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Ilene Kristen's General Hospital Appearance Starts Monday! Have You Guessed Who She Plays?

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GH head writer Ron Carlivati, continues his ode to history and weaving in characters from ABC Daytime iconic shows this coming Monday, when Sam (Kelly Monaco) and Silas (Michael Easton) continue their search for answers to Sam’s daddy!

In the preview clip of next week’s Monday episode of General Hospital, which aired at the end of Friday’s broadcast, daytime fans saw a shot of Ilene Kristen holding up some coffee saying, “At your service”,  while Sam and Silas were, from the looks of it, at a coffee shop … or is it?  Is it a bar?  Where are they?

Since IleneKristen had made her mark with such incredible indelible performances as the original Delia Reid Ryan Coleridge (and there were more married names and repeats in there) on Ryan’s Hope, and Roxy Balsom on One Life to Live, bets are its one of them!

Watch the preview after the jump! Who will Ilene play?  Are you excited to see her back on your screens Monday?  Let us know!

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Ilene Kristen will be playing her “Ryan’s Hope” character Delia Ryan on GH next Monday, d’uh!

Well if she is playing one of her characters from another show…obviously it can’t be from OLTL. So Roxy is out. And if it’s an irish bar…she’ll obviously be Delia.

Nice way for Ron to get another OLTL fan favorite on to GH!

But Delia hair was more straight. Roxy’s was more like what she is wearing there but yes she will be Delia probably. Too bad there isn’t any Ryans

On another note…Jackie Zeman, aka Bobbie Spencer is heading back to GH!

It’s got to be Delia. The character of Roxy is still owned by Prospect Park, the shames as the Llanview 3. They can’t even mention OLTL characters on GH. Didn’t you catch this week when Heather was telling Franco about her former boss firing Diane and making her the gossip columnist? She was about to mention his name (Todd) and Franco stopped her saying he didn’t care. These shoutouts make me happy and sad at the same time. They make me miss OLTL even more. 🙁

I noticed that too, Liz!! I love the “digs” they are doing! I hope Ilene is on more than one episode. I would to see her in scenes with Tony Geary. Remember, when she was on RH, she played opposite Ron Hale (now Sonny’s dad, Mike). I just had a thought. Did they kill off Mike?

I am guessing she will be playing Ava’s Mommy Dearest!!!

MY guess too… Debbie!!!

I agree with Debbie…Ava’s mom…

Why? She killed Connie and I believe that Sonnie will avenge Connie’s death.

Well since they are going to a bar called Ryan’s– I imagine she is playing the character from Ryan’s Hope– possibly that character will be also be Ava’s Jerome’s mother– the mistress of Vic Jerome —Lucy mentioned—- or will know who she is at the very least.

Sounds right to me…Vics mistress, and Ava’s mummy!!!

Im also glad shes not being called Esmerelda…lol

Remember the Paris Texas cafe on oltl? Maybe this should be a Ryan’s pub in an alternate past life? I want Aunt Ruby to have a long-ago forgotten daughter played by Kim Zimmer or someone else soaps desperately miss.

Can’t wait to see Ilene!

and Jackie Z too!

Ilene Kristen is one of the BEST EVER in daytime and anytime! To not exploit this woman’s talents is a sin. She should be hired by GH full time!!

I couldn’t agree more! She is fantastic…thanks to the GH writers for realizing this amazing talent and giving us loyal viewers such a treat!

This is awesome storytelling. If I can remember correctly, Delia was a fine mess. Getting into everything. With her being on the show, she could wreck a fine havoc on the people of Port Charles and still make them feel sorry for her. She was like the Heather Webber of Ryan’s Hope. It’s endless……the mentioning of Loving and now Ryan’s Hope could open up many possibilities. Im still hoping for an appearance of Gwenyth Alden to the show and for her to be Alexis’ mother. As I mentioned, Corinth could have been the town Obrecht and Faison was experimenting in.

I would love to see her & Heather work together.

DITTO!!!! That will be awesome..Comedic relief at its best!!!!

Coincidentally, GH’s “Heather,” Robin Mattson, also portrayed the character of Delia during one of Ilene’s absences! Not to mention that one of her many husbands, Dr. Roger Coleridge, was played by the same actor (Ron Hale) who was more recently known as Sonny’s gambling father, Mike. Small world, indeed!

what a coincident

She can’t be Alexis’ mother because she was killed by Helena. But Ilene would make a perfect addition as Delia – she would be the new comic relief.

