Heather Webber (General Hospital)

Heather Webber
Robin Mattson as Heather Webber
General Hospital character
Portrayed by	Georganne LaPiere (1976–77) Mary O'Brien (1977–79) Robin Mattson (1980–83, 2004, 2012–)
Duration	1976–83 2004 2012–
First appearance	July 29, 1976
Created by	Eileen Pollock Robert Mason Pollock
Introduced by	Tom Donovan
Classification	Present, recurring
Profile
Other names	Susan Moore Diana Taylor Heather Grant Heather Quartermaine
Occupation	Gossip columnist (2012) Nanny (2012)
Residence	Miscavige Hospital
Georganne LaPiere as Heather Webber in 1976
Mother Alice Grant Spouse Jeff Webber (1978–81) Edward Quartermaine (2004) Sons Steve Webber Franco Baldwin First cousins Susan Moore Other relatives Jason Morgan Jake Spencer Danny Morgan Emily Morgan

Heather Webber is a fictional character from ABC's original daytime soap opera, General Hospital. The character was first introduced in the summer of 1976. Though played by several actresses, soap veteran Robin Mattson, who stepped into the role in 1980, is most known for her portrayal of Heather.

Mattson received three Soapy Awards as Best Villainess for the role and a nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1983.

Georganne LaPiere originated the role of Heather Grant on July 29, 1976. In August 1977, it was reported that After a year with the series, instead of renewing her initial 48 week contract, LaPiere vacated the role of Heather and went on to co-star in a film with her half-sister Cher. She was quickly replaced by Mary O'Brien in September 1977. O'Brien vacated the role in July 1979 when Heather overdosed on LSD. O'Brien was offered the chance to reprise the role in 1980 but refused. On October 1, 1980, Robin Mattson, known for her role as Hope Bauer on Guiding Light joined the cast as Heather Webber. Mattson departed from the series indefinitely on September 13, 1983. Mattson reprised the role for a brief six-month stint which started on June 25, 2004, and concluded on December 3, 2004. In February 2012, it was announced Mattson would again reprise the role, and made her onscreen return on April 2, 2012. After some speculation Mattson might be done with the show, she was again seen on-screen in September 2012, making sporadic returns as Heather's various storyline arcs dictated over the next year and a half. In October 2014, Mattson reprised her role as Heather again, airing into early 2015. After an absence of over a year, Mattson returned once again the following Spring making periodic appearances through Franco's visits to Heather at her facility.

The 19-year-old Heather Grant is first introduced in the summer of 1976. Local nurse, Diana Taylor hires Heather as the nanny of her young daughter, Martha. Desperately wanting the job, Heather gives Diana a forged letter of recommendation. She soon sets her sights on Dr. Monica Webber's husband, Dr. Jeff Webber. After Jeff and Monica have a fight, Heather comforts him and they have sex. When Jeff suddenly disappears, Heather learns she is pregnant. After Jeff attempts suicide, he is shocked to learn Heather is pregnant. Heather fakes a suicide attempt hoping to win Jeff's affections. However, because Jeff refuses to leave Monica, Heather decides she doesn't want the child. Instead of aborting her child at Jeff's request, she sells the newborn to Diana and her husband, Peter for ten thousand dollars. In 1977, after giving birth to Steven Lars, Heather takes five hundred dollars from Jeff and goes to New York City in hopes of becoming a famous model. Her landlady, Mrs. Hadley arranges for the Taylors to adopt her son while concealing Heather's identity from the Taylors. However, after Hadley and a lawyer take their cut, Heather is only left with eighteen hundred of the ten thousand dollars. Instead of coming clean, Heather tells Jeff the baby was stillborn. To make up for her loss, Jeff proposes marriage. The two return to Port Charles where Heather gets a job as a nanny to the Taylors' new son, Peter "PJ" Taylor, Jr, who is actually her son.