1. Monica Quartermaine is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network, played from August 17,1977, to December 21,2023, by Leslie Charleson.
85 Facts About Monica Quartermaine
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Monica Quartermaine is a cardiologist at the eponymous hospital, and widow of physician Alan Quartermaine.
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Monica Quartermaine was previously married to fellow doctor Jeff Webber.
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Monica Quartermaine is the owner of the Quartermaine mansion, as she often reminds her family when they begin quarreling.
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Monica Quartermaine has been known to throw them out of her house.
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Monica Quartermaine grows up off-screen in an orphanage and was fostered by Dr Gail Adamson Baldwin.
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Monica Quartermaine later had an affair with David Langston and gave birth to a daughter, Dawn, whom she gave up for adoption.
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Just prior to her arrival on General Hospital, Monica Quartermaine had been engaged to Rick Webber.
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Monica Quartermaine broke up with her and flew off to Africa where he became involved in a civil war and was presumed dead.
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Monica Quartermaine turned to Jeff Webber, Rick's brother, for comfort and married him, not knowing that Rick was still alive.
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Monica Quartermaine arrived in Port Charles in 1976, having recently married Jeff Webber.
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The truth was that Monica Quartermaine had only married Jeff on the rebound.
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Monica Quartermaine was still deeply in love with Jeff's brother, Rick, who had been presumed dead in Africa.
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The marriage collapsed when Rick was revealed to be still alive; Monica Quartermaine had an affair with him and Jeff had one with Heather Grant that produced a son, Steven Webber.
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Monica Quartermaine was devastated, and tried to put a stop to it by blackmailing Lesley: unless Lesley refused his proposal, Monica Quartermaine would reveal her affair with Rick to the board of trustees, denying Rick the opportunity to become Chief of Cardiology.
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Monica Quartermaine realizes she cannot go through with her threat, but doesn't tell Lesley.
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Monica Quartermaine is caught when Lesley's daughter, Laura, reveals that she recorded Monica Quartermaine's threat to Lesley.
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Monica Quartermaine makes a last-ditch effort to bed Rick while trapped in a remote ranger station overnight during a storm while working on the project, but is turned down.
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Monica Quartermaine turned to Alan for support and agreed to marry him.
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Monica Quartermaine was thrilled when Gail found happiness by finally agreeing to marry Lee Baldwin after months of putting him off.
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Monica Quartermaine became a close confidante to Laura who found that Monica Quartermaine treated her like an adult while her mother continuously treated her like a child.
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Monica Quartermaine adored Alan's parents, Edward and Lila, but his sister, Tracy, felt Monica Quartermaine was beneath them and caused problems every chance she got.
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Monica Quartermaine continued to be a confidante to Lesley's young daughter, Laura, and when nurse Bobbie Spencer began to harass Laura and blamed her for attacking her in the hospital book store, Monica Quartermaine took Laura's side, realizing the extent of her own harassment towards Lesley whom she made an effort to become friends with.
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However, within a year of her second marriage, Monica Quartermaine fell into Rick's arms and the two had a one-night stand.
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Monica Quartermaine was pregnant and didn't know who the father was.
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For many months, Monica Quartermaine was bedridden, and innocent student nurse Amy Vining her only companion.
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Monica Quartermaine was unaware that the gossipy Amy was totally enamored of the handsome Alan who used her as a spy to keep an eye on his wife.
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Rick and Lesley divorced so Rick and Monica Quartermaine could be together.
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Alan was enraged by this turn of events and made several attempts to kill Rick and Monica Quartermaine, but was thwarted at every attempt.
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Monica Quartermaine managed to trick Alan into admitting on tape that he had tried to kill her and Rick and moved into Tracy's old apartment as she prepared to file for an uncontested divorce.
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Monica Quartermaine attempted to hide this fact from Rick, but Alan eventually exposed the truth that there were rare circumstances when two parents with type O blood could conceive a type B blood baby.
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Rick, disgusted with Monica Quartermaine's continued manipulations, left her and focused on the formation of the waterfront clinic.
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The next day when Monica Quartermaine went to get her final divorce decree, she discovered that Alan had contested it, and when she confronted him, he threatened her with the loss of her son for her actions, forcing her to return to him even though she couldn't stand the sight of him.
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Monica Quartermaine felt that she had no other alternative but to stay with Alan, biding her time to find a way out.
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The only calm moments between Alan and Monica was their shared desire to prove that Alan's cousin, Alexandria Quartermaine was utilizing the family fortune in ways that would not keep their holdings strong.
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Monica Quartermaine was greatly amused when Alexandria's will left all of her ELQ stock to Lila, putting her in control and keeping Edward from making deals he felt important to gain more money and power.
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Monica Quartermaine hired private investigator Larry Corrigan to get proof of Alan's affair with Susan, and he took a job at the campus disco, managing it after Susan went to New York to have her baby.
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In spite of public scenes at the hospital which caused both of them to be reprimanded by Steve Hardy, Monica would continue to be seen with Alan at social functions, including Luke and Laura's wedding, even though she was preparing to file for divorce and sell the Quartermaine house, a move that Alan put a stop to.
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Monica Quartermaine was not pleased at having her husband's illegitimate offspring in the house at first, but eventually grew to love Jason as if he were her own.
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Monica Quartermaine was saddened by the sudden death in a car accident of her old rival Lesley Webber whom she had somewhat made peace with.
