General Hospital's Monica Life In Pictures

ABC

1978: After a failed marriage to Jeff Webber, Monica became Mrs. Alan Quartermaine (Stuart Damon). His wedding present? The mansion to which she still holds the deed.

SD3417_monica_100 charleson shriner susan brown 1979

1979: Monica attended the wedding of Scotty (Kin Shriner) to Laura; his stepmom, Gail (Susan Brown), was once Monica’s foster mom.

ABC

1980: When Alan discovered that Monica was having an affair with Rick Webber (Chris Robinson), he tried to kill them.

GENERAL HOSPITAL - Shoot Date: July 24, 1980. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images) DAVID LEWIS;ERIC KROH;STUART DAMON;LESLIE CHARLESON Getty

1980: Edward (David Lewis) disapproved of Tracy’s efforts to prove that Monica’s baby, Alan, Jr. (A.J.), was Rick’s bio son (he wasn’t).

ABC

1983: Monica and Alan expanded their family when she (at first reluctantly) agreed to raise Jason, his illegitimate son by late mistress Susan.

ABC

1988: Monica trysted with tennis pro “Ward” — then discovered that he was actually Tracy’s son, Ned (then-Kurt McKinney). The situation got even more awkward when he fell for Mon’s long-lost daughter, Dawn.

ABC

1991: After divorcing the previous year, Monica and Alan retied the knot.

ABC

1992: Nikki (Camille Cooper), the daughter of Monica’s ex-lover David, set her sights on A.J. (Gerald Hopkins) as part of her revenge plan against the doc.

ABC

1995: While battling breast cancer, Monica grew close to fellow patient Page (Riley Steiner), whose daughter, Emily (Amber Tamblyn), she and Alan adopted after Page passed.

ABC

1997: Monica cheated on Alan with oily Dr. Pierce Dorman (Tuc Watkins), who she held hostage after he got Emily addicted to drugs.

ABC

2002: The green-eyed monster once again struck Alan when Rick came back to P.C.

102732_2719 -- GENERAL HOSPITAL -- Kelly Monaco (Sam), Leslie Charleson (Monica), Kari Wuhrer (Reese), Jennifer Bransford (Carly), Dylan Cash (Michael) and Maurice Benard (Sonny) in a scene that airs the week of April 25, 2005 on ABC Daytime's "General Hospital." "General Hospital" airs Monday-Friday (3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/ADAM LARKEY) JENNIFER BRANSFORD, MAURICE BENARD, LESLIE CHARLESON, BILLY WARLOCK, STEVE BURTON, KELLY MONACO ABC

2005: It was not a good day for Monica when a scuffle between A.J. (Billy Warlock, bottom l.) and Jason (then-Steve Burton, top l.) left both of them badly injured. Also pictured: Maurice Benard (Sonny) and Kelly Monaco (Sam).

GENERAL HOSPITAL - Leslie Charleson (Monica) in a scene that airs the week of March 5, 2007 on ABC Daytime's "General Hospital." "General Hospital" airs Monday-Friday (3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/CAROL KAELSON) LESLIE CHARLESON ABC

2007: It was an excruciating year for Mrs. Q., who had to bury both Alan (fatal heart attack) and Emily (murdered).

Sean Kanan, Leslie Charleson "General Hospital" Set The Prospect Studios ABC Studios Los Angeles 10/02/12 ©Paul Skipper/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 12674 U.S.Airdate 10/26/12 JPI

2012: A.J. (Sean Kanan) returned to town and it was revealed that Monica had helped her son fake his death in 2005.

Chad Duell, Sean Kanan, Leslie Charleson "Genral Hospital" Set The Prospect Studios ABC Studios 02/06/14 © Howard Wise/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 13017 U.S. Airdate 03/19/14 JPI

2014: Monica and Michael (Chad Duell) were heartbroken when A.J. was shot dead (by Sonny, it turned out).

JPI

2017: Monica was delighted by the birth of her newest grandbaby, Emily Scout, the daughter of Jason (Billy Miller) and Sam.

JPI

2017: Monica shared a heartfelt good-bye with Tracy (Jane Elliot) when her sister-in-law left Port Charles.

Leslie Charleson General Hospital

Conversation

All comments are subject to our Community Guidelines. Soap Opera Digest does not endorse the opinions and views shared by our readers in our comment sections. Our comments section is a place where readers can engage in healthy, productive, lively, and respectful discussions. Offensive language, hate speech, personal attacks, and/or defamatory statements are not permitted. Advertising or spam is also prohibited.

Soap Opera Digest

General Hospital’s Monica Life In Pictures

More Stories