Leslie Charleson, the actress greatest identified for enjoying Dr. Monica Quartermaine on General Hospital, has died.
Her demise was confirmed by GH Government Producer Frank Valentini on X.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I announce the passing of my pricey pal and colleague, @lesliecharleson. Her enduring legacy has spanned practically 50 years on @GeneralHospital alone and, simply as Monica was the guts of the Quartermaine household, Leslie was a beloved matriarch of your complete forged and crew. I’ll miss our every day chats, her fast wit and unimaginable presence on set. On behalf of everybody at #GeneralHospital, my heartfelt sympathy goes out to her family members throughout this troublesome time.”
The four-time Daytime Emmy nominee performed the beloved matriarch from 1977 to 2023. Her well being prompted her withdrawal from the present; she was final seen on the ABC cleaning soap in December 2023.
The Missouri-born actress obtained her begin in TV by showing within the soaps A Flame within the Wind and Because the World Turns. That kicked off a flurry of appearances on the small display in reveals like The Wild, Wild West, Mannix, Adam-12, Medical Heart, Glad Days and Cannon.
She joined GH in 1977 to exchange Patsy Rahn as Monica.
“I began the present the day Elvis Presley died, and being such an enormous fan, I after all was very upset driving to the studios, after which getting there I used to be advised that they hoped I had introduced my very own wardrobe and make-up as a result of there was a strike occurring — and that was earlier than I even obtained within the constructing,” she advised Cleaning soap Opera Digest in 2022. “Then I obtained within the constructing and I noticed that nobody actually favored me, as a result of the woman taking part in Monica earlier than me was very rudely fired.”
Her character’s marriage to Alan (the late Stuart Damon) was irresistible to followers, regardless of her affairs, their epic fights and a number of breakups. They remarried in 1991 and remained collectively till his character died in 2007.
Charleson used her platform to advocate for breast most cancers consciousness, significantly as a result of her character was recognized with it within the mid-90s.
She was married to G. William Demms from 1988 to 1991.
