Soap’s Iconic Characters: Remembering General Hospital’s Holly Sutton

Fans took an instant liking to Holly Sutton on General Hospital, despite the air of mystery in her initial debut.

Holly (Emma Samms) met Luke Spencer (Tony Geary) while skinny dipping on a camping trip, which led to a one-night-stand.

What Luke didn’t know was that Holly set up their chance meeting as a way to entrap Luke so he could help her prove her innocence after an oil scam gone wrong.

Holly was later kidnapped. Luke and pal Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers) had to rescue her but the damage was done. Luke felt he could no longer trust her.

Now in love with Holly, Luke left for the mountains but was caught in an avalanche and presumed dead when. However, he was only injured and recuperating in a hospital with no way to tell his loved ones he was alive.

Realizing she was pregnant with Luke’s child, Holly faced deportation but was saved by Luke’s Robert, who married Holly to allow her to stay in the United States. After the wedding Holly suffered a miscarriage. Holly and Robert fell in love through their shared grief.

Robert and Holly were shocked when Luke returned to Port Charles alive. Luke, in turn, was devastated that his best friend and ex-lover had become a tight unit. Holly found herself torn between them, later realizing the only man she truly loved was Robert.

When Luke reunited with Laura and left town, Robert and Holly were free to continue with their life together. Soon, Robert and Holly’s marriage was put to the test when Robert’s ex-wife, Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) arrived in town.

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Holly left for Australia first, but shortly after her departure Robert found a young girl hiding in his home and we soon learned her name was Robin Scorpio, Robert’s secret daughter with Anna. After spending time getting to know his daughter, Robert followed Holly to Australia.

Shortly after setting up their life down under, Robert found himself mourning Holly’s untimely death due to an accident. He would later remarry his first wife Anna.

Holly returned to Port Charles several years later, revealing she was in a coma after her accident and her family decided not to tell Robert.

She decided to allow Robert his chance at happiness with Anna, and became close to their daughter Robin, who leaned on her when her parents were presumed dead. Holly and Mac Scorpio (John J. York), Robert’s brother, became surrogate parents to Robin.

Years later, Robert turned up very much alive. Holly was so angry at this turn of events and the grief he caused her that she demanded money for the only antidote available to cure a strain of encephalitis that had infected several residents of Port Charles, including Robin.

Holly was taken to prison for her misdeeds but escaped and went on the run from bounty hunters with both Robert and Luke, reuniting with both her lovers before she skipped town for good.

Holly returned years later to determine who fathered her son, Ethan–Robert or Luke. A DNA test later confirmed that Luke was indeed Ethan’s father.

Holly last returned to Port Charles after Ethan and Lucky were abducted. She worked alongside Laura (Genie Francis) to help rescue their sons. The character was last seen taking Ethan to the hospital after being shot by madman Frank Smith.

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