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Show history Origins. General Hospital was created by Frank and Doris Hursley and premiered on April 1, 1963, replacing the canceled game show Yours for a Song.The first stories were mainly set on the seventh floor of General Hospital, in an unnamed midsize Eastern city (the name of the city, Port Charles, would not be mentioned until the late 1970s by headwriters Eileen and Robert Mason ...
—The Associated Press in 1988, looking back on the wedding of Luke and Laura. The supercouple pairing of Luke Spencer and Laura Webber would eventually become the most popular storyline in soap opera history. Their November 16–17, 1981 wedding was watched by about 30 million viewers, setting a record for the highest-rated episode of a soap opera in American television history. Their ...
Laura Spencer (also Collins) is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. Laura, originally played by Stacey Baldwin, was introduced in 1974 as the illegitimate daughter of Lesley Webber ( Denise Alexander ). The character was written out in the summer of 1976. In early 1977, Genie Francis took over ...
General Hospital is an American television soap opera, airing on ABC.Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, the serial premiered on April 1, 1963.The longest-running cast member is Leslie Charleson, who has portrayed Monica Quartermaine since August 17, 1977, also making her one of the longest-tenured actors in American soap operas.
Johnny Wactor Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Curious Potato Johnny Wactor’s death has shocked the cast of General Hospital. A string of current and past stars from the ABC daytime series took to ...
Synopsis. The television special revolved around Laura Spencer 's supposed death at the hands of Stefan Cassadine. The Saturday special picked up directly where Friday's episode left off. After having been told by Stefan that her mother, Lesley Webber, was alive, Laura entered the tower where she was being kept.
General Hospital is the longest running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, the series premiered on April 1, 1963.Former cast member Rachel Ames was previously the series' longest-running cast member, portraying Audrey Hardy from 1964 to 2007, and making guest appearances in 2009 and 2013, the latter for the series' fiftieth anniversary.
Britt Westbourne. Britt Westbourne is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network, portrayed by Kelly Thiebaud. She was introduced by executive producer Frank Valentini on September 19, 2012, as the manipulative love interest for Patrick Drake. In 2014, Thiebaud exited the role, citing her desire to ...