Leslie Charleson, the beloved soap opera veteran who starred as Dr. Monica Quartermaine in 2,079 episodes of the long-running series General Hospital, has died at the age of 79.
Beloved soap star dies aged 79 with more than 2,000 episodes under her belt Charleson is best known to audiences for her longtime role as Dr. Monica Quartermaine on ‘General Hospital’.
Charleson starred in the ABC daytime soap as Monica, a cardiologist at the eponymous hospital — a role she had been playing since 1977 and for which she earned four Daytime Emmy nominations.
“Her enduring legacy has spanned nearly 50 years on General Hospital alone and, just as Monica was the heart of the Quartermaines, Leslie was a beloved matriarch of the entire cast and crew.”.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1945, Charleson grew up acting as a child and in high school before studying theater at upstate New York’s Bennett College.