I love her!!Hope she stays on GH long term!

Love, love LOVE her. Put her on contract!!!

We know she isn’t playing Roxy because Prospect Park owns that character.

Yes!!! I knew it the minute I heard about a bar named Ryan in NY…Yay!!!!!!!! I hope Delia stays she is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Job Ron!!!

OH THANK GOD! I have been missing Ilene Kristen for 2 years. And, a reason to tune in to GH for at least one day.

One of the best character actors in daytime history, she ranks at the top with greats like Constance Ford and Irene Dailey. GH would be very lucky to have her.

Aaah. Ada, Liz and Delia. Three of the greatest dames on daytime.

Awesome!!
Roxy !! in another roll; great actress…

I love GH it is fun !!!

I love GH it is thrills and suspense !!!

I love GH it’s humor !!!

I love the hard hitting stories and the great actors !!! All the ”history” brought back along with the vets !!!

I loved seeing Heather and the humor she brings with her !!!

GH is pure soap !! BRAVO !!!

They need to get Ron Hale back onboard as Mike as soon as possible. It would be great to see Delia’s reaction to him, since he used to play Roger Coleridge back in the day.

That would be awesome. Loved Roger and Delia!

I agree Debbie…maybe they will bring him back

I was hoping she is reprising the role of Delia but I think it’s possible she is playing Ava’s mother who happens to be a waitress at Ryan’s. There is a problem with my theory Ava would have been conceived around the time teenage Delia use to hang around the Ryan teens. I think the Ryans would have notice someone who look like she can be Delia’s slighty older identical sister or slightly older look a like Aunt. Lucy said Victor met the woman in a bar but I remember them also serving food,so they would have been a Tavern.

I think she will be coming back as Rose Kelley.

If they do have her in a scene with Heather Webber, then we’ll see Ilene working with one of her temporary replacements in the role of Delia, since Robin Mattson played that character for a short time.

LOTS of retconning will need to be done for those of us who remember Ryan’s Hope. For her to be Ava’s mother puts her in a timeline of having a baby at the same time she was obsessed with either Frank Ryan or his brother Pat. T

Timelines? On Soaps? The AgeProgression and other tools of soaps make it absolutely possible. And she just told the tale of how she gave Vic’s baby away, and then she married Frank Ryan and that was that.

So, in Delia’s words “That was that” Now, I’d love to see Maeve come out from behind the bar and in her brogue ask Delia Dear to stop bothering the customers and get back to work.

I would like to say I truly love what Frank and Ron have done with GH. They not only respect the past of the show but they show great respect and remembrance for the daytime dramas of ABC’s past. I have fond memories of watching ABC soaps in the summers of High school vacations and College days where my semesters schedules had openings. I sadly read on another forum that there will be no chance of them using any mentions to Edge of night because it is not owned by ABC.

maybe she will be playing Olivia Jerome

OMG, what if Delia Ryan is Ava’s mother? Lucy already established that Victor Jerome met his mistress at Ryan’s and we know he had a thing for kooky dames. Even if this is just a one-off appearance I am beyond thrilled to have a peak at Ryan’s Hope again!

Ilene hopefully will be Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Colderidge. Did she marry Roger? Anyway, did anyone else hear “Ryan’s” bar in NYC mentioned on GH? I hope it is Delia. Love Roxy, but Ilene’s Delia character has more emotion, depth and vulnerability. Roxy is cute, but doesn’t have enough meat for this very talented actress to show us what she’s got. Go to You Tube and watch “Ryan’s Hope”. You’ll see what I mean. On a different note, I have met and talked to this beautiful actress at various charity events in NYC. She is simply amazing to her fans, and always takes time to sit and talk with you. Even the year that OLTL was cancelled, Ilene came to the charity event and put her best foot forward to show her fans a good time. General Hospital will give her a nice long contract as soon as they see how much she is loved by her fans. Love ya Ilene!!!

That’s Ryan’s Bar in the background. Remember it well.

The doors to Ryans Bar shouldve been in the back and not on the side unless they supposed to have done renovations over the years but in still good to see a bit of Ryans Hope again…

Like Roxy & would love to see more OLTL stars on GH as Erika Skezak & Robin Strasser. Really want my OLTL back on TV.

As a long time RH fan (it was the first show I ever saw from the very beginning…. Frank falling down a stairway. Who pushed him, was it Delia?) I’m a little annoyed at the timeline with regards to the original show *sigh* but I’ll hand-wave away if it gets Ilene back on my screen again.

