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Joseph Peter Mascolo (March 13, 1929 – December 8, 2016) was an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. He played villain Stefano DiMera on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 2016. He also starred as Massimo Marone on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2001 to 2006.
Early life
Mascolo was born on March 13, 1929, and raised in West
Hartford, Connecticut. His parents, Anna Mascolo (née DeTuccio; 1910–2010) and
Peter Mascolo (1901–2008), were immigrants from Naples, Italy, and had their
80th wedding anniversary shortly before his father died. Mascolo had one
sister, Marie LaVoie. He attended the United States Military Academy after
graduating from high school. Mascolo attended the University of Miami. To
support himself financially, he studied acting under famed acting coach Stella
Adler in New York City. He was originally trained in classical music and opera.
Career
Theatre
Mascolo was in the 1962 production of Night Life as Kazar
and the understudy of Neville Brand. He was in the 1966 production of Dinner at
Eight as Ricci. Mascolo was in the 1969 production of The Time of Your Life as
Blick. His final theatrical appearance was in 1972's That Championship Season
as Phil Romano.
Film
Mascolo's first film appearance was in 1968's Hot Spur as
Carlo. He was in the 1972 neo-noir action crime–drama film Shaft's Big Score!
as Gus Mascola. Mascolo was in 1973's The Spook Who Sat by the Door and 1978's
Jaws 2 as Len Peterson. He was in 1981's Sharky's Machine as JoJo Tipps and
1982's Yes, Giorgio. Mascolo's last film appearance was in 1986's Heat as Baby.
Television
Mascolo was best known in the recurring role of Stefano
DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 1985, returning briefly in 1988, again
from 1993 to 2001, and making appearances again since 2007 until Stefano died
in 2016, making his final appearance on February 9, 2017, airing 2 months after
his death, and won three Soap Opera Digest Awards. He has also played a wide
range of roles on many different series, including (but not limited to) a
Stefano-like villain named Nicholas Van Buren on General Hospital and Carlos
Alvarez on Santa Barbara. Before achieving his fame, he was seen in the earlier
soap operas Where the Heart Is and From These Roots. He also made primetime
television appearances on All in the Family, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Lou
Grant, and The Rockford Files.
Mascolo portrayed Massimo Marone on CBS's The Bold and the
Beautiful beginning in August 2001. He decided not to renew his contract with
the show in July 2006, due to a lack of storyline, and decided to return to
Days of Our Lives, where his character Stefano DiMera was resurrected after six
years.
Mascolo also appeared in The Incredible Hulk in October
1979, as Mr. Arnold in the episode "Brain Child". 10 years
later, he would appear again in NBC's The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, as
Albert G. Tendelli, a police confidant of Daredevil. He also appeared in an
episode of Hart to Hart on 1/3/84 as villain Mr. Rhodes.
Personal life and death
Mascolo married Rose Maimone in 1953. They had a son named
Peter. Maimone died in 1986. In 2005, Mascolo married his second wife, Patricia
Schultz. In January 2016, he told Soap Opera Digest that he had suffered a
stroke in the spring of 2015. "During my rehab, I thought this would be
a good time for Stefano to leave."
Mascolo died on December 8, 2016, in Santa Clarita,
California, at 87, after years of battling Alzheimer's disease. He was interred
at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).
Theatre
1962 Night Life Brooks Atkinson Theatre Kazar October
23, 1962 – December 15, 1962
Understudy of Neville Brand.
Directed, written, and produced by Sidney Kingsley.
1966 Dinner at Eight Alvin Theatre Ricci September
27, 1966 – January 14, 1967 Directed
by Tyrone Guthrie, written by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber, and produced
by Elliot Martin, Lester Osterman, Jr., Alan King & Walter A. Hyman, Ltd.
1968 West Side Story Lincoln Center Schrank June 24, 1968 – September 7, 1968 Directed and choreographed by Lee Theodore and produced by The
Musical Theater of Lincoln Center & Richard Rodgers.
1969 The Time of
Your Life Vivian Beaumont Theatre Blick November
6, 1969 – December 20, 1969 Directed by
John Hirsch, written by William Saroyan, and produced by Jules Irving.
