Tracy Quartermaine

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Tracy Quartermaine Spencer
General Hospital
The City
Portrayed by Jane Elliot
First appearance 1978
Created by Douglas Marland
Profile
Gender Female
Occupation CEO of ELQ.
Residence 66 Harbor View Road
Port Charles, New York

Tracy Quartermaine is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. She is played by actress Jane Elliot, who originated the role in 1978 and has played her intermittently since that time, primarily on GH (1978–1981, 1989-1993, 1996, 2003–present) and briefly on The City (1996–1997).

Tracy is the spoiled, rich and often badly behaved daughter of the wealthy Edward and Lila Quartermaine. She has two sons, Ned Ashton and Dillon Quartermaine, a stepson Lucky Spencer, a stepdaughter Lulu Spencer, and one granddaughter, Brook Lynn Ashton. She is currently married to Luke Spencer.

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[edit] Background

Tracy was a divorcée and neglectful mother when she debuted on the show. The show established that she had married young to Lord Lawrence "Larry" Ashton and had a son, Ned. When she divorced Larry Ashton, Ned spent a great deal of time with his grandparents or at boarding school while his mother focused on travel or her social life. She was a more involved mother to Ned's much younger half-brother, Dillon. Tracy took Dillon with her to Europe to avoid being charged with a hit and run accident and to keep Dillon's father, Paul Hornsby, from taking custody. She succeeded in keeping Paul out of Dillon's life and raised the boy mainly in Europe. At one point, she lived in the SoHo district of New York City, where she was briefly married to mafioso Gino Soleito. She returned to Port Charles with a teenage Dillon and left him with her parents.

Most of her stories over the years have focused on her unsuccessful attempts to find love, her determination to gain power in ELQ, the family company, and her attempts to one-up family members who have tried to displace her or her sons in the family company or in her father's affections. While Tracy wanted to get giddy with her father, Edward, he still had his eyes on his son and deemed favorite, Alan Quartermaine.

[edit] Marriage to Luke Spencer

Tracy Quartermaine fell victim to a cruel prank, at the hand of her son, Dillon Quartermaine and his girlfriend, Georgie Jones for Luke Spencer. The plan was to get roughly $15 Million he planted in her bank account to bail Helena Cassadine out of extradition. Since Tracy Quartermaine did not want to give him the money, Luke decided to pull the ultimate prank on her. He would have Dillon call Tracy from Las Vegas and tell her that he and Georgie eloped. Knowing this would get Tracy to Vegas, Luke used this as an opportunity to manipulate Tracy's weakness: alcoholism.

Once Tracy arrived in Los Vegas, it was "too late"- the pair was married. This drove Tracy into a drunken fit. Luke Spencer offered to buy her a few drinks, which made them drunk. Since Tracy drunk more than Luke did, she was completely incapacitated when Luke proposed marriage and she accepted. The following morning, when she woke up in a Vegas bed, Luke revealed everything to Tracy and the conditions to ending their marriage from hell. [1]

At first her marriage to Luke was platonic, and it continues because of finances, but she is fighting romantic feelings for Luke, who continues to be devoted to his former wife and great love, Laura Spencer, who briefly came out of a catatonic state in late 2006. Tracy is currently dealing with her son Dillon's entanglement with his stepsister Lulu Spencer. She advised Lulu against having an abortion when she became pregnant by Dillon, feeling Lulu would eventually regret her decision but was supportive when Lulu did abort the baby. Tracy told Luke that she is relieved for Dillon's sake that he will not become a father while he is still so young. During the storyline, Tracy referred to her own "three pregnancies" and it was strongly implied that she had an off-screen abortion at some point in her life. Tracy is currently being haunted by her recently deceased brother Alan Quartermaine, who also serves as her moral compass, as she has no moral conscience.

In 2007, Luke and Tracy's marriage has moved more away from platonic and closer to love. [2] Tracy helps Luke to try to maintain custody of Laura Webber. Her son, Dillon, and Lulu Spencer find evidence to suggest that Laura did not kill Rick Webber, but Scott Baldwin in fact did. Tracy and Dillon agree to keep the evidence of the revelation from Lorenzo Spencer, as it will destroy Luke that he caused Laura's physical breakdown. [3] Tracy has also come to care about Lulu. Edward is up to no good and sends Tracy to a mental hospital after she talks to Alan in front of Lainey and also she found out that her only ally was Lulu.

