Lesley Webber
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| Portrayed by | Denise Alexander | ||||||||||
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| First appearance | March 1973 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | December 13, 2013 | ||||||||||
| Created by | Frank and Doris Hursley | ||||||||||
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| Classification | Former, recurring | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Physician | ||||||||||
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| Family | Webber |
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Lesley Webber is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. She was played by Denise Alexander from 1973 through February 28, 1984 on contract and from 1996 to 2009 in a recurring status. Alexander returned to the series in 2013.
Actress Denise Alexander originated the role of Dr. Lesley Williams in March 1973. In 1976, although TIME magazine panned General Hospital at the time, Alexander's character Lesley was noted as the serial's saving grace. When Alexander and the network could not agree to contractual negotiations, the character was killed off in March 1984. Angry fans picketed the studio, upset that the character had died. In 1996, the series wrote the character back on, and Alexander appeared in a recurring status until October 2009. Alexander returned to the role, once again in a recurring status, from May 16, 2013 to December 13, 2013
Lesley came to Port Charles in March 1973 and immediately joined the staff at General Hospital. Florence Gray became one of Lesley's first patients. Florence was suffering from stomach ulcers, which she thought were caused by her troubled marriage with Gordon Gray. She started seeing psychiatrist Peter Taylor. Florence told Peter about her husband's affair with one of her students years earlier. He had gotten her pregnant but the child died at birth. Peter told Lesley about Florence's history and is shocked to find out that she was that very student who had the affair with Gordon. He reentered Lesley's life and confessed his love to her. Gordon was about to leave Florence and start a new life with Lesley. She asked Dr. Steve Hardy to be taken off the case. Lesley convinced Gordon to stay with his wife. She was then tormented by the memories of giving birth, and losing her daughter.
Shortly after Lesley got married to Cameron Faulkner, she found out that the daughter who she thought has died was only living miles from her away. Lesley did a little research and found out that her daughter Laura was adopted by Jason and Barbara Vining. Lesley was desperate to see her daughter again, but Cameron ordered her to stay away from Laura and never make contact to her. Lesley started meeting Laura anyway. Barbara and Jason got curious about Laura's new friendship and soon had to realize that Lesley was Laura's biological mother. As Laura found out the truth, she is thrilled. Lesley is later granted full custody of Laura. When Laura fell ill and Peter told her that the illness was emotional based, Lesley decided to return Laura to the Vinings. Cameron was thrilled about that development. Lesley couldn't get over losing Laura again. Cameron started an affair with his secretary Peggy and was determined to get Laura out of Lesley's life for good. He first paid an elderly nurse to convince Lesley that Laura isn't even her daughter. As this didn't work, Cameron paid the Vinings a lot of money to move away with Laura. When Lesley found out about Cameron's scheme to keep her from her daughter, he kidnapped Lesley. As Cameron was driving Lesley grabbed the steering wheel and the car lunged off the road killing Cameron.
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