1970 Camino Real Officer January
8, 1970 – February 21, 1970 Directed
by Milton Katselas, written by Tennessee Williams, and produced by Jules
Irving.
Operation Sidewinder Colonel
Warner March 12, 1970 – April
25, 1970 Directed by Michael
Schultz, written by Sam Shepard, music composed and performed by The Holy Modal
Rounders, and produced by Jules Irving.
The Good Woman of Setzuan Policeman November 5, 1970 – December 13, 1970 Directed by Robert Symonds, written
by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim, featuring songs by John Lewin
& Herbert Pilhofer, and produced by Jules Irving.
1971 Murderous
Angels Playhouse Theatre Col. Alcibiade Zbyre December 20, 1971 – January 9, 1972
Based on the novel of the same name by Conor Cruise O'Brien.
Directed by Gordon Davidson, written by O'Brien, produced by
T. Edward Hambleton with arrangement by Elliot Martin & George W. George.
1972 That
Championship Season Booth Theatre Phil Romano September 14, 1972 – April 21,
1974
Understudy of Paul Sorvino.
Directed by A. J. Antoon, written by Jason Miller, and
produced by Joseph Papp.
Filmography
Film
1968 Hot Spur Jason O'Hara Western film written and directed by R.L. Frost.
1972 Shaft's Big
Score! Gus Mascola Neo-noir action crime–drama film directed by
Gordon Parks.
1973 Happy Mother's
Day, Love George Piccolo
Mystery film produced and directed by Darren McGavin.
Credited as Joe Mascolo.
Also known as Run Stranger, Run.
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Senator Hennington
Action crime–drama film directed by Ivan Dixon.
Based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Sam Greenlee.
1978 Jaws 2 Len Peterson Horror
thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
1981 Gangster Wars Salvatore Maranzano
Crime film directed by Richard C. Sarafian.
Based on the 1981 miniseries The Gangster Chronicles.
Sharky's Machine Detective
Joe "Joe-Joe" Tipps
Drama–thriller film directed by Burt Reynolds.
Adaptation of William Diehl's first novel Sharky's Machine.
1982 Yes, Giorgio Dominic Giordano
Musical–comedy film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
Based on the novel by Anne Piper.
1986 Heat "Baby"
Action–thriller film directed by Dick Richards and Jerry
Jameson.
Based on William Goldman's 1985 novel of the same name.
Television
1957 True Story Tony Brenner Episode: "The Accident" (S1.E3)
1961 From These
Roots Jack Lander American soap opera
True Story Tony
Brenner Episode: "6 May
1961" (S5.E11)
1967 Coronet Blue Bodyguard Episode:
"A Dozen Demons" (SS1.E3)
1969 The Good Guys Chauffeur Episode: "The World's Second Greatest Lover"
(S1.E18)
The Doctors Policeman Episode: "#1.1668"
(S6.E96, 30 Apr 1969)
Episode: "#1.1669" (S6.E97, 1 May 1969)
1973 The Resolution
of Mossie Wax Guest TV movie. Drama film directed by Bob Walsh.
Where the Heart Is Ed
Lucas Episode: "#1.868"
Episode: "#1.873"
1974 All in the
Family Pat Bushmill Episode: "Gloria's Boyfriend"
(S4.E19)
Dominic's Dream Dominic
Bente Pilot sitcom written and
directed by Garry Marshall.
1975 Baretta Frank Cassell Episode: "He'll Never See
Daylight" (S1.E1, Pilot)
1975–1976 Bronk Mayor Pete Santori Contract role
1976 NBC Special
Treat Papa Episode: "Papa and Me" (S1.E5)
Kojak Detective Jeff
Braddock Episode: "A
Summer Madness" (S4.E2)
Monster Squad Lawrence
of Moravia Episode: "Lawrence of
Moravia" (S1.E12)
ABC Afterschool Special Mr.
Singleton Episode: "Mighty Moose
and the Quarterback Kid" (S5.E3)
1977 Switch Phillip Aspen / Martin Lorrimer Episode: "Portraits of
Death" (S2.E13)
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? Max Pierce TV
movie. Mystery film directed by Russ Mayberry.
