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Alley Mills Returning to General Hospital

By Michael Fairman

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The ‘cray cray’ Heather Webber will be back in the canvas of General Hospital, according to her portrayer, Alley Mills.

On Thursday night, celebrating her Guest Performer in a Drama Series nomination for the upcoming 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Mills chatted with Michael Fairman on his annual Daytime Emmy Nominations Special.

During their conversation, Mills dropped that she will be back on the ABC daytime drama series, sharing, “I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this, but I am coming back. I’m not sure when or how.”

In jest, Alley added: “I keep thinking I’m with Anthony Hopkins on some island drinking Mai Tai’s!”  As to what will happen when Heather is on our screens, Mills, expressed: “I don’t know what the story is going to be.”

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Mills also revealed that when she played The Bold and the Beautiful’s Pam opposite Betty White as her on-screen mother, Ann Douglas, she took herself out of the running for a Supporting Actress nod, so she would not be up against Betty.

Of all her years in television, this is Alley’s first Emmy nomination, and she shared, “I have never been nominated or submitted. At 73 it’s kind of a cool end-of-life thing!”

You can watch Alley’s interview below around 2:20:50 timecode mark on the Daytime Emmy Nomination Special 2023 Livestream below.

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I prefer Robin Mattison in the role but okay.

WOW and BRAVO!
Alley Mill as Heather is awesome..
Am shocked to know she is 73…
also-
I noticed the ‘Guest’ Performer are sometimes better than the regular cast–
ie( Mike ..

SuOOO,
I so agree with you. I think Ally has done a great job on B&B for many years and was not a bit surprised how good she’s done in this role. I didn’t understand your ending comment about Guest performer, Mike??

Hi Violet, hope all is well in your world..
About Mike, Sonny’s dad—I don’t know his real name-he was exceptionally
great, one of the best if not the best of the ‘guest’ performers/actors..
I miss him..

SuOOO,
Yes, he was one of the best, wasn’t he? Everyone is raving about Jane Eliot, Ned’s mother. Personally, I can’t stand her character, so obnoxious.

Violet :),
I don’t know a lot about Jane/Tracy…
She was active many years before my time..
I do recall her and Luke rescuing each other..
What I admire about Jane is she looks her age, with no pretense..
She is gray-haired and is very pretty it becomes her..
She doesn’t have a wig of hair down to her butt that’s full/thick without a strand of grey, hair a 30yr old would envey..
The senior women in GH look ridiculous in those wigs..
Jane being naturally grey for her age is awesome!!!.
There are very becoming wigs for women seniors, just saying.

I can think of only one “senior woman” wearing a wig on GH.

Some of the more mature GH actresses have some of the best hair on tv. Kristina Wagner, Genie Francis, Lynn Herring and Nancy Lee Grahn look especially outstanding.

Love Alley

She’s fabulous but a little Heather goes a long way.

What bothers me about the Heather Webber character is that it’s really a caricature of mental illness. GH hasn’t really done a good job of portraying mental illness at all. They just ship off characters some type of asylum when the actors need to take a vacation. It’s really unflattering. OLTL really dug into mental illness with the Viki/Niki character and the Jessica Character.

Jeff,
I prefer the light touch and sometimes humorous way they portray Heather, moreso than that evil lunatic Ryan Chamberlain. Also I don’t enjoy watching the actors in a “Snakepit” scenario.

way I see it–GH is makebelieve entertainment, not a medical advice advocate–
soaps are in way over their heads when trying to portray medical evaluations, they are always off..Like Sharon’s cancer, which was a farse in compersion to real cancer sufferers, and Niki’s MS has disappeared what a miracle that happened, and being there is no cure for MS she is living a very healthy life and that would be impossible after her years with MS..and the list goes on..
Soaps do have a lot, a lot of cancer and there are transplants it’s just soapy entertainment…and physiatrists can’t answer all the how and why of mental illness so depending on soap writers to deal with it is nonsense.. lol

SuOOO,
You sure explained it better than I did. Speaking of Sharon’s cancer, I also had breast cancer, no Keemo but radiation and I didn’t suffer, only the mental stress of it all, but you are right about the Soaps not meant to be giving out medical advice.

I like robin better for Heather she was so good

Peggy Martin,
Am so sick of hearing how good Robin Matson was. Yes she was, but she’s gone and Allie is doing a fine and believable job of playing Heather.

With everything going on at GH these days, why is this the only thing about the show I could find? Am I being too critical? Every day I sign in to Michael Fairman and there is nothing on any of the three shows.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Elizabeth Thinks of Dante While With Ric; Will She Leave Her Ex in the Dust?

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Liz, Dante and Ric

Clearly, head nurse Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) is trying to deny her feelings for Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) on General Hospital, when she is trying to make up for missed opportunities and dates with her former husband, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst).

On the Friday, November 6 episode, Elizabeth arrived at the Metro Court for her date with Ric. She made sure she thanked the legal eagle for taking care of her house on Halloween when she was called into work.

However, while telling Ric this, Elizabeth is struck by a flashback of her and Dante baking in her kitchen, where a very close encounter almost led Dante and Elizabeth to kiss. After shaking that image off in her head, she goes back to her date with Ric, who is being very sweet to her.

Elizabeth and Ric

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ELIZABETH HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT RIC

Their date gets interrupted when Lulu (Alexa Havins) shows up at their table asking Elizabeth to convince Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) to drop the libel case against her.

