Mary Beth Evans Library

By Naomi Rabinowitz  Mary Beth Evans (ex-Dakota, “Koty” Lane, 1984-85) “RITUALS was my first show; I can’t believe how long ago that was,” marvels Evans, who went on to play DAYS OF OUR LIVES’s Kayla, GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Katherine and AS THE WORLD TURNS’s Sierra.  “God, I must’ve been in my early 20s then.  I just [...]

Mary Beth Evans has nothing but nice things to say about her stint as GENERAL HOSPITAL’s ill-fated Katherine Bell–which may explain why she never felt that she fit particularly snugly into the role of the backstabbing gold digger. “I think in my heart I always wanted to make her good, “she admits with a giggle, [...]

          ON AND OFF-CAMERA, ATWT’S MARY BETH EVANS JUGGLES WORK AND MOTHERHOOD By Tonya Lensch Photographs by Robert Milazzo Daytime vet Mary Beth Evans has played a mom before on Days of Our Lives, her Kayla Brady Johnson was the embodiment of a loving mother to her daughter, Stephanie—though more recently, as General Hospital’s Katherine [...]

Last summer, when Katherine reeled off a parapet, General Hospital fans were stunned– as were her castmates–that Mary Beth Evans was written off the soap. She was a star and stars weren’t supposed to be treated that way. After all, Mary Beth was half of a Days of Our Lives super couple–as Kayla, and General [...]

By Kristin Gallagher As sunny as the state of California in which she resides, Mary Beth Evans is about as far away from her “General Hospital” character, Katherine, as any actor can be. Unlike her unlucky-in-love alter ego, Evans  has been blissfully wed to plastic surgeon Michael Schwartz for the past 13 years and has [...]

Mary Beth Evans Rationalizes Her Character’s Actions: Everything You Wanted to Know About General Hospital, March 1998 Even Mary Beth Evans is surprised by fans reaction to her role as Katherine, devious mistress of Stefan (Stephen Nichols) and conniving businesswoman!  “When I first came to the show as a villain, I thought I would be [...]