The Rockford Files Gibby Episode: "Crack Back"
(S3.E21)
1978 The Eddie Capra
Mysteries Joe Callen/Dr. David Weller Episode: "Dirge for a Dead
Dachshund" (S1.E6)
Lou Grant McIntyre Episode: "Babies" (S2.E10)
1979 The Incredible
Hulk Mr. Arnold Episode: "Brain Child" (S3.E3)
1981 The Gangster
Chronicles Salvatore Maranzano Miniseries directed by Richard C.
Sarafian.
1982–2017 Days of
Our Lives Stefano DiMera
Contract role (1982–85; 1993–2001; 2007–16)
Recurring (1988; 2016–17)
1984 Hart to Hart Nick Rhodes Episode:
"Harts on the Run" (S5.E12)
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter Richards TV
movie. Biographical film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by April Smith.
1985 Comedy Factory Peter Wagner Episode: "Side by Side" (S1.E1, Pilot)
Brothers Howard
Dovall Episode: "A
House Divided" (S2.E10)
Crazy Like a Fox Guest Episode: "Fox in 3/4 Time" (S2.E5)
Santa Barbara Carlo
Alvarez Recurring
1986 CBS Schoolbreak
Special Ed Martinson Episode: "Have You Tried Talking to
Patty?" (S3.E2)
Hill Street Blues Melvin
Jardino Episode: "I
Want My Hill Street Blues" (S6.E15)
Joe Bash Captain
Charles Taylor Episode: "Joe's
First Partner” (S1.E5)
1987 Hunter Mick Shaughnessy Episode: "Shades" (S3.E22)
It's Garry Shandling's Show Lieutenant
Gerard Episode: "The
Fugitive" (S2.E3)
Rags to Riches Viktor
Leskov Episode: "Russian
Holiday" (S2.E10)
1988 The Equalizer Tony Costa Episode:
"Always a Lady" (S3.E22)
1989 General
Hospital Nicholas Van Buren Recurring
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk Albert G. Tendelli TV
movie. Superhero film directed by Bill Bixby.
2001–2006 The Bold
and the Beautiful Massimo Marone IV Contract role (2001–06)
Donald Drake Hogestyn (/ˈhʌdʒstən/; September 29, 1953 – September 28, 2024) was an American actor best known for his long-running role as John Black on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives.
Early life
Hogestyn was born on September 29, 1953, in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, where he graduated from North Side High School. He attended the
University of South Florida in Tampa on a baseball scholarship, majoring in
pre-dentistry. He graduated with a double major in microbiology and applied
sciences. He was then drafted by two professional baseball organizations: the
St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees. Hogestyn signed with the Yankees
and played third base for one of their farm teams until he was injured in 1977.
Career
Hogestyn began his acting career by entering a Columbia
Pictures talent search that included 75,000 people. Hogestyn was among the 30
selected, and his first starring role was on the prime-time series Seven Brides
for Seven Brothers. After a few minor roles (one as Kort, leader of the Micro
Workers in the episode 'Princess Metra' on the 80s television series
Otherworld), Hogestyn joined the cast of Days of Our Lives in 1986. He
initially played a mystery man referred to simply as "The Pawn." However,
it was soon revealed that The Pawn was the presumed dead Roman Brady. Hogestyn
quickly became a fan favorite and enjoyed many pairings, the most popular of
which was with longtime co-star Deidre Hall. In 1998, while starring on Days,
Shelley Long enlisted Hogestyn to join her for the upcoming series Kelly,
Kelly. He was set to star in both until the filming of the pilot episode of
Kelly, Kelly conflicted with his schedule on Days, and the role went to Robert
Hays.
In 1991, Wayne Northrop agreed to return to Days to reprise
his role of Roman. In order to keep both actors on the show, Drake's story was
retconned, and his past was rewritten. Despite this change, Hogestyn remained
one of the show's most popular actors. The pairing of John Black and Marlena
Evans (Deidre Hall) is one of the show's enduring supercouples.
In November 2008, it was announced that Hogestyn, along with
Hall, had been fired from Days of Our Lives, with budget cuts cited as the reason
for their exits. In July 2011, it was announced that Hogestyn and Hall would
reprise their roles as John and Marlena, respectively, in an attempt to "refresh"
the soap. Hogestyn made his final appearance in the role during the episode
released on September 9, 2024, due to the soap's advanced taping schedule and
his death on September 28 of the same year.
