Leslie Charleson
| Leslie Charleson | |
|---|---|
 Charleson in 1967 | |
| Born |
February 22, 1945 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Bill Demms (April 1, 1988–1991) (divorced) |
Leslie Charleson (born February 22, 1945) is an American actress. Charleson has portrayed Dr. Monica Quartermaine on the ABC soap opera General Hospital since 1977.
Biography
Charleson was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Her sister is actress Kate Charleson, who passed away in 1996. Her career began on short-lived soap A Flame in the Wind in 1964. In 1967, she was an original cast member of Love is a Many Splendored Thing. She played Iris Donnelly Garrison and was a part of a highly popular love triangle [1] with David Birney and Donna Mills.
In 1976, Charleson appeared in the pilot for the Quinn Martin TV crime show Most Wanted, but neither she nor costar Tom Selleck were kept on for the series.[2]
In 1977, Fred Silverman, then President of ABC, asked her to join the serial General Hospital, which at that time was near the bottom of the ratings and near cancellation.[3] Charleson replaced Patsy Rahn as Monica Webber, a doctor caught between her husband Jeff Webber and his back-from-the-dead brother, her true love Rick Webber.[4]
In February 2007, she protested the firing of her on-screen husband Stuart Damon who played her character's second husband Dr. Alan Quartermaine, telling the press that she was not happy with the decisions of the producers and that all the actors on the show over 40 were worried about their own fate.[5]
Roles
- General Hospital (Dr. Monica Bard Webber Quartermaine #2 - August 17, 1977–present)
- The Return of the Muskrats (2006)
- Friends (2004) Herself
- Dharma & Greg (2001)
- Port Charles (Dr. Monica Bard Webber Quartermaine #2 - 1997-2000)
- Diagnosis: Murder (1997)
- Woman on the Ledge (1993)
- Greatest Rescues of Emergency! (1978)
- The Rockford Files Episode: To Protect and Serve (1977)
- The Streets of San Francisco (2 episodes: 1974-1976)
- Barnaby Jones
- Cannon (3 episodes, 1972–1975)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975)
- Happy Days "Get a Job" season 2 episode (1975)
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (2 episodes, 1972–1973)
- Ironside (1973) "A Special Person"
- The F.B.I. (1973)
- The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
- Emergency! (1972) episode name "Women" Season 2 Episode 9
- Medical Center (1972) episode name "The Gladiator" Season 4 Episode 12
- Adam-12 (1972) "The Princess and the Pig"
- Mannix (1970)
- Love is a Many Splendored Thing (Iris Donnelly Garrison #1 - 1967-1970) (original cast)
- Wild Wild West (as Dooley) Season 4 "The Night of Fire and Brimstone" Airdate 11/22/1968
- As the World Turns (Alice Whipple #2 - 1966)
- A Flame in the Wind/A Time for Us (Pam - 1965)
References
- ↑ Schemering, Christopher (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. New York: Ballentine. p. 150. ISBN 345-35344-7 Check
|isbn=value (help). - ↑ Etter, Jonathan. Quinn Martin, Producer. Jefferson: McFarland, 2003.
- ↑ Schemering, Christopher (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. New York: Ballentine. p. 117. ISBN 345-35344-7 Check
|isbn=value (help). - ↑ Schemering, Christopher (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. New York: Ballentine. p. 117. ISBN 345-35344-7 Check
|isbn=value (help). - ↑ "General Hospital Heartbreak". Soap Opera Weekly. 2007-02-13. pp. 1–2.