1. Sam McCall was a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network.
97 Facts About Sam McCall
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In 2024, Monaco departed the role when Sam McCall died of a heart attack.
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The role of Samantha McCall was originated by former Baywatch star and Playboy's April 1997 Playmate of the Month, Kelly Monaco on October 1,2003.
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Cody is a con artist and his way of life forces Evelyn to leave when Sam McCall is only three years old, taking Danny with her.
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When Sam McCall is 17, she tracks down Evelyn in Bailey's Beach, South Carolina, and is shocked to find Danny locked in the basement.
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When Sam McCall helps Danny escape, he accidentally knocks a candle over that burns down the house, not knowing Evelyn was inside.
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Sam McCall is arrested for arson, but gets out on bail and goes on the run with Danny to avoid being convicted for Evelyn's murder.
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Sam McCall then has an affair with Sonny Corinthos, who is married, and becomes pregnant.
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Sam McCall decides to name her daughter Lila after Jason's grandmother, Lila Quartermaine.
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Sonny's daughter Kristina Davis is diagnosed with a blood disease, and Sam McCall's daughter is proven to be a donor match.
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Kristina's mother, Alexis Davis, begs Sam McCall to induce labor two weeks early in order to donate her child's stem cells.
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Sam McCall is heartbroken over the loss of her daughter, and angry at Alexis, blaming her for her baby's death.
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Jason grieves with Sam McCall and helps her through the aftermath; they fall in love, eventually getting engaged.
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Sam McCall helps deliver a baby girl during a storm to a teenage mother named Bridget Daly.
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Sam McCall is accused of kidnapping Kristina soon after, and she and Jason try to find her to prove Sam McCall's innocence.
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Jason and Sam McCall are on a trip when they are kidnapped by Allegra Montenegro, played by Meg Bennett, the wife of Executive Producer at the time Robert Guza, Jr.
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Allegra wants Sam McCall to pose as her daughter, Alicia, and marry Andrew Olsen to help the Montenegros regain their rich lifestyle.
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The storyline was received as an attempt to win ratings due to Monaco's recent success on the first season of Dancing with the Stars, as Sam McCall is forced to learn to ballroom dance in order to make Andrew believe she is really Alicia.
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Sam McCall is released, and she and Jason return to Port Charles.
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When several Port Charles residents are infected by the encephalitis plague, Danny dies; Sam McCall blames Alexis since she received the last antidote over Danny.
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Sam McCall keeps it to herself, wanting nothing to do with Alexis.
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However, when Sam McCall is shot by Manny and near death, Jason tells Alexis the truth.
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Alexis pressures Jason into ending the relationship, but Sam McCall tries to win him back.
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Angry, Sam McCall gets drunk and has a one-night stand with Alexis's husband, Ric Lansing.
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However, Amelia is actually looking for revenge on Sam McCall for killing her father, Bill Monroe.
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Meanwhile, Sam McCall learns that Elizabeth Spencer's son, Jake, is actually Jason's son.
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Sam McCall seduced Elizabeth's husband Lucky Spencer to get revenge on Jason and Liz, but they eventually fall in love.
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Meanwhile, Sam McCall is stalked and injured by the Text Message Killer, who is later revealed to be an alive Diego Alcazar.
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Sam McCall forgives Monica, helping her get a lenient sentence to rehab.
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Sam McCall realizes that a teenage Kristina is becoming rebellious and tries to help her.
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Sam McCall is kidnapped by Jerry Jacks, but rescued by Jason, and the two locate Michael and Kristina.
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Jason is stalked by crazed artist Franco, who kidnaps and threatens Sam McCall to get to Jason.
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Sam McCall has reconstructive surgery so she and Jason can have a baby.
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Sam McCall discovers she's pregnant after returning home, and a paternity test establishes Jason as the father.
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Sam McCall gives birth to a baby boy with the help of John McBain, but she passes out and is unaware that Todd Manning and Heather switch the baby with the stillborn son of Tea Delgado.
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Sam McCall continues to confide in John, and they share a flirtation.
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Jason and Sam McCall reunite and rescue their son, naming him Daniel Edward Morgan.
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Sam McCall eventually realizes that Jason is not coming back and tries to move on.
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Sam McCall believes Lucy is insane, until a woman named Alison Barrington is murdered, and her son, Rafe Kovich, Jr.
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Sam McCall is kidnapped by Caleb, but rescued by John, Rafe, and Lucy.
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Sam McCall meets Dr Silas Clay, Rafe's uncle, who decides to get physical custody of Rafe from Sam McCall.
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Meanwhile, Sam McCall finds out that Danny has leukemia, and needs treatment.
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When no one is a match, Sam McCall asks Alexis about her biological father.
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Alexis admits she doesn't know who Sam McCall's father is, because she never met him again.
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Alexis figures out that Sam McCall's father is Julian Jerome, a mobster presumed dead.
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Sam McCall is disgusted with her father's actions, and writes him off.
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Sam McCall knew Patrick didn't kill Rafe, which led to her and Silas breaking up.
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Sam McCall befriended "Jake Doe", an amnesiac patient at the hospital who had facial reconstruction surgery after an accident.
