Svetlana "Lanna" Saunders (December 22, 1941 – March 10, 2007) was an American actress, best known for her role as Marie Horton on the television soap opera Days of Our Lives, on which she appeared from 1979–85.
[3] Saunders started in acting at age 13, studying under Elia Kazan and later joining his Lincoln Center Company.
(1966), The Changeling (1964), Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory (1964), Milk and Honey (1961), and Sunrise at Campobello (1958).
[2] She met her future husband, actor Lawrence Pressman, when she was a student of Kazan, and they were married until her death.
[6] Saunders was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1982 and she left Days of our Lives three years later when she became too ill to continue in the role.