General Hospital debuted April 1, 1963. It is currently the longest running soap opera still being broadcast on television.
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Debuted |
April 1, 1963 |
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ABC |
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Contents
Contract Cast[edit | edit source]
as of 10/30/2020 (per ABC end credits)
ACTOR | CHARACTER | TENURE | |
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Maurice Benard | Sonny Corinthos | 08/13/1993-09/24/1997; 05/15/1998-07/08/1998; 12/18/1998-present |
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Nancy Lee Grahn | Alexis Davis | 09/28/1996-present |
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Rebecca Herbst | Elizabeth Webber | 08/01/1997-present |
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Kelly Monaco | Sam McCall | 10/01/2003-present |
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Laura Wright | Carly Corinthos | 11/04/2005-present |
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Chad Duell | Michael Corinthos | 04/20/2010-present |
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Emme Rylan | Lulu Spencer | 04/12/2013-present |
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Maura West | Ava Jerome | 05/08/2013-present |
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Roger Howarth | Franco Baldwin | 05/13/2013-present |
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Donnell Turner | Curtis Ashford | 11/30/2015-present |
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Michael Easton | Dr. Hamilton Finn | 03/21/2016-present |
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Kirsten Storms | Maxie Jones | 05/23/2005-09/27/2011; 09/05/2012-06/29/2016; 08/03/2016-present |
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Steve Burton | Jason Morgan | 09/19/2017-present |
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William deVry | Julian Jerome | 07/30/2013-08/25/2017; 11/07/2017-present |
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Wes Ramsey | Peter August | 11/14/2017-present |
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Josh Swickard | Chase Harrison | 02/21/2018-present |
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Eden McCoy | Josslyn Jacks | 10/14/2005-present |
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Briana Nicole Henry | Jordan Ashford | 09/13/2018-present |
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Genie Francis | Laura Collins | 12/28/1979-01/15/1983; 11/14/1983-12/27/1983; 11/09/1985-12/11/1985; 10/29/1992-09/06/2005; 10/26/2006-11/22/2007; 08/25/2008-11/12/2009; 02/11/2013-08/28/2013; 06/05/2015-01/22/2018; 10/01/2018-present |
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Katelyn MacMullen | Willow Tait | 10/18/2018-present |
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William Lipton | Cameron Webber | 08/10/2018-present |
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Ingo Rademacher | Jasper "Jax" Jacks | 01/1996-08/2000; 08/10/2001-08/23/2011; 12/30/2011-01/23/2012; 08/23/2012-09/26/2012; 04/01/2013-04/04/2013; 08/01/2016-08/16/2016; 11/09/2016-11/28/2016; 04/03/2017-04/24/2017; 05/07/2019-present |
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Cynthia Watros | Nina Clay | 06/17/2019-present |
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Sofia Mattsson | Sasha Gilmore | 09/18/2018-present |
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Sydney Mikayla | Trina Robinson | 02/20/2019-present |
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Finola Hughes | Anna Devane | 1985-12/1991; 2006; 07/13/2007-08/24/2007; 04/24/2008-12/29/2008; 02/14/2012-05/21/2019; 11/11/2019-present |
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Amanda Setton | Brook Lyn Quartermaine | 11/18/2019-present |
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Marcus Coloma | Nikolas Cassadine | 10/31/2019-present |
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Brook Kerr | Dr. Portia Robinson | 03/05/2020-present |
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Dominic Zamprogna | Dante Falconeri | 06/22/2009-06/28/2018; 11/12/2018; 03/15/2019-03/29/2019; 08/03/2020-present |
Johnny Wactor | Brando Corbin | 01/30/2020-present | |
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Kelly Thiebaud | Britt Westbourne | 09/19/2012-12/08/2014; 04/30/2015-05/01/2015; 12/08/2017-12/19/2017; 10/29/2018-11/29/2018; 03/11/2020-04/01/2020; 09/11/2020-present |
Recurring Cast[edit | edit source]
- Lexi Ainsworth as Kristina Corinthos Davis
- Bradford Anderson as Damien Spinelli
- Real Andrews as Marcus Taggert
- Ashton Arbab as Dev Cerci
- Tajh Bellow as T.J. Ashford
- Bonnie Burroughs as Gladys Corbin
- Leslie Charleson as Dr. Monica Quartermaine
- Dioni Michelle Collins as Deanna Sirtis
- Kim Delaney as Jackie Templeton
- Risa Dorken as Amy Driscoll
- Sonya Eddy as Epiphany Johnson
- Porter Fasullo as Danny Morgan U/5
- Scarlett Fernandez as Charlotte Cassadine
- Kathleen Gati as Dr. Liesl Obrecht
- Carolyn Hennesy as Diane Miller
- Lynn Herring as Lucy Coe
- Cassandra James as Terry Randolph
- Michael E. Knight as Martin Grey
- Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault
- Wally Kurth as Ned Quartermaine
- Mark Lawson as Dustin Phillips
- Jon Lindstrom as Kevin Collins
- Lisa LoCicero as Olivia Falconeri
- Paulina Lule as Valerie Spencer
- Erik/Theo Olson as Wiley Quartermaine Corinthos U/5
- Haley Pullos as Molly Lansing-Davis
- Tristan Rogers as Robert Scorpio
- Emma Samms as Holly Scorpio
- Marc Samuel as Felix DuBois
- Ava/Grace Scarola as Avery Corinthos U/5
- Kin Shriner as Scott Baldwin
- James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine
- Kristina Wagner as Felicia Scorpio
- Vernee Watson as Stella Henry
- John J. York as Mac Scorpio
- Jacklyn Zeman as Bobbie Spencer
U/5 - Under five lines typically are uncredited
Cast Changes[edit | edit source]
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Production Staff[edit | edit source]
Executive Producer: Frank Valentini
Producers: Mercer Barrows, Michelle Henry, Mary-Kelly Weir
Coordinating Producer: Jennifer Whittaker-Brogdon
Post Production Supervisor: Peter Fillmore
Editors: Penny Pengra, Christine Magarian Ucar, Denise Van Cleave
Associate Directors: Christine Magarian Ucar, Denise Van Cleave, Penny Pengra, Peter Fillmore, Dave MacLeod, Paul Glass.
