

Intern Program, believing that the couple had an idyllic marriage. Steve Hardy, who had been recently appointed as Chief of Staff at General Hospital, invited the couple to take part in his Mr. Monica and JeffMonica arrived in Port Charles in 1976, having recently married Jeff Webber. Monica later had an affair with David Langton and gave birth to a daughter, Dawn Winthrop, whom she gave up for adoption.

Monica was able to use her experience with Greg to help Laura Spencer when she was raped. Gail remained unaware of this for many years but the two were able to reconcile once the truth came out. However, Greg, Gail's husband took advantage of Monica and raped her. Monica grew up in an orphanage and was fostered by Dr. Monica turned to Jeff Webber, Rick's brother, for comfort and married him, not knowing that Rick was still alive. However, he had broken up with her and flew off to Africa where he became caught up in a civil war and was presumed dead. Just prior to her arrival on GH, Monica had been engaged to Rick Webber. Monica later had an affair with David Langton and gave birth to a daughter, Dawn, whom she gave up for adoption. Monica grows up off-screen in an orphanage and was fostered by Dr. Charleson returned for a second voice-only appearance on August 21, 2023, speaking with Olivia about Ned believing himself to be Eddie Maine. Ĭharleson's voice was heard as Monica on Maduring the tribute episode for the late Sonya Eddy ( Epiphany Johnson). On May 13, 2022, Nancy Lee Grahn said on Instagram that Charleson had a fall and will be out for a while but she will return.

Monica was temporarily recast with actress Holly Kaplan for one episode on March 15, 2022. Today Monica continues to appear on a recurring basis and is now board chairman at General Hospital.Ĭharleson was last seen on February 25, 2022. She will start filming her new scenes starting July 23. On June 30, 2018, it was announced that Charleson is ready to return to GH after recouperating for 2 months. On April 17, 2018, Charleson injured her leg while taking her dog for a walk, which ended up causing her not to be able to film upcoming episodes of the show, until she is fully healed and ready to start filming again, actress Patty McCormack will temporarily replace her first appearing on May 7. However, Charleson appeared ahead of schedule on July 13. Her first air date was set for July 27, 2011. On June 13, 2011, Charleson announced that after making only one appearance so far in 2011, she would be returning to the front burner. In May 2011, newly appointed head writer Garin Wolf expressed his interest in having Charleson appear on a much more frequent basis. On August 24, 2010, it was announced that Charleson was being demoted to recurring status after 30 years.

With the returns of Denise Alexander (Lesley Webber), Genie Francis (Laura Spencer), and Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin), Monica remains to be the fourth oldest character on "General Hospital" and Charleson is the show's most tenured performer. In 2006, she only had rare appearances however, new storylines developed in 2007 (an investigation into the murder of Rick Webber, the deaths of her husband Alan Quartermaine and adopted daughter Emily Quartermaine), and she is being featured more prominently. Her various affairs, primarily with fellow doctors Jeff Webber and his older brother Rick Webber, as well as her quarrels with husband Alan Quartermaine and their dysfunctional family, were all major stories on the show throughout the late 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Monica was Chief of cardiology at the eponymous General Hospital, an original and on-going setting of the serial.
