General hospital Denise AlexanderWho played Lesley Webber on soap from 1973 to 1984, died. She was 85 years old.
Variety And Digest Friday, May 9, the actress, who was also well known for her representation of Susan Hunter Martin Days of our livesdied on March 5.
General hospital showrunner Frank Valentini, 62, shared news from its passage via a declaration published on X.
“I am really sorry to learn the death of Denise Alexander. She broke the barriers on the screen and out of the screen, representing Dr. Lesley Webber – one of the first women’s doctors on day television – for almost five decades,” he wrote.
“It meant so much to make him take over his role in recent years and I am honored to have had the opportunity to work with her. In the name of the whole General hospital Family, I extend my sincere sympathies to their family, friends and longtime fans. May it rest in peace.
Alexander’s acting career started in the 1950s when she made her debut in Broadway with a role in Children’s time. During the same decade, Alexander marked roles of television guests in The father knows better, the twilight area And Danny Kaye’s show.
The actress moved to the soaps in the 1960s, taking a role in the CBS soap opera The clear horizon.
In 1966, she was thrown like Susan Martin Days of our livesa role she played for seven years, before turning to General hospital In 1973 to represent Lesley Webber.
Richard Simmons and Denise Alexander.
(Photo / courtesy of the Everett collection)Alexander spoke to The time at the time In 1977 on the way in which fans of invested and passionate soap fans were – including General Hospital ‘The public, many of which felt a strong affinity for Lesley.
“It is not necessarily that the soap for generates a gross celebrity that the films,” said Alexander, who appeared for the last time General hospital In 2021, said the point of sale at the time. “It’s just that the public feels closer to the afternoon stars than types of films. After all, we are with them daily, and they feel that they know us. You would be surprised to see how personal my mail is – and I do not mean personal erotic. Our lives in the shows replace their own life, are part of their daily life.”
The soap opera community has cried the death of several talented actors in the past year. Fans of Days of Our Lives began 2024 in mourning the loss of Bill Hayes – one of the oldest actors of the show – died in January at the age of 98. In September, fans said goodbye to actor Drake Hogestyn, […]
The character of Alexandre was killed controversial in 1984, but the actress then made a brief return in 1996 when they brought Lesley of the dead.
“I was sad when I left the show,” she said We love the soaps at the time. “When you played a character for so long and you had fun with it, you can feel the fan of the fan. I missed the character, and it is a fun thing for me, she came back to life. He is a character I know, and there are still a few people I know there.”
Alexander was married to Richard A. CollaDirector and producer, died in 2021.
