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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!
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 😉
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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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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!
In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?
Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!

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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS
The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!
Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?
Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.
MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.
Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric

With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).
On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..
In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”
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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!
FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD
As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”
Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.
So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’

In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.
The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.
Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”

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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL
Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.
The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.
In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”
So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.
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