![]() Laura (Stacey Baldwin) hopes for a new typewriter for Christmas in 1975, but Barbara has to tell her 'no' because they can't afford it. Jason, a teacher, struggles to make ends meet to take care of his family. Lesley's father had paid Doris to switch Lesley's healthy baby with the deceased child of Jason Vining ( Richard Rust) and his wife Barbara ( Judy Lewis). Lesley then marries the wealthy Cameron Faulkner ( Don Matheson), only to learn from dying patient Doris Roach ( Meg Wyllie), a former nurse at General Hospital, that her daughter is actually alive. Gordon wants to be with Lesley, but she convinces him to stay with his wife and they eventually leave town. Lesley Williams ( Denise Alexander) is shocked to learn that one of her patients, Florence Grey (Anne Collings) is actually the wife of her former lover Professor Gordon Grey ( Sherman Howard) who had fathered her deceased daughter. Stacey Baldwin who originated the role of Laura opposite Judy Lewis (Barbara Vining) in 1975. Francis later signed a deal for her to remain with the series indefinitely. Francis returned to the series in 2015, this time as part of Luke's exit storyline. Although initial reports said the actress would stick around, Francis left the role again that August. In 2013, in honor of the show's 50th anniversary celebration, Francis reprised the role of Laura when the writers revisited the iconic Ice Princess plot, and Laura was briefly remarried to Scott. Francis returned to the series again in 2008 to help Lulu, who had also been institutionalized. The return garnered Francis the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. The return stint, which only lasted a month, featured Laura's reunions with her children, Nikolas, Lucky ( Greg Vaughan), and Lulu ( Julie Marie Berman), and Laura's renewal of her wedding vows with Luke on their anniversary date. Francis returned in 2006 to celebrate Luke and Laura's 25th wedding anniversary. Francis quit the series in 2002, and Laura was written out after suffering a psychotic breakdown, after believing to have killed her adoptive father Rick Webber ( Chris Robinson). Their stories consisted of their struggle to hide from mobster Frank Smith, the 1994 birth of their daughter Lulu Spencer and the introduction of Laura's illegitimate son Nikolas Cassadine ( Tyler Christopher), who comes to town to save an ailing Lulu. ![]() In 1993, Laura was re-introduced by producer Wendy Riche, along with Luke and their young son Lucky Spencer ( Jonathan Jackson). Francis returned for a brief stint in late 1983 to reunite Luke and Laura, and then again in late 1984 when Laura was revealed to be pregnant. ![]() In 1981, Francis quit the show, claiming unequal treatment compared to Geary, and the character was written out as having disappeared the following January. Luke and Laura's 1981 wedding – which featured a guest appearance from Elizabeth Taylor - was viewed by 30 million people. ![]() In 1978, thanks to the efforts of executive producer Gloria Monty's plan to entice younger viewers, the character's popularity skyrocketed in the late 1970s and early 1980s due to her pairings with Scott Baldwin ( Kin Shriner) and, most famously, Luke Spencer ( Anthony Geary) the latter became a popular supercouple among soap opera fans and viewers. In early 1977, Genie Francis took over the role of the rebellious teenage Laura. The character was written out in the summer of 1976. Laura, originally played by Stacey Baldwin, was introduced in 1974 as the illegitimate daughter of Lesley Webber ( Denise Alexander). Laura Spencer is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. ![]()
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