Tracy discovered that Lulu's friend, Logan Hayes, is the son of Luke's enemy, Scott Baldwin. She has forbidden Lulu to see him but that has not worked. She has asked the Quartermaine's, Nikolas, Lucky, and Elizabeth to keep Lulu away from him. When Tracy decides to crush the family company, Edward Quartermaine has no choice but to let Tracy out of the mental house and she is the only person who can get through to her stepdaughter, Lulu Spencer.

With Tracy Quartermaine out of Shadybrooke, she can now focus on ruining Lulu's relationship with Logan Hayes. The first step is to get Scott Baldwin to admit that Hayes is his son. After receiving iron-clad proof that the two are related, Scott tries to get back into Logan's good graces. As it fails and Tracy is determined to get Luke back home, she offers Logan money to play nice with his father and regain good spirits with Lulu after using her to make Maxie Jones look good. Hayes rejects the offer and suggests to Tracy that Lulu will go back to him when she realizes how real their connection was but both are unaware that Lulu already agreed to Scott that she would give Logan a second chance. Upon realizing this, Tracy slaps Baldwin and resents him more for manipulating Lulu back into Logan's arms. This indicates that Tracy genuinely cares for Lulu's well-being. At the same time, Luke Spencer returns, pretending to be Tracy's masseur, Ramone, finding out that Tracy cheated on him with this guy, but not caring as the premise of their marriage is platonic. [4]

Upon Luke's return from hiding Laura Spencer from Baldwin, Tracy reveals to Luke what has happened with his daughter and Scott's son. Lulu at the same time gets mixed up with Jason Morgan and Johnny Zacchara, a mobster's son. Now, Luke and Tracy are teamed up to protect Lulu and her safety. Tracy has offered her to come back, but she declined. Luke has asked for Tracy's financial assistance in the matter, and she accepted,despite Ghost Alan warning her against interfering with Luke's events. He exclaims to her that he does not want to be "damned to haunt the rest of the Quartermaines together...forever". In response to this, Tracy replies that he is a self-presumed hellucination. [5] Though Alan continues to haunt his troublesome sister, he still continues to serve as her conscience and sole guardian.

A few days before Halloween 2007, the Spencers received an invitation from Nikolas Cassadine for them to attend a fancy dress Black and White Ball, as it is in Alan Quartermaine's honor. While both Tracy and Luke sneer at the thoughts of that function, Tracy reminds him that if they want to gain leverage on Baldwin and Hayes alike, and keep an eye on Logan and Lulu Spencer, it would be a good idea for them to attend. [6]

At the actual function, she came late and did not actually appear at Windimere Castle. It was, however implied that Tracy was expected to be late, by Luke Spencer's admission. When she finally arrived at Wyndimere Castle, she was isolated by the burgening storm and she stood on the deck by herself for 90 minutes before getting up to Wyndimere. [7] Alfred, the Cassadine family butler, mistakenly scared Tracy Spencer, allowing her to lose her balance and fall down an entire flight of stairs.Luke kissed her, thankful that she was alive and did not fall victim to Anthony Zacchara. [8] He, Scott Baldwin, and Cooper Barrett rescued her from the collapse, while Tracy and Luke and Scott barracaded themselves in the master bedroom, where Luke vowed to "nurse her back to health". When Tracy offered for Luke to go search for Zachara, he told her that he did not want her to be his next victim. [9]

In 2008, Tracy filed a malpractice suit for her out-of-town again husband, Luke. The lawsuit was filed against her sister-in-law Monica Quartermaine, which resulted in a hospital brawl in the General Hospital elevator. Tracy told Monica not to operate on Luke because of her emotional strain against the deaths of Alan and Emily, however, she did anyway, and froze on the operating table.