Later, when Liz talked with Willow, and Willow shared she appreciated the head nurse looking out for her, she asks her friend if Ric is the kind of man she wants her life?

Willow is pointing out, as she had in her relationship with Drew (Cameron Mathison), does Ric really love Elizabeth  … or is he using her to get what he wants? That comment puts more doubt in Elizabeth’s mind over reconnecting with Ric, and giving her more credence to follow her feelings for Dante.

So, where is this leading? Will Elizabeth cut things off with Ric? If so, will he snap? Is Ric using Elizabeth? And what about Dante? Are you enjoying the growing closeness between Elizabeth and Dante, or do you prefer Elizabeth with Ric? Let us know in the comment section, But first, check what went down on Ric and Elizabeth’s dinner date which lead to more questions than answers below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Tracy Leaves Port Charles to Help Dillon; Paving the Way for Jane Elliot’s Temporary Exit

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Jane Elliot

General Hospital viewers became concerned when on the Thursday, November 5 episode, Tracy (Jane Elliot) was preparing to leave Port Charles to go help her son, Dillon Quartermaine, who got arrested while trying to film in Thailand.

Tracy informed Jason (Steve Burton), that she had to leave and was counting on him to look after things while she was away. That included: making sure Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and baby Phoebe were safe from the likes of Jude Jax (Wil Traval) as well as the Quartermaine businesses since Ned (Wally Kurth) still can’t overexert himself since his heart attack.

In Tracy’s final scenes, for now, she tells Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and Emma (Braedyn Bruner) to be there for Brook Lynn while she is going through her ordeal after divorcing Chase (Josh Swickard) and Jude trying to claim baby Phoebe.

Brook Lynn and Tracy

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HOW LONG WILL JANE ELLIOT BE GONE FROM GENERAL HOSPITAL?

However, GH fans! Have no fear. Tracy’s exit was written into the show to facilitate Jane Elliot’s annual vacation. Same time last year, Elliot exited the canvas around this time after the entire Ronnie Bard/Martin Grey debacle; where they conspired to make it look like Monica left the Quartermaine mansion to her sister, Ronnie (Erika Slezak) instead of Tracy. In that storyline, Tracy took off for a spa in France for some much-needed R&R.

Now, according to Soap Opera Digest, while viewers are just seeing the beginnings of Jane Elliot’s temporary leave, the soap opera confirmed that the long-running star is already back taping new episodes. GH roughly runs about six weeks ahead of air in its production schedule.

Jane Elliot

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ALL ABOUT JANE

Jane Elliot started her GH journey back in 1978, and has come and gone a few times including an announced retirement back in 2017, only to eventually come out of retirement a few tines, and rejoin the show full-time in 2023.

Along the way, Elliot has won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress back in 1981, and in 2025 was honored for her 50 years of excellence in daytime television becoming a Gold Circle honoree from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Michael Fairman TV spoke to Jane at that time, immediately after receiving her honor on-stage. You can check out that interview here.

Now below, watch scenes from Thursday’s GH where Tracy informs Jason she has to leave the country and go help her son.

Then let us know, with the mention of Dillon Quartermaine on today’s GH, will the soap opera FINALLY recast the role? Will you miss Jane while she is off-screen? Glad to know she is already back taping all-new episodes of the ABC daytime drama series? Let us know in the comment section.

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GH’s Finola Hughes and Laura Wright Tease Anna/Valentin/Carly, “It’s Not Your Typical Triangle, We’ll Say That”

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Finola Hughes and Laura Wright

On General Hospital, Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) are now dealing with the fallout of their discovery, the dead body of Jack Brennan. While Carly became a suspect, now the two need to figure out just who was responsible for the former WSB Port Charles Bureau chief’s sudden ending.

Meanwhile, Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) is trying to put her shattered life back together, after almost killing Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), hallucinating she was seeing a dead Peter August (Wes Ramsey) and trying to shake off years of trauma at the hands of Cesar Faison (Anders Hove).

While it has become apparent that Valentin and Carly love each other, the same holds true for Valentin and Anna, but is it differently, now that the former lovers are apart? However, it appears when Anna is in trouble, Valentin shows up to save her. That is not lost on Carly, who up until now has tried to be adult about the whole situation, but how long will that last?

Carly and Valentin

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Michael Fairman TV caught up with both Daytime Emmy-winning Lead Actresses on the red carpet at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards and asked them to weigh-in on what viewers can expect, and what’s it has been like working with leading man, James Patrick Stuart.

Laura Wright explained, “James is hilarious. I would say most of our dress rehearsals are laughing it out because we’ve got to show up for taping, but he’s very funny.” Finola Hughes echoed that with, “He’s a very funny person, always,” adding, “I couldn’t be in a scene with him and Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn, GH). It was him, me, and Amanda one time. We couldn’t get through the scene!”

Valentin and Anna

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The discussion turned to if GH viewers will see Anna and Carly fighting over the love of Valentin. Laura Wright shared, “Not in the way you would think. It’s not your typical triangle. We’ll say that.” Finola Hughes concurred, “It’s not your typical triangle!”

Watch our chat from the red carpet with Finola and Laura below, and make sure to check out all the moments from Michael Fairman TV at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards here.

So, do you think Valentin will be caught in an actual love triangle between Anna and Carly, or will he be fully in his relationship with Carly, only to find himself constantly coming to the rescue of Anna Devane, causing an ultimate riff in his relationship with Carly? Who would you like to see Valentin with … Anna or Carly? Let us know via the comment section below.

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