Stage Managers: Craig McManus, Crystal Craft
Production Associates: Allison Reames, Marika Kushel, Jillian Dedote
Technical Directors: Kevin Carr, Chuck Abate
Casting Director: Mark Teschner, C.S.A.
Production Designer: Chip Dox
Costumer Designer: Shawn Reeves
Original Music By: Paul S. Glass, Kurt Biederwolf
Music Directors: Paul S. Glass, Dave Macleod
Theme Music By: Paul S. Glass, Steven Hopkins, Jack Urbont
Writing and Directing Staff[edit | edit source]
Co-Head Writer: Chris Van Etten and Dan O'Connor
Associate Head Writers: Elizabeth Korte
Script Editor: Elizabeth Korte
Script Writers/Breakdown Writers: Anna Theresa Cascio, Dan O'Connor, Katherine Schock, Christopher Whitesell
Directors: Scott McKinsey, Craig McManus, William Ludel, Phideaux Xavier, Penny Pengra, Larry Carpenter, Gary Tomlin, Christine Magarian, Peter Fillmore, Dave MacLeod
Executive Producer and Head Writer History[edit | edit source]
Executive Producers
Duration | Name |
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1963 | Selig J. Seligman |
1963-1975 | James Young |
1975-12/1977 | Tom Donovan |
01/02/1978-01/1987 | Gloria Monty |
01/1987-11/30/1989 | H. Wesley Kenney |
12/03/1989-02/12/1991 | Joseph Hardy |
02/13/1991-01/24/1992 | Gloria Monty |
01/27/1992-01/22/2001 | Wendy Riche |
01/23/2001-01/31/2012 | Jill Farren Phelps |
02/01/2012-present | Frank Valentini |
Head Writers
Duration | Name |
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April 1, 1963 - Late 1963 | |
Late 1963-1973 |
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1973-1975 | |
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1977 |
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1977-1978 | |
1978-1979 |
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1979-09/1981 |
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09/1981-05/1982 |
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05/1982-06/1982 | |
06/1982-02/1985 | |
02/1985-01/1987 |
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01/1987-12/1988 |
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Late 1988 during WGA Strike |
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01/1989-1991 | |
1991 |
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1991-01/1992 |
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01/1992-04/1992 | |
05/1992-01/1993 |
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01/1993-08/1993 |
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08/1993-03/1996 | |
03/1996-10/1996 | |
10/1996-05/1997 |
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05/1997-12/05/1997 | |
12/08/1997-12/2000 |
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01/2001-04/2001 | |
04/2001-06/12/2002 | |
06/13/2002-03/10/2006 |
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03/13/2006-01/2007 |
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01/2007-10/2007 |
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10/2007-01/03/2008 |
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01/04/2008-03/14/2008 during WGA Writers Strike | |
03/17/2008-07/25/2011 |
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07/26/2011-01/06/2012 |
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01/09/2012-02/20/2012 |
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02/21/2012-10/05/2015 |
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10/06/2015-10/06/2017 |
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10/09/2017-10/28/2019 |
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10/29/2019-present |
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Daytime Emmy Awards and Nominations[edit | edit source]
Winners noted in bold:
- Drama Series (30 Nominations/13 Wins): 1974, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Directing Team (25 Nominations/11 Wins): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Writing Team (24 Nominations/4 Wins): 1974, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Lead Actor (41 Nominations/11 Wins)
- John Beradino (1974, 1975, 1976)
- Peter Hansen (1974)
- Anthony Geary (1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016)
- Stuart Damon (1982, 1983, 1984)
- Brad Maule (1995)
- Maurice Benard (1996, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2019)
- Steve Burton (2005, 2020)
- Jason Thompson (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Tyler Christopher (2016)
