The 10 Greatest General Hospital Characters

Characters come and go on soaps, but some become so popular and so iconic they stick around the scene for decades and become soap mainstays. Heck, some even go and come back and it’s like they never met. These are daytime’s greatest characters and below you will find a list of the 10 greatest General Hospital characters to ever grace Port Charles and the hospital halls.

Laura Webber Collins
Laura’s teen romance with Scotty saved General Hospital from cancellation. Her mature love affair with bad boy Luke boosted General Hospital to the number one spot in the ratings. So, is it any wonder that the fans cheer any time this talented actress is on screen and boo at her many absences?

Making Laura the town’s mayor was certainly an inspired move. Perhaps the voters were saying thanks for saving our butts from becoming popsicles back in ’81.

Scotty Baldwin
The verdict is in and it says that Scotty Baldwin is guilty. Guilty of being a hoot! Scotty began as GH’s main teen heartthrob. However, years of playing second fiddle to rival Luke Spencer has morphed Scotty into a slimy, acid-tongued shyster.

The good news is that the fans don’t seem to mind. In fact, many of them prefer the rascally, spikey-haired Scotty to his earlier good boy persona.

Luke Spencer
Is Luke Spencer a hero or a villain? That very question haunted Luke from the day he entered Port Charles to the day he left. Yes, he saved the world from a mad scientist and took down a mob kingpin. But still, Luke worried that he had simply been born bad.

Audrey March
Long before Laura ruled the roost, Audrey was the soap opera’s main heroine. Marital rape, a cancer diagnosis, miscarriages — Audrey suffered through it all. In fact, the first time General Hospital hit the number one spot in the ratings, Audrey was front and center and on trial for murder.

Steve Hardy
Steve Hardy was not a grand adventurer who fought crooked mobsters or tracked down turncoat secret agents. Instead, Steve Hardy was a man who dedicated his entire life to healing patients on General Hospital’s seventh floor.

Robert Scorpio
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Unlike Steve Hardy, Robert Scorpio WAS a grand adventurer. Even after Robert hung up his secret agent garb he continued to protect and serve Port Charles as it Police Commissioner. Robert excelled at keeping his citizens safe but he always came up short in the romance department.

Sure, Robert married two of the shows most alluring, feisty, and British beauties — Anna and Holly — but he couldn’t manage to make either relationship last.

Robin Scorpio
Robin is a true enigma among soap opera characters because she is a woman who values truth and honesty. Even when it has hurt people that she cares about, Robin has always held steadfast to her principals. Perhaps, her good moral fiber is the reason Robin was rewarded with her loving husband Patrick and darling daughter Emma.

Monica Quartermaine
There was a time when four of the most eligible men in Port Charles fought tooth and nail for the affections of Monica Bard.

When Jeff Webber lost her to his brother Rick he shot himself. When Alan Quartermaine also lost her to Rick he tried to put a bullet in Monica!

From her very first appearance, Monica proved that you could be sexy and smart at the same time. While she dallied with the menfolk she also fought her way to the very top of the General Hospital hierarchy and became its very first female Chief of Staff.

Tracy Quartermaine
Tracy is a character full of contradictions. There’s been a time when she was cold-blooded enough to watch her father succumb to a heart attack. But there were other times when Tracy is able to shed her mask of indifference and really offer support to a loved one.

Desperate for affection, Tracy spent the majority of her life fighting for recognition in a family that found it increasingly difficult to cope with her outrageous shenanigans.

Lucy Coe
As Lucy Coe, performer Lynn Hearing walked the razor edge between vicious villainy and delightfully zany comedy. Lucy seduced her way into the beds of some powerful men but she always found herself kicked out on her tush.

Lucy’s business savvy and social conscience became her greatest assets – but her poor taste in lovers is still her major weakness.General Hospital (GH) airs weekdays on ABC. Check your local listings for airtimes.