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In 1986, Monica had an affair with Sean Donely, and kicked all the Quartermaines out of the mansion.
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Monica Quartermaine went away to a spa resort and ended up sleeping with one of the workers there, a young man named Ward.
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Dawn was later murdered and Monica Quartermaine was devastated by her death.
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Monica Quartermaine's life was changed forever when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994.
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Monica Quartermaine became despondent and began pushing Alan away, though Alan fought hard to give Monica Quartermaine the support she needed.
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Monica Quartermaine was devastated when Paige died, but ended up adopting Paige's daughter, Emily.
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Finally, Monica Quartermaine went into remission, but she and Alan were drifting further and further apart.
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Monica Quartermaine snapped and kidnapped Dorman, and threatened to give him a lobotomy.
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When Monica Quartermaine went to visit her old rival, the mentally fragile Lesley calmly said she could never ever forget Monica Quartermaine.
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Alan and Monica Quartermaine eventually reconciled and briefly considered trying for another baby.
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Alan and Monica Quartermaine stayed stable for several years, even as drama occurred amongst their children.
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When Rick Webber returned to town for Laura's remarriage to Luke, he re-kindled his old friendship with Monica Quartermaine which caused Alan to become jealous of them and brought back some bad memories for Lesley Webber who had never stopped loving him.
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When Rick was suddenly killed, Alan and Monica Quartermaine were both mentioned as suspects, and for a long time, everybody believed that Laura had killed him in self-defense.
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Monica Quartermaine's drinking led to her being sued for medical malpractice by her sister-in-law Tracy Quartermaine after a botched surgery that Monica performed on Tracy's husband Luke Spencer.
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Monica Quartermaine drank while driving, and hit Sam McCall in a hit and run.
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Monica Quartermaine's drinking landed her in a horrific car accident; Jason insisted that she seek treatment otherwise he would report her to the police.
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Monica Quartermaine would reconcile with Jason, apologize for the way she had treated him and reassure him that regardless of his parentage, she thought of him as her son and she loves him.
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Monica Quartermaine pleaded guilty to Sam's hit and run and driving while under the influence.
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Monica Quartermaine resumed her position as chief of staff at General Hospital after completing rehab.
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Monica Quartermaine was taken to the ICU at Mercy, but was quickly released.
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Monica Quartermaine immediately took to newcomer Rebecca Shaw, Emily's twin sister, and shared with Rebecca her own breast cancer struggle.
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Monica Quartermaine became a key player in the reconstruction efforts for General Hospital to re-open after the toxin outbreak.
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Monica Quartermaine later stepped down from her role as chief of staff, contacting former physician Dr Steven Webber to take over for her so that she could re-focus on her specialty of cardiology.
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Early in the decade, Monica was seen infrequently, often not present from Quartermaine family events because it is too painful for her after Alan's death.
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Monica Quartermaine was heartbroken over Jake's death, and admonished both Jason and Elizabeth for denying her the right to know her grandson.
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Monica Quartermaine yelled at Luke, the driver who accidentally hit Jake.
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Monica Quartermaine gave Alan's wedding ring to Sam, who in turn gave it to Jason on their wedding day.
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Monica Quartermaine is thrilled when Jason and Sam have a son, Daniel Morgan, and ask her to be part of her grandson's life.
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Sadly, Jason disappears, and is presumed dead shortly after, and Monica Quartermaine had to deal with losing another child.
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Monica Quartermaine supported him, despite others saying he was going to cause trouble.
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Monica Quartermaine found out that Jake was actually alive, having been held captive by Helena Cassadine, and got a chance to be a part of Jake's life.
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Monica Quartermaine bonded with "Jake Doe," an amnesiac patient who had a facial reconstruction surgery after an accident.
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Monica Quartermaine promised not to make the same mistakes with Jason that she made before, and was able to reconnect with him.
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Meanwhile, Monica Quartermaine had to deal with the new chief of staff, Liesl Obrecht, and her strict conduct rules.
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Tracy, though, helped Monica Quartermaine get back the job after Monica Quartermaine called in Dr Hamilton Finn to help an ailing Tracy.
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Monica Quartermaine fought to help Finn stay on staff, despite Liesl's objections.
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Jason, meanwhile, recovered his memories, and apologized to Monica Quartermaine for pushing her away for many years.
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Monica Quartermaine promised to make more of an effort to include her as his mother; Monica assured Jason that she loved him.
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Monica Quartermaine was targeted by the General Hospital serial killer, later revealed to be Paul Hornsby who is like Valentin and Victor Cassadine.
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Monica Quartermaine was attacked and left unconscious, but was saved by Nurse Sabrina Santiago.
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Monica Quartermaine survived, but she and Tracy were forced to shut down General Hospital to prevent anyone else from getting killed.
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Monica Quartermaine was there when Jason and Sam decided to name their newborn daughter Emily, in honor of Monica Quartermaine's daughter.
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Monica Quartermaine was thrilled by the tribute, and met her granddaughter after Olivia Jerome was sent to a mental asylum when Judge Horace Sanchez found out Liv was unfit to stand trial.
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In January 2019, Monica Quartermaine learned from Scotty that the widowed Gail Baldwin had died.
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Monica Quartermaine welcomed sister-in-law Tracy back for a visit the following Christmas and dealt with Tracy's distaste for her redecorating.