http://www.tvguide.com/Soaps/QA/default.htm?cmsRedir=true&rmDate=11222005&cmsGuid=%7B053F7985-915F-403C-8C7B-42D1A21E696A%7D Passions Psycho Stirs Comic Chaos in Harmony
by Daniel R. Coleridge
Seasoned character actress Marianne Muellerleile has done theater, TV and movies, but the role of her life is Norma, the campiest cuckoo on soaps. Passions creator James E. Reilly conceived Norma as a burly, sexually ambiguous takeoff on shower-stalker Norman Bates from the classic Psycho films. Between stints in the psych ward, the ax murderess occasionally returns to Harmony to torment her nemesis, Tabitha the witch (Juliet Mills). As you first read here, Norma's coming back for another whack at Tabby. Read on for exclusive scoopage from the loon-a-chick herself!
TVGuide.com: Norma's obsession with her dead father was never stranger than in your spoof of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Muellerleile: I did that two years ago, and that bit's being resurrected. We have yet another mental-hospital talent show with various... novelty acts. This time, Norma does Baby Jane with a kick line of women in straightjackets!
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http://www.nbc.com/Passions/recaps/famous_plots/norma.shtml "Norma Returns: Part Two" Tabitha and Timmy were a little startled when they received a call from Eve Russell asking them to come to the hospital. Especially when they found out why--they had been personally invited to a talent show put on by the patients in the psychiatric ward. The two had no idea who had extended them such an odd invitation...but they soon found out. At the end of the show, the audience filed out leaving Tabitha and Timmy to view their private show. Once Tabby and Timmy were alone, "Baby Jane" came out on stage and started shrieking out a ditty. Soon Tabitha and Timmy were the ones shrieking...when they realized the person behind the makeup was Norma! Norma came after them and a chase ensued. Luckily, Norma was captured and sent back to the ward! Now the question remains...has she escaped once again? And is she after poor, unsuspecting Timmy?
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.