Genie Francis
Genie Ann Francis (born May 26, 1962 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an actress who starred as Laura Webber (later Laura Baldwin and finally as Laura Spencer) on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital from 1976 to 1982, from 1983 to 1985 and from 1993 to 2002.
Laura's love affair and marriage to Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary), a man who had actually raped her at one time, turned General Hospital into the most-watched daytime drama of the 1980s.
Francis also appeared on Days of Our Lives as Diana Colville from 1987 to 1989 and on All My Children as Ceara Connor Hunter from 1990 to 1992. She reprised her role as Ceara on Loving in 1991. These roles were the product of Francis trying to shed her image as the Pauline-esque heroine she got while on General Hospital. Eventually, she grew to accept the image and returned to GH for a nine-year stint one year after her departure as Ceara on AMC.
She is married in real life to actor Jonathan Frakes.
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