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Sam McCall wanted to find the gunman, and realized it was Jake.
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Jake realized that he had been brainwashed by Helena Cassadine, and Sam McCall's accusations were correct.
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Sam McCall forgave him, and helped him get a job and figure out his real identity.
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Sam McCall got engaged to Patrick, but right after, she found out that "Jake" is actually Jason.
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Sam McCall reeled from the news, trying to process what to do.
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Jason went to Cassadine Island to confront Helena, and Sam McCall followed him there.
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Helena continued to taunt Jason, and Sam McCall lashed out, furious at Helena for keeping Jason from her and Danny.
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Sam McCall returned to Port Charles, where Patrick realized that Sam McCall was still in love with Jason, and broke off their engagement.
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Jason and Sam McCall began to reconnect, as Jason started to experience memory flashes while spending time with Sam McCall.
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Sam McCall figured out that Elizabeth and Jason's son, Jake, was responsible.
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Sam McCall ended up getting seriously injured when she discovered the truth, but Jason was able to rescue her.
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Sam McCall went into hiding with Jason after Nikolas Cassadine disappeared, and Jason was accused of killing him.
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Sam McCall proposes to Sam, and they get engaged again.
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Sam McCall learns she is malaria free, assuring her the baby is healthy thanks to their new friend Hamilton Finn.
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Sam McCall eventually starts to bond with Julian and gives her blessing for him to marry Alexis.
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The clues lead Sam McCall to discover that Morgan was killed by Olivia St John, Julian's sister.
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Jason finds her, and helps Sam McCall give birth to Emily Scout Morgan.
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They're immediately taken to the hospital, where Sam McCall ends up in a coma after surgery; she wakes up and recovers.
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Sam McCall, burying her feelings for Jason, asks him for divorce.
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On October 14,2019, Sam McCall was arrested and framed for Shiloh's murder.
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In early 2020, Sam McCall had a visit from her parole officer Dolores Maloney, who told her she could not have any firearms or alcohol in the house.
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Sam McCall grew upset when Dolores told her to stay away from Jason, and when Jason came home, she said it would be the last time they see each other.
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Sam McCall explained that she had to stay away from Jason or else she will go back to prison.
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Jason and Sam McCall went to see Robert Scorpio for help getting a new parole officer.
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In November 2020, when the Floating Rib bar exploded, Sam McCall was terrified and unable to cope.
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On December 9,2020, Sam McCall tells Jason her fears and says that she has to end her relationship with him after nearly 20 years.
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Sam McCall asks him not to come back home to their penthouse after he leaves, which makes Jason upset and initially he fights her on it, but relents not wanting to make things any harder.
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On Christmas Eve 2020, Sam McCall was hanging stockings with Scout and Danny who were both upset that Jason wasn't there, so Sam McCall invited him over to spend the night and spend Christmas morning together as a family.
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On March 19,2021, Dante and Sam McCall holding Peter at gunpoint and tried to talk him down.
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Sam McCall wants to find them too and follows Dante and then deflates his tire when she locates them.
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Sam McCall wants to escort Jason safely to Canada for the kid's sake, but Jason decides to go with Britt in order to protect Sam McCall and keep her hands clean.
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On May 20,2021, Sam McCall finally owes Dante for slashing his tire.
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On June 7,2021, Sam McCall tries to defend Maxie and drags Dante out of the room.
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Sam McCall gets drunk with Elizabeth at the pier and burns some of her old items from her relationship with Jason.
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On July 16,2021, Sam McCall arrives at the Metro Court restaurant and sees Jason and Carly and complements Carly's engagement ring.
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Sam McCall asked him when he and Carly had decided to get married, and he talked about their "shared loss" of Sonny.
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Sam McCall added to him that she'd always known that Jason and Carly were both first on the other's list, ahead of everyone else, then she walked away from him.
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Sam McCall knew that Jason and Carly wouldn't have gotten engaged without a good reason, so she advised Carly to let her know if Carly needed anything.
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Sam McCall insisted that she was at peace, but Maxie thought Sam McCall would only be able to get peace with someone else to go home to.
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Sam McCall thought back to Dante kissing her, but disagreed with Maxie's statement.
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Sam McCall informed Maxie that she'd kissed someone, but it hadn't mean anything.
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The motivation behind the character's bad girl ways were revealed, when it was discovered that she was raised on the road by a con artist father, Cody Sam McCall, and used cons to provide for her mentally handicapped older brother, Danny Sam McCall.
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Sam McCall grows close to Jason Morgan during her pregnancy with the child of Sonny Corinthos.
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Sam McCall was kind of helping her out with her pregnancy.
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The revelation of Alexis Davis as Sam McCall's biological mother was a turning point in the development of the character.
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The unveiling of Alexis as Sam McCall's mother led to widespread speculation as to the identity of Sam McCall's biological father.
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Widespread speculation about the identity of Sam McCall's father was reignited when it was rumored that General Hospital was looking for a "name actor" to cast in the role of Sam McCall's father.
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In July 2013, ABC unveiled its latest General Hospital promo which showed Sam McCall asking Alexis for the identity of her father.
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Sam McCall co-hosted the Daytime Emmy Awards that same year.