Personal life and death
Hogestyn and his wife, Victoria, had four children.
Hogestyn died from pancreatic cancer at his home in Malibu,
California, on September 28, 2024, a day before his 71st birthday.
Filmography
1982–1983 Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers Brian
McFadden Main role
1985 Otherworld Kort 1
episode
1985 Generation Jack Breed Television
film
1985 Beverly Hills
Cowgirl Blues Rod Television film
1986–2009, 2011–2024 Days
of Our Lives John Black Series regular
1992 One Stormy
Night John Black Television film (NBC)
1993 Night Sins John Black Television film (NBC)
2018 Criminal Minds Senator Alfred Mayhew 1 episode
2020 Christmas Tree
Lane Benjamin Reilly Television film (Hallmark Channel)
2021–2022 Days of
Our Lives: Beyond Salem John Black Limited series (Peacock)
2021 Days of Our
Lives: A Very Salem Christmas John
Black Peacock original film
Awards, honors, and nominations
Soap Opera Digest awards and nominations:
Winner, Hottest Male Star (1994)
Winner, Hottest Male Star (1995)
Nominated, Hottest Male Star (1997)
Nominated, Hottest Male Star (1998)
Nominated, Hottest Romance (1998) shared with Deidre Hall
Nominated, Favorite Couple (1999) shared with Deidre Hall.
Winner, Favorite Couple (2005) shared with Deidre Hall
Christopher Brown Robinson (November 5, 1938 – June 9, 2025) was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director, sometimes credited as Christopher Robinson.
Career
Robinson began his career as an actor in the 1950s. Robinson
was a young adult actor and stuntman and appeared in such films of the 1950s as
Diary of a High School Bride and Beast from Haunted Cave. He was in Combat!
Season 1, "The Reunion" in 1962. In the 1960s, he was cast as a
flight engineer and top turret gunner, Technical Sgt. Alexander "Sandy"
Komansky on ABC's 12 O'Clock High in the last two seasons. In 1972, he got the
lead as a fanatical snake charmer in the horror movie, Stanley.
Robinson played Dr. Rick Webber on General Hospital from
1978 to 1986. Following this role, he joined Another World in late 1987, where
he played the role of Jason Frame and was reunited with Denise Alexander, who
had played Lesley on General Hospital. Jason was murdered in early 1989. He
then appeared on another soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, as Jack
Hamilton, joining in the early 1990s and leaving after three years. He last
appeared in this part in 2005, having made several guest appearances over the
years. Robinson returned to General Hospital after a 16-year absence in 2002,
only to see his character of Rick, killed off in a controversial storyline that
altered the back story. In 2013, he appeared in a 50th-anniversary celebration
episode as Rick's spirit, making peace with his old rival Alan Quartermaine
when they both appeared to Monica and Alan's sister, Tracy.
In 1984, Robinson was a spokesman for Vicks Formula 44 cough
syrup. The commercials aired on national television and began with the quote, "I'm
not a doctor, but I do play one on TV". Robinson was replaced in the
commercial by Peter Bergman after Robinson's legal difficulties.
In 2013, Robinson's son Chris made a documentary film about
Robinson's obsession with Beanie Babies; Robinson invested $100,000 to purchase
numerous Beanie Babies as an investment, but lost the money when the value of
the items plummeted.
His last on-screen performance came in the 2022 feature film
Just for a Week, directed by Michael Jason Allen.
Personal life and death
Robinson was the father of Taylor Joseph Robinson, cast as
C.J. Garrison in The Bold and the Beautiful.
He was married to actress Phyllis Yarwood, whom he cast in a
few of his movies.
In 1985, Robinson was convicted of income tax evasion. He
was allowed to continue his role on General Hospital under a prison
work-release provision.
Robinson was married to artist/actress Jacquie (née Shane)
Robinson, and he had five sons from three previous marriages.
Robinson died of heart failure in his sleep at his ranch
near Sedona, Arizona, on June 9, 2025, at the age of 86.