- Michael Easton (2018)
- Billy Miller (2018)
- Jon Lindstrom (2019, 2020)
- Lead Actress (32 Nominations/3 Wins):
- Rachel Ames (1974, 1975)
- Denise Alexander (1976)
- Leslie Charleson (1980, 1982, 1983, 1995)
- Finola Hughes (1990, 1991, 2016, 2020)
- Genie Francis (1997)
- Jacklyn Zeman (1998)
- Nancy Lee Grahn (2003, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2018)
- Tamara Braun (2004)
- Kelly Monaco (2006)
- Sarah Brown (2010)
- Laura Wright (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- Maura West (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- Supporting Actor (48 Nominations/12 Wins):
- Peter Hansen (1979)
- David Lewis (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988)
- Doug Sheehan (1982)
- John Stamos (1983)
- Kin Shriner (1990, 1991, 1993)
- Stuart Damon (1991, 1996, 1997, 1999)
- Gerald Anthony (1993)
- Michael Sutton (1996)
- Maurice Benard (1997)
- Brad Maule (1997)
- Steve Burton (1998, 2000)
- Rick Hearst (2004, 2005, 2007)
- Tyler Christopher (2005, 2006)
- Bradford Anderson (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
- Jonathan Jackson (2010, 2011, 2012)
- Jason Thompson (2011, 2012)
- Sean Blakemore (2012, 2016)
- Dominic Zamprogna (2014, 2016, 2019)
- Chad Duell (2015, 2017)
- Jeffrey Vincent Parise (2017)
- Wally Kurth (2018)
- Anthony Montgomery (2018)
- Max Gail (2019)
- James Patrick Stuart (2020)
- Supporting Actress (39 Nominations/10 Wins):
- Rachel Ames (1979)
- Susan Brown (1979)
- Jane Elliot (1981, 1993, 2014)
- Jacklyn Zeman (1981, 1995, 1997)
- Robin Mattson (1983)
- Loanne Bishop (1984)
- Norma Connolly (1985)
- Mary Jo Catlett (1990)
- Lynn Herring (1990, 1992)
- Sharon Wyatt (1994)
- Rena Sofer (1995)
- Rosalind Cash (1996)
- Vanessa Marcil (1997, 1998, 2003)
- Sarah Brown (2000)
- Nancy Lee Grahn (2000, 2011, 2012)
- Robin Christopher (2003, 2005)
- Natalia Livingston (2005)
- Genie Francis (2007)
- Rebecca Herbst (2007, 2012)
- Carolyn Hennesy (2010)
- Julie Marie Berman (2013)
- Kelly Sullivan (2014)
- Finola Hughes (2015, 2017)
- Lisa LoCicero (2015)
- Vernee Watson (2019)
- Tamara Braun (2020)
- Rebecca Budig (2020)
- Younger Actor (31 Nominations/7 Wins):
- Jack Wagner (1985)
- Jonathan Jackson (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
- Steve Burton (1997)
- Tyler Christopher (1998)
- Jacob Young (2002)
- Chad Brannon (2003, 2004)
- Scott Clifton (2004, 2005, 2006)
- Drew Garrett (2010)
- Chad Duell (2011, 2012, 2014)
- Nathan Parsons (2012)
- Bryan Craig (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- Tequan Richmond (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Nicolas Bechtel (2016)
- Hudson West (2018)
- William Lipton (2019)
- Garren Lake Stitt (2019)
- Younger Actress (31 Nominations/10 Wins):
- Kimberly McCullough (1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997)
- Sarah Brown (1997, 1998, 1999)
- Rebecca Herbst (1999)
- Alicia Leigh Willis (2003, 2004)
- Adrianna Leon (2005)
- Julie Marie Berman (2007, 2009, 2010)
- Kirsten Storms (2009)
- Lexi Ainsworth (2011, 2017)
- Kristen Alderson (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Lindsey Morgan (2013)
- Haley Pullos (2015)
- Brooklyn Rae Silzer (2016)
- Chloe Lanier (2017, 2018, 2019)
- Hayley Erin (2018, 2019)
- Eden McCoy (2019)
- Younger Performer (2 Nominations/0 Wins)
- Katelyn MacMullen (2020)
- Eden McCoy (2020)
- Guest Perfomer (7 Nominations/2 Wins)
- Donna Mills (2015)
- Linda Elena Tovar (2015)
- Dee Wallace (2016)
- Don Harvey (2017)
- Vernee Watson (2018)
- Patricia Bethune (2019)
- Michael Knight (2020)
Preceded by Guiding Light (1980, 2007); The Young and the Restless (1983, 2004, 2007, 2016) All My Children (1994, 1998); The Bold and the Beautiful (2011) Days of our Lives (2015)' |
Drama Series Winner 1981, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2017 |
Succeeded by Guiding Light (1982, 2007); The Young and the Restless (1985, 2007); All My Children (1998); As the World Turns (2001); The Bold and the Beautiful (2009) Days of our Lives (2013; 2018) |
Preceded by One Life to Live (1994, 2008); All My Children (1998); As the World Turns (2002) |
Writing Team Winner 1995, 1999, 2003, 2009 |
Succeeded by All My Children (1996); The Young and the Restless (2000); As the World Turns (2004); The Bold and the Beautiful (2010) |