General Hospital Star Denise Alexander Dead at 85: Soap Legend also acted on days of our lives

General Hospital -star Denise Alexander, who won the hearts of Soap -Opera -Fans as Dr. Lesley Webber, died at the age of 85.

She played full -time in General Hospital from 1973 to 1984 and then returned from 1996 to 2009 and made sporadic guest performances in 2021.

Early in her career, when she went to University at UCLA, she got her big break on TV with Another legendary soap – days of our lives.

Between Stints in General Hospital she also enjoyed a three -year run on another world like the character Denise McKinnon from 1986 to 1989.

Although the news only broke her death this Friday, the actress born in New York City died on March 5 and no cause was raised through the public, via Variety.

Showrunner of the General Hospital Frank Valenti made her death public this week and placed a glowing witness that had the ‘barriers’ that she ‘broke’.

General Hospital -star Denise Alexander, who won the hearts of Soap -Opera -Fans as Dr. Lesley Webber, died at the age of 85; Depicted in a publicity shot from 1977 for the series

‘I am sorry about the death of Denise Alexander. She broke barriers on the screen and out and portrayed Dr. Lesley Webber – one of the first female doctors on television during the day – for almost five decades, “he wrote.

“It meant so much to let her role resume in recent years and I am honored that I had the chance to work with her,” he added.

‘On behalf of the entire General Hospital family, I am expanding my genuine sympathies to her family, friends and old fans. May she rest in peace. ‘

Denise Alexander was born in New York in 1939 and grew up on Long Island with a cop for a father and started acting when she was just a child.

By 1949 she played Perry Como on Perry Como’s Chesterfield Supper Club and at the age of 13 she performed on Broadway in a revival of the pioneering 1930s Lillian Hellman Play the Children’s Hour.

In 1956 she made her film debut as a teenager in the dramamis act on the street in the midst of a cast with John Cassavetes and Sal Mineo.

During her youth career she often appeared on the radio, on the melody of what her father estimated as a total of 2500 jobs.

“You would leave school and go from one show to another,” she explained to We Love Soaps TV, according to TV Insider.

She played full -time in the General Hospital from 1973 to 1984 and then returned from 1996 to 2009 and made sporadic guest performances in 2021; Depicted for the show in 1973

Denise Alexander was born in New York in 1939 and grew up on Long Island with a cop for a father and started acting when she was just a child; Depicted in a publicity portrait in 1982

Although it was not her first role of soap, her breakthrough came into the genre with days of our lives, on which she was depicted with Doug Williams and acted from 1966 to 1973

Denise, who won an Emmy Emmy in 1976 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a drama series, is Picutred during the People’s Choice Awards of that year during the People’s Choice Awards

‘They were shows of 15 minutes or half an hour and you would sit around the table, read the script, rehearse a few times and do it. Then you were there and on the next one. And sometimes it was in the next studio. ‘

Although it was not her first role of soap, her breakthrough came into the genre with days of our lives, where she joined from 1966 to 1973.

She played the memorable role of Susan Hunter, who murder her husband David (Clive Clerk) through shot murder after he causes a tragic accident that kills their young son.

In 1973, seduced by a juicy contract, Denise shifted to the General Hospital for the role of Dr. Lesley Webber to play, initially Williams.

Lesley arrives in Port Charles to work in the hospital, still traumatized by the cradle death of her baby and the resulting suicide of her husband.

As she deals with her grief, she becomes a respected member of the hospital team and saves a romance with colleague doctor Rick Webber (Michael Gregory, then Chris Robinson), whom she eventually marries.

Lesley’s Love Triangle with Rick Webber (Chris Robinson) and Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleston) pushed the series to number one; Denise depicted for General Hospital in 1981

Lesley’s Scintilling Love Triangle with Rick and Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleston) pushed the earlier marking series to number one, and Denise won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress during a drama series in 1976.

After 11 years as a full -time star, her time came to the show what turned out to be a temporary end in 1984 as a result of a contract conflict.

Lesley was killed without mercy in a car accident that takes place outside the screen, which led about 75 dissatisfied fans to be outside ABC Studios, per de New York Times.

Denise was not long from the soap, with another world from 1986 to 1989 – before she was finally seduced in General Hospital in 1996.

After all, her character turned out to live a wonderful way and Lesley regularly appeared on the show in a recurring capacity until 2009.

She then came back sporadically for various anniversaries of the show, including the 50th in 2013, and took her last arch in the General Hospital in 2021 – which turned out to be the last acting of her career with more than half a century.