Credits
Actor
Just for a Week (2022) as Ted Hurst
Yancey McCord: The Killer That Arizona Forgot About (2020)
as Yarnell Fritzowski
Barely Dreaming (2021) as Bud Millen
Colt .45 (1960) (ABC/Warner Brothers series) (Season 3
Episode 26: "Appointment at Agoura") as outlaw Tom Sanger
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1960) (Season 5 Episode 5: "So
Young the Savage Land") as Paul Martin
Bus Stop (1961) (Season 1 Episode 1: "Afternoon of a
Cowboy") as Tony Maddox
The Donna Reed Show (1961) (Season 3 Episode 35: "Military
School") as Ken
Hennesey (1961) (Season 2 Episode 12: "The
Hat") as Larry Stander
Two Faces West (1961) (Season 1 Episode 23: "The
Wayward") as Gordie
Outlaws (1961) (Season 1 Episode 12: "The Daltons
Must Die, Part 1") as Sonny Buck
Sea Hunt (1961) (Season 4 Episode 37: "Crime at
Sea") as Kelsey
Straightaway (1961) (Season 1 Episode 3: "The Nobles
Oblige") as Harkey
The Everglades (1961-1962) (2 episodes)
(Season 1 Episode 11: "Good Boy") (1961) as
Ralph Martin
(Season 1 Episode 14: "Young Osceola")
(1962) as Coley Jarrett
The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (1961-1962) (3
episodes)
(Season 2 Episode 15: "The Frightened Ones")
(1961) as Brad Snyder
(Season 3 Episode 17: "The Jagged Edge")
(1962) as Charles
(Season 3 Episode 29: "Strangers in the House")
(1962) as Grant Harper
Empire (1962) (Season 1 Episode 3: "A Place to Put a
Life") as Arnold Koenig
Cain's Hundred (1962) (Season 1 Episode 22: "The New
Order") as Jack Hayes
The New Breed (1962) (Season 1 Episode 36: "Walk
This Street Lightly") as Clifford Forbes
Combat! (1963) (Season 1 Episode 13: "Reunion")
as Private Paul Villette
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) (2 episodes)
(Season 1 Episode 17: "Forecast: Low Clouds and
Coastal Fog") (January 18, 1963) as Rick 'Ricky' Garrison
(Season 2 Episode 9: "The Dividing Wall")
(December 6, 1963) as Terry
The Dakotas (1963) (Season 1 Episode 2: "Red Sky
Over Bismarck") as Chino James
The Wide Country (1963) (Season 1 Episode 18: "Speckle
Bird") as Gabriel Horn
Stoney Burke (1963) (Season 1 Episode 29: "A Girl
Named Amy") as Ross Webster
Channing (1963) (Season 1 Episode 11: "Beyond His
Reach") as Jim Wilson
Gunsmoke (1963) (Season 8 Episode 20: "The Bad
One") as Willie Jett
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963) (Season 1 Episode 6:
"The Day of the Skinners") as Billy Bird
G.E. True (1963) (Season 1 Episode 24: "Ordeal")
as Holt
The Fugitive (1963) (Season 1 Episode 8: "See
Hollywood and Die") as Miles
Wagon Train (1963-1964) (3 episodes)
(Season 6 Episode 23: "The Sarah Proctor
Story") (1963) as Brad Proctor
(Season 7 Episode 25: "The Duncan McIvor
Story") (1964) as Second Lieutenant Brad Carter
(Season 8 Episode 2: "Hide Hunters") (1964)
as Gib Ryker
Arrest and Trial (1963-1964) (2 episodes)
(Season 1 Episode 3: "Tears from a Silver
Dipper") (1963) as Private First Class Al Rogers
(Season 1 Episode 29: "Those Which Love Has
Made") (1964) as Bradford Holcombe
The Virginian (1963-1970) (4 episodes)
(Season 2 Episode 6: "It Takes A Big Man") (1963)
as Henry 'Hank' Anders
(Season 3 Episode 2: "Dark Challenge")
(1964) as Arnie Hendricks
(Season 7 Episode 1: "Saddle Warmer") (1968)
as Coley
(Season 9 Episode 10: "Experiment at New Life"
(1970) as Sandy
Perry Mason (1965) (Season 8 Episode 25: "The Case
of the Deadly Debt") as Carl Talbert
Twelve O'Clock High (1965–1967) (47 episodes) as Technical
Sergeant Sandy Komansky (regular role)
Custer (1967) (Season 1 Episode 2: "Accused") as
Lieutenant Tim Rudford
Felony Squad (1967) (Season 1 Episode 23: "The
Desperate Silence") as Vincent Ludi
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1967) (Season 4 Episode 10: "The