Timeline? haaa it’s a soap and soaps have ”soap time”
they always run soap time!
Also, soaps are story telling, fiction stories, not documentaries lol ..

soaps make and have their own ages and time, soaps are not of this real world 🙂

For those of you complaining about timeline for Delia being Ava’s mother, I have the solution.

Delia had Ava after Ryan’s Hope went off the air and then Ava caught SORAS and was aged rapidly. See…easy.

Why worry about timeline when we have kids growing up at fantastic speed. How old is Morgan really? How about Michael?

I like how Frank and Ron have revived other ABC soaps on GH…now we need Sharon Gabet ex Raven from Edge Of Night(which did start on CBS but did move to ABC) and someone from Dark Shadows…

It has to be Delia, and she is Ava’s Mother. I thin k we will only see this character a few times, as Ilene is a NYer and not sure she would relocate, but occasional yes. She is like 24 years older then Maura so it would work. Although Victor must have been tall, as Ava is ; )

They have not established, yet that Ava and Julian are half siblings. But he mentioned his other sister on Friday who has now gone because of him.

Uh. Gweneth Alden is dead. Not only is she dead dead, she was also a serial killer so no chance there on the loving front. Wasn’t most of the loving cast killed off except for Katherine Hickland’s Tess? Now she would be awesome!!

Survivors from Loving at its finale were: Tess Wilder (later OLTL’s Lindsay), Buck Huston, Jacob Foster, Angie Hubbard, Frankie Hubbard, Charles Harrison, Briana Hawkins, Lorraine Hawkins, Ally Rescott Bowman (now GH’s Carly), Kate Slavinsky, Ava Rescott, Alex Masters, Jocelyn Brown (now GH’s Olivia), Danny Roberts (later GH’s Alcazar and OLTL’s Tomas), Steffi Brewster, Cooper Alden, Tyler Alden (Cooper/Ally’s son), Sandy and Alexis Masters (Alex and Ava’s kids), Trisha Alden. From what I remember… The Loving mention seemed so odd, particularly because it was a throwaway and wouldn’t likely have a long-term impact, but also made sense because of Faison’s one-time crossover to Loving.

This Ryan’s Hope connection is AMAZING and I am praying that Delia is made to be Ava Jerome’s mother.

Did Delia have other kids? I believe Ryan’s Hope went off the air a year before I was born, cause Loving launched in 1983, when I was born. I’ve never seen any Ryan’s Hope outside of YouTube clips or old reruns on SoapNet back in the day.

Hi, David…Ryans Hope ended in 1989…

Remember when Sam and Alexis were questioning Lucy about Victor and she said that he used to meet his mistress at an Irish bar near, I think she said, the Brooklyn bridge? I immediately knew they had to be referencing RYAN’S of “Ryan’s Hope” fame. And since Ilene played Delia, I figured it has to be her RH character.

I love that GH is weaving in these little nods to other daytime shows. It’s so nice for those of us who have been long-time fans of the genre! Keep up the good work RC & FV!!!

Mikey, I just tweeted Ron C. that I was hoping Ilene Kristen or another alumni, would reprise the old #RYANSBAR. The psychic powers you have in your 50’s 😉

Avid fan of all soaps!
#registeredsoaper #slipperysoapfan #bubbles2you

So happy to see Ilene Kristen on General Hospital. I loved watching Ryan’s Hope so many years ago. She is an amazing actress and have always loved watching her on soaps. Hope to see alot of her on GH. Thanks for bringing back Delia and keep her around for a long time. P.S. LOVE THE BACKGROUND AND REMEMBER IT WELL. RYAN’S BAR!!!!!!!!!!!

I am happy that Ilene is back on television and hopefully we will see more of her on GH as she is a great actress. I loved her on OLTL as she played such a funny character. I missed her when OLTL made its internet debut.

Brings back so many wonderful memories of watching Ryans Hope with my mama! What an unexpected but fun twist to General Hospital. What a smart move GH writers! Job well done!

This is really straining my memory, but I seem to recall the character of Faison making an appearance on RH after he was “killed” in the boat explosion that also claimed Robert and Anna. He was besot by Delia and it involved a speed boat chase with someone in a gorilla suit ala King Kong. Anyone else remember this?