Since Tracy filed the medical malpractrice suit, she has been kicked out of the family's (esp. Monica's) mansion with frozen access to the family money. When Luke did return, she explained to him that she still loved him, but was not going to continue to be married to him. Luke told her that he was not going to give up on their marriage so easily, but she shrugged and left the monument which was their "Haunted Star Casino".

[edit] Foiled conspiracies/crimes committed

  • Was willing to let Edward Quartermaine die after being told she was to be dropped from the will, 1979. [10]
  • Altered the DNA Results of A.J. Quartermaine's real paternity so that Ned Ashton would remain the heir of the Quartermaine clan, 1979.
  • Blackmailed Larry Ashton into giving her illegal profits, 1989.
  • Broke up the marriage of Ned Ashton and Dawn Winthrop with the assistance of Decker Moss, 1990.
  • With the help of Scott Baldwin, attempted to break up the matrimony of Alan Quartermaine and Lucy Coe, 1990.
  • Blackmailed Jenny Eckhart into staying away from her husband Paul Hornsby, 1992.
  • Committed a hit and run with Ned Ashton's girlfriend Jenny Eckhart, 1993.
  • Broke up Ned Ashton's marriage to Lois Ashton, 1996.
  • Faked measles to avoid consummating her marriage, 1996.
  • Hired a prostitute to be her when her husband wanted to consummate their marriage. He would later die and Tracy would later improperly dispose of Gino's body, 1996.
  • Hired robbers to take from her family, 1997.
  • Blackmailed Skye Chandler into giving her $5 million by threatening to come clean to Alan about the paternity, 2003.
  • Stole a dead person's limb from Jax, 2003.
  • Hired Coleman to take a stolen auction key, 2004.
  • Helped Sage Alcazar drive a wedge between Georgie and Dillon by uploading racy photos on a General Hospital computer, 2004.
  • Blackmailed to ruin Georgie Jones' reputation if Dillon did not vote for his mother as CEO of ELQ, 2004.
  • Blackmailed Jasper "Jax" Jacks into marrying her. The engagement was never subdued into marriage, 2004.
  • Blackmailed Felicia Jones into making her the heiress of Lila Quartermaine's fortune, 2004.
  • Blackmailed Dillon Quartermaine into keeping the identity of Alan Quartermaine's hit and run driver secret, 2005.
  • Threatened to expose a secret from Sam McCall if she did not leave ELQ and her share of stock behind, 2006.
  • Her and Luke Spencer completely doctored Alan Quartermaine's will, leaving nothing in its old capacity and making her C.E.O. of ELQ, the family business, 2007.
  • Helped Luke Spencer kidnap Laura Webber from the relm of Scott Baldwin, 2007.
  • Currently blackmaied Scott Baldwin into dropping police charges against Luke after kidnapping Scott and Luke's ex-wife, Laura Spencer, 2007.
  • While at Shadybrooke, attempted and succeeded in bringin the ELQ revenue down and getting Edward to drag her out of the mental hospital, 2007.
  • Used Lulu Quartermaine to blackmail Scott Baldwin, 2007.
  • Currently helping Luke Spencer to blackmail Scott Baldwin into leaving Port Charles, with his son Logan Hayes, 2007.
  • Stole an entire bottle of Brandy from Wyndemere Castle, 2007.

[edit] Family and other relationships

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[edit] Siblings

[edit] Children

[edit] Marital status

[edit] Past marriages

[edit] Grandparents

  • George Quartermaine (paternal grandfather; deceased)
  • Ida Zemlock (paternal grandmother; deceased)
  • Harold Morgan (maternal grandfather; deceased)

[edit] Grandchildren

[edit] Aunts and uncles

  • Unnamed Quartermaine (deceased)

[edit] Nieces and nephews

[edit] Cousins

  • Alexandria Quartermaine (paternal first cousin; deceased)
  • Herbert Quartermaine (paternal first cousin once removed; deceased)
  • Quentin Quartermaine (paternal first cousin twice removed; deceased)
  • Celia Quartermaine (paternal first cousin thrice removed)
  • Chloe Morgan (maternal second cousin; deceased)

[edit] Romantic entanglements

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