<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Darlene Conley (July 18, 1934--January 14, 2007) was an American actress . </P> <P> Conley's career spanned fifty years, but she was best known for her performances in daytime television, and in particular, for her portrayal of larger - than - life fashion industrialist Sally Spectra on The Bold and the Beautiful . Conley played the role from 1989 until her death seventeen years later . Darlene's character Sally is the only soap opera character to be displayed at Madame Tussaud's wax figures galleries in Amsterdam and Las Vegas . </P> <P> Conley, an Irish American, was born south of Chicago in Chicago Heights, Illinois, the daughter of Melba (née Manthey) and Raymond Conley . In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Conley was employed with the traveling theater group the Chicago Uptown Circuit Players and Playwrights Company . She earned a bit part in the movie The Birds, which was followed by similar small roles in movies like Valley of the Dolls and Lady Sings the Blues . Darlene also appeared in the first episode of the fifth season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show as a prison warden . </P>

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