Nope. The memories are right, but wrong soap and character. It wasn’t Delia, but Ava Rescott on Loving, and I believe it went down on a location shoot to Universal Studios Florida.

Thank you so much. Since Loving took over RH’s time slot in the market I lived in, I can understand my mistake a little better.

Ron is a genius to say the least. Bringing back favorite characters from the past and incorporating them into current shows. It only makes sense that Delia would be Ava’s Mother.

It sure is good seeing Ilene Kristen again, I hope she stays around. Isn’t Delia too young to be Ava’s mother?

I love Ilene Kristen. I hope she becomes a member of the gh cast. Her character Delia, is awesome. She brings a lot of fun and chaos to the storyline. I loved her as Roxy on OLTL and I just love her now on gh.

I love Ilene Kristen and I have played yesterdays GH so many times to hear her sing Danny Boy. It was so beautifully done. Please keep her on GH. I loved her as Roxy and she adds such a great touch to GH. Eve

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Nancy Lee Grahn’s Star-Studded ALS Fundraiser Reveals “I’ll Be There” Video Featuring Soap Opera Notables

Talk about your impressive line-up! It’s a soap fans dream and for a great cause. General Hospital’s Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis) is prepping her one-night only ALS fundraiser which will feature many of her friends and co-stars.

The benefit is set for May 4th in Glendale, California. Slated to participate are Genie Francis, Jane Elliot, Peter Bergman, Maurice Benard, Eileen Davidson, Thorsten Kaye, Michelle Stafford, Stephen Nichols, Rena Sofer, Jason Thompson, Kelly Monaco, Melissa Claire Egan, Maura West, Kristina Wagner, Gregory Harrison, Trevor St. John, Kate Mansi, Kirsten Storms, Cynthia Watros, and many others.

On Wednesday, Grahn took to her social media and released an “I’ll be there” video shout-out featuring, Monaco, Elliot, Bergman, Bernard, West, Harrison, St. John and more. In a touching and important moment in the new video, Michelle Strogny, who is battling ALS, is featured.

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Previously, in speaking with Soap Opera Digest on the impetus of the event, Grahn recalled, “I was actually doing Zoom events during Covid and I met this woman that I just fell in love with, Michelle Strojny. At the time, Michelle had been living with ALS for four years. Now, it’s five years. She is a mom of a teenage son, she has the most wonderful husband, and she has been dealing with this [disease] for quite a while. And obviously, there isn’t a cure yet. It’s not survivable yet. But as she says, it’s not incurable. Nothing is; it’s underfunded. But anyway, I just really dug this woman. She is so grounded and filled with grace, and she spends all of her time working to raise money for the cause. We did a fundraiser for her last year and then I thought, ‘You know what? The soaps don’t ever get together to do something for charity.’ Collectively, we have this amazing community and we don’t collectively use it for a good cause, and I think it’s such an easy thing for us to do and we could potentially really make a difference.”

As GH viewers know, Gregory Harrison is playing the character of Gregory Chase, who is also battling ALS in a touching storyline that is currently playing out shedding a light on this disease.

For information on Nancy’s event, including the stars who are s scheduled to participate click here. To purchase tickets to the event click here.

Check out the video featuring Nancy’s friends and co-stars below.  Now let us know, your thought son the line-up for the benefit and helping raise awareness and funds for ALS research via the comment section.

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‘General Hospital’ Writer Shannon Peace Let Go, and Shares on Sprina: “One of My Only Regrets is to Not Have the Opportunity to Develop That ‘Ship’ Further”

As General Hospital’s new head writing team of Elizabeth Korte and Patrick Mulcahy gets off the ground and running, there are still changes a foot on the writing team.

Now comes word via breakdown writer Shannon Peace that she is no longer on contract with the long-running ABC soap heading into its 61st season. Peace shared a heartfelt message on her Instagram, thanking the fans, and the show for the opportunity and the importance of diversity in the writers room.

Peace began, “After almost 3 years on staff and 106 episodes penned, I am no longer on contract with General Hospital. Writing for this country’s longest running television serial drama has been an education of epic proportions; I will forever be grateful that I earned my WGA card on a daytime fixture that holds memories for so many.” (Peace pictured below with GH EP Frank Valentini and script writer, Charlotte Gibson from about ten months ago).

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Shannon added “Even more importantly, as the sole Black breakdown writer (and only POC in the writers room) during my tenure, I pushed for vital interactions and discussions that prioritized inclusion, visibility, and representation”

The writer pointed to the example of vital interaction when in story, “Stella and Portia’s frank July 2022 conversation about the role race played in Esme’s framing of Trina is just one example of the impact I’m gratified to have had.”

