)

Eight Is Enough

6.6

TV Series

Gwen Elkhart

1979

1 episode

 

Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, Jim Davis, Linda Gray, and Steve Kanaly in Dallas (1978)

Dallas

7.1

TV Series

Cathy Baker (as Melinda Fee)

1979

1 episode

 

Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox in CHiPs (1977)

CHiPs

6.4

TV Series

Sarah (as Melinda Fee)

1978

1 episode

 

The Bionic Woman (1976)

The Bionic Woman

6.7

TV Series

Tami Cross (as Melinda Fee)

1977

2 episodes

 

Jack Klugman in Quincy, M.E. (1976)

Quincy, M.E.

7.3

TV Series

Addie (as Melinda Fee)

1977

1 episode

 

David McCallum in The Invisible Man (1975)

The Invisible Man

6.6

TV Series

Dr. Kate Westin

1975–1976

13 episodes

 

Carl Franklin and Stacy Keach in Caribe (1975)

Caribe

6.8

TV Series

Thea Blake (as Melinda Fee)

1975

1 episode

 

Lincoln (1974)

Lincoln

8.1

TV Mini Series

Kate Chase (as Melinda Fee)

1974

1 episode

 

Guiding Light (1952)

Guiding Light

6.5

TV Series

Charlotte Waring Bauer

1971–1973

4 episodes

 

Eileen Davidson, Bryton James, Joshua Morrow, Gina Tognoni, Justin Hartley, Melissa Claire Egan, and Peter Bergman in The Young and the Restless (1973)

The Young and the Restless

5.3

TV Series

Jill Foster Abbott #4 (1984)

1973

 

Birgitta Tolksdorf in Love of Life (1951)

Love of Life

7.4

TV Series

Victoria Randolph

1970

1 episode

 

Love, American Style (1969)

Love, American Style

6.8

TV Series

Miss 45961 (segment "Love and the Dating Computer") (as Melinda Fee)

1969

1 episode

 

Jim Backus, Henny Backus, Pamelyn Ferdin, Patricia Harty, Will Hutchins, and Peter Robbins in Blondie (1968)

Blondie

6.5

TV Series

Honey Hilton (as Melinda Fee)

1968

1 episode

 

Mike Connors in Mannix (1967)

Mannix

7.4

TV Series

Allison West (as Melinda Fee)

1968

1 episode

 

June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)

Lost in Space

7.3

TV Series

Fenestra (as Melinda Fee)

1966

1 episode

 

Anne Helm in Unkissed Bride (1966)

Unkissed Bride

3.9

1966

 

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

7.6

TV Series

Nurse (as Melinda Fee)

1966

1 episode

 

Barbara Eden in I Dream of Jeannie (1965)

I Dream of Jeannie

7.4

TV Series

Cashier (uncredited)

1966

1 episode

 

Ann B Davis

The John Forsythe Show

7.0

TV Series

Miss Johnson

1966

1 episode

 

My Favorite Martian (1963)

My Favorite Martian

7.2

TV Series

Sylvia (as Melinda Fee)

1965

1 episode