ABOUT MAREE CHEATHAM
Actress who played Marie Horton on Days of Our Lives and Aunt Charlene Simpson on General Hospital . She later co-starred as Nona on the Nickelodeon series Sam & Cat . Her film credits include Beetlejuice , The Wedding Singer and Rumor Has It , among others.
She first appeared on Days of Our Lives in the show's inaugural season in 1965.
She played Governor Peggy Wade in a 2005 episode of The West Wing .
Her marriage to Bill Arvin ended in 1974. Two decades later, she married singer-songwriter Robert "Bobbo" Staron.
She appeared in a 1970 episode of Gunsmoke, a popular television series that starred James Arness .