Acknowledging former GH co-head writers was also part of Peace’s farewell expressing, “Appreciation to my former bosses, Chris Van Etten and Dan O’Connor – not only taking a chance on me, but for valuing my opinion and championing my voice.”

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Many GH fans know that Peace was key to the development of the love story between Trina Robinson and Spencer Cassadine as played by Tabyana Ali and Nicholas Chavez. Shannon gave a special shout-out to ‘Sprina’ fans, “I also want to thank fans who were supportive of my work, especially the recognition of my love for ‘Sprina’. One of my only regrets is not having to develop that ‘ship’ further.”

She concludes her statement with,”In the aftermath of a historic writer’s strike that shed new light on the troubling ways writers are regarded in daytime, my sincere hope is that General Hospital recommits to valuing staff writer efforts and input, with a more intentional focus on diverse viewpoints — and thrives for another 60 years.”

Accompanying her post, Shannon added, “Thank you all for the love and support these last few years. I hope GH fans get all they hope for and more!”

So, what do you think about GH not renewing Shannon’s contract? Will there be more continued changes afoot? What do you think is the future of ‘Sprina’ anyway at this point as viewers wait to see if Nicholas Chavez officially returns to the show?  Comment below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason Learns Britt Died and Tells Anna He Has Been Working For Cates Since November 2021

On the Tuesday, March 26th of General Hospital, Anna (Finola Hughes) and the viewers learn about where Jason (Steve Burton) has been for over two and half years. However, Jason gets some news of his own.

Anna is visiting Jason at the PCPD interrogation room. She asks him if he shot Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), which he flatly denies. Anna believes him, but she tells Jason it doesn’t matter, because video footage shows him on the roof at the time of the shooting

When talk turns to Jason not willing to speak without his lawyer present, Anna can’t grasp why Jason would instead spend an hour alone talking with John Cates (Adam J. Harrington).

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It is then that Anna brings up that John went by “Jagger” and that the two of them knew each other in high school. Jason doesn’t recall much of his time in high school following his brain injury, but then he gets furious realizing John knew about “Jason’s” past. That is when Jason slams the table and tells Anna, “I’ve been working for John Cates since November 2021.”

Next, Jason explains further that he has been working as an informant for the FBI. Anna wants to know how this came about and he tells her that after the tunnel collapsed, and he couldn’t make it to Britt (Kelly Thiebaud)… all of a sudden he sees Anna’s face drop.  Anna is the first person to tell him that Britt died and was murdered. She tells Jason the killer is in custody, but he continues to be shocked, overwhelmed with tears welling up in his eyes. Realizing he has to pivot to save his life, Jason continues telling Anna how he wound up working with John.

Jason explains that after the tunnel collapse in Greece, FBI agents grabbed him and placed him under arrest and took him to Quantico where he met John. At Quantico, John played a recording of RICO violations and offered Jason a deal if he agreed to be an informant against Pikeman, the illegal arms dealer.

Anna hears from Jason that he thinks Pikeman is selling illegal arms to anyone flagged by the NSA but has ties to the WSB which they needed a civilian to infiltrate their organization as a military soldier, a mercenary.

Jason tells Anna he was a part of the team brought into eliminate Sonny (Maurice Benard). Every time an attempt was made on Sonny’s life over the last two years, a different team was sent to do the job. Anna gets furious when she learns that John told Jason his job was to kill Sonny and she was with John at the warehouse that night. Jason ensured the sniper missed Sonny and left the rifle behind. However, they were supposed to meet an extraction team. Before he was shot, Dante saw it was Jason on the roof and when he turned around with his hands over his head, Dante was shot by the other guy. Jason says if Dante dies, he’ll be charged with capital murder and then will be useless to the FBI.

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Meanwhile, John visits Bobbie’s and runs into Carly (Laura Wright). She learns Jason is in custody and is going to head to the PCPD. Before she does, Carly has some words with Cates when she learns not only does John have a vendetta against Sonny, but Jason too.  Carly tells John he should recuse himself from the case.

So, what did you think about the moment when Jason learned Britt died? What do you think of Jason’s return storyline thus far and what we learned about Jagger/Jason and more? Comment below. But first, check out a moment from today’s GH with Jason and Anna.

 

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