Survivor School Affair") as John Saimes
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1968) (Season 4 Episode 29: "And
Baby Makes Three") as Private Howie Reilly
The Invaders (1968) (Season 2 Episode 20: "The
Organization") as Mike Calvin
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1968) (Season 4 Episode 25:
"The Death Clock") as Corpsman Mallory
Hogan's Heroes (1969) (Season 4 Episode 15: "The
Missing Klink") as Karl Wagner
Cycle Savages (1969) as Romko
Like a Mighty Army (1970), as Pastor D. James Kennedy
Barnaby Jones (1977) (2 episodes)
(Season 5 Episode 17: "Duet for Dying") as
Harley Nelson
(Season 6 Episode 7: "Daughter of Evil") as
Harry Blenner
General Hospital (1978-2013) (TV Series) (960 episodes) as
Dr. Rick Webber #2 (1978 – November 26, 1986; June 27 – August 9, 2002, April
2, 2013)
Young Doctors in Love (1982) in a cameo appearance
Savannah Smiles (1982) as Richard Driscoll
Amy (1981) as Elliot Medford
Like Father Like Son (1987) (uncredited) as Bobby
Viper (1988) as James Macalla
Another World (1988–1989) (20 episodes) as Jason Frame
Rez Bomb (2008) as Jaws
Yancey McCord: The KILLER That Arizona Forgot About (2020)
as Yarnell Fritzowski
Director
Catch the Black Sunshine (1972)
Thunder County (1974)
The Intruder (1975)
Barnaby Jones - "Shadow of Guilt" (1976)
episode
Cannon - "A Touch of Venom" (1975) and "Point
After Death" (1976) episodes
Baretta - "Shoes" (1976) episode
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Robinson_(American_actor)
Leslie Ann Charleson (February 22, 1945 – January 12, 2025) was an American actress, best known for her role as Monica Quartermaine on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital.
Life and career
Charleson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 22,
1945. Actress Kate Charleson was her sister. Her career began on the short-lived
ABC daytime soap opera A Flame in the Wind in 1964. In 1966, she joined the
cast of As the World Turns. In 1968, she played the role of a doctor's daughter
in The Wild Wild West in the episode "The Night of Fire and
Brimstone". From 1967 to 1970, she starred on the CBS soap opera Love
Is a Many Splendored Thing. She played the role of Iris Donnelly Garrison. Her
character was a part of a highly popular love triangle with David Birney and
Donna Mills.
Charleson guest-starred on many series from 1970 to 1977,
including Adam-12; Emergency!; Ironside; Mannix; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Happy
Days; Cannon; The Streets of San Francisco; and The Rockford Files. She had a
supporting role in the 1973 science-fiction film The Day of the Dolphin and
co-starred opposite Shelley Winters in the television thriller Revenge! (1971).
Charleson also had leading roles in several unsuccessful television pilots,
most notably the 1975 sitcom pilot Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.
On August 16, 1977, Charleson returned to daytime television
with the role of Monica Quartermaine in the ABC soap opera General Hospital.
Fred Silverman, then president of ABC, asked her to join the series, which at
that time was near the bottom of the ratings and near cancellation. For her role, Charleson
received four Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama
Series nominations: in 1980, 1982, 1983, and 1995. During her General Hospital
years, Charleson starred alongside Deidre Hall and Colleen Zenk in the 1993
made-for-television movie Woman on the Ledge. She also guest-starred on the sitcoms
Dharma & Greg in 2001 and Friends in 2004. On August 24, 2010, it was
announced that Charleson was being demoted to recurring status. Charleson was
the longest-serving cast member of General Hospital.
Death
Charleson died in Los Angeles on January 12, 2025, at the
age of 79. According to Variety, she had experienced "several
falls", which caused problems with her mobility, and had been
hospitalized from one of them the week before her death. Her death certificate,
publicly reported in February 2025, concluded that the immediate cause of death
was sequelae of blunt head trauma, which was the result of a previous head
injury.
Filmography
Film
1968 A Lovely Way to
Die Julie Uncredited
1973 The Day of the
Dolphin Maryanne
1977 Cheering
Section Locker Girl #2
Television
1964 A Flame in the
Wind Pam Recurring
role
1966 As the World
Turns, Alice Whipple , Series regular
1967 N.Y.P.D. Ginger Episode: "Cruise to Oblivion"
1968 The Wild Wild
West Dooley Sloan Episode: "The Night of Fire and
Brimstone"
1967–1970 Love Is
a Many Splendored Thing, Iris Donnelly, Garrison Series regular
1970 Mannix Marge Lavor Season 3-Episode 16: "A Chance at the Roses"
1971 Revenge! Nancy Grove,r Television film (ABC)
1972 Adam-12 Kathy Royal Episode: "The Princess and the Pig"
1972 O'Hara, U.S.
Treasury Helga Kuyper Episode: "Operation: Deathwatch"
1972 Marcus Welby,
M.D. Lisa Kenny Episode: "Just a Little Courage"
1972 Search Nancy Kubica Episode: "Live Men Tell
Tales"
1972 The Rookies Anne Dawson Episode:
"The Good Die Young"
1972 Emergency! Christy Todd Episode: "Women"
1972 Cannon Katherine 'Kate' Machen Episode: "Sky Above, Death
Below"
1972 Medical Center Patti Episode: "Gladiator"
1973 Ironside Nicky Jameson Episode: "A Special
Person"
1973 The F.B.I. Ginny Wyatt Episode: "The Loper Gambit"
1973 Marcus Welby,
M.D. Alice Henley Episode: "The Circles of Shame"
1973 Owen Marshall:
Counselor at Law Edie Nolan Episode: "They've Got to Blame
Somebody"
1974 Another April April Weston Moss Television pilot
1974 Cannon Joan Stevens Episode: "The Sounds of Silence"
1974 The Streets of
San Francisco Joanna Randolph
Reed Episode: "Death and
the Favored Few"
1975 Kung Fu Amy Starbuck Episode: "One Step to
Darkness"
1975 Happy Days Mrs. Dorothy Kimber Episode: "Get a Job"
1975 Caribe Claire Grune Episode:
"Murder in Paradise"
1975 Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner, Joanna Prentiss, Television pilot
1975 Medical Story Susan Stewart Episode:
"The God Syndrome"
1975 Cannon Susan Baylor Episode: "The Man Who Died Twice"
1975 Barnaby Jones Victoria Norris Episode: "Honeymoon with
Death"
1976 The Streets of
San Francisco Donna Sinclair Episode: "Underground"
1976 Most Wanted Lee Herrick Television
pilot
1976 Bert
D'Angelo/Superstar Episode:
"A Concerned Citizen"
1976 Baa Baa Black
Sheep Captain Anne Schaeffer Episode: "Love and War"
1977 McMillan &
Wife Ginny Lindauer Episode: "Coffee, Tea, or
Cyanide?"
1977 The Rockford
Files Patsy Fossler Episodes: "To Protect and Serve: Part
1" and "To Protect and Serve: Part 2"
1977–2023 General
Hospital Monica Quartermaine Series regular (1977–2010),
recurring cast (2010–2023)
Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress
in a Drama Series (1980, 1982–83, 1995)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead
Actress in a Daytime Drama (1986, 1988, 1990)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding
Supporting Actress (1993)
1993 Woman on the
Ledge Rachel Television film (NBC)
1997 Diagnosis:
Murder Herself Episode: "Physician, Murder Thyself"
1997–2000 Port
Charles Monica Quartermaine Recurring role
2001 Dharma &
Greg Katherine Episode: "Dharma Does
Dallas"
2004 Friends Herself Episode: "The One Where the Stripper
Cries"
2006 The Return of
the Muskrats Waitress Short film
2008 General
Hospital: Night Shift Monica
Quartermaine Episodes: "Truth
and Consequences" and "Past and Presence: Part 2"
