Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Spencer, RN is a fictional character from the
ABC soap opera General Hospital, portrayed by Jacklyn Zeman. She
debuted in December 1977, after playing Lana McClain on the
sister-soap One Life to Live. Zeman went on to appear continually on
GH until July 2010. The character is the sister of Luke Spencer and
mother of Carly Corinthos. In February 2013, it was announced that
Zeman would be returning to the role; she first appeared on March 22
and once again vacated the role on April 15. However, on October 22,
it was confirmed that Zeman would be returning to the show, with her
first airdate slated to be on November 27.Barbara Jean Spencer was
born in Port Charles on July 8, 1957 and raised by a poor family
living near the docks with her big brother, Luke. The streetwise Luke
is very protective of his baby sister growing up. Their father, Tim,
was an abusive alcoholic. One day, when Barbara is a little girl, her
and Luke's mother is suffering from an appendicitis attack. Tim
watches as Lena lay dying. Finally he allows Luke to call an
ambulance, but it is too late. Lena dies, and Tim walks out on his
kids. But in reality, as revealed by her older sister Patricia Spencer
in on April 1, 2015, On April 1, 1963, Luke accidentally killed his
mother and then his father in a fit of rage. Luke had been blocking
out the memory for over 50 years, with Pat and Bill Eckert helping
keep it a secret. Luke befriended Lila Quartermaine, who was planning
to adopt both orphans, but they then leave town and move in with their
aunt Ruby Anderson, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. Ruby is a
prostitute and to make ends meet, Bobbie has to become a "working
girl", too. At age 16 (revised to 15), she got pregnant and was forced
to give her baby (Carly Corinthos) up for adoption.Bobbie re-entered
Port Charles as a prostitute-turned-nurse with a child that she had
given up for adoption. The bubbly nurse made an immediate impression
on the staff with her disposition. Nurse Jessie Brewer, who had been
through much tragedy, became Bobbie's confidante, and offered Bobbie
her spare bedroom. Bobbie came to adore Jessie and treated her like
the daughter she had previously lost, and Bobbie helped her through
hard times as well, also trying to push Jessie to accept the marriage
proposal of the gold-hearted hospital administrator Dan Rooney. To
Steve and Audrey Hardy, Jessie and Dan, Bobbie seemed like a
compassionate person, but Bobbie had another side to her that she kept
hidden from them. She wanted desperately to marry Scotty Baldwin but
although he visited her bed from time to time, he was in love with
Laura Webber. So Bobbie got her brother to come to town as part of a
plan to break up Scotty and Laura whom Bobbie was intensely jealous
of. Bobbie had tormented Laura every chance she got, and when Laura
had enough of it and pushed Bobbie out of anger towards her, Bobbie
accused her of attacking her without provocation. Their fight had been
interrupted by Dr. Monica Quartermaine who suspected that Bobbie had
been harassing Laura and supported Laura over Bobbie. When the plan
didn't work to get Laura sent to reform school for missing her curfew,
Bobbie pretended to be pregnant with Scotty's child, but Scotty ended
up marrying Laura after Bobbie's lies were exposed. Bobbie's only
happiness came from the arrival of Ruby Anderson, her aging aunt who
had given up "the life" and became part of the cleaning staff at
General Hospital.Bobbie next fell in love with Roy DiLucca, a mobster
and Luke's partner at the Campus Disco, who treated Bobbie like a
queen and planned to marry her. He died in her arms after being shot
while fleeing from his attempted assassination of Senator Mitch
Williams. Once again, Bobbie blamed Laura for her misery since Laura
had thrown Luke's keys away while he was on his way to assassinate
Mitch, thus sending Roy to his death. Bobbie's feud with Laura not
only stemmed from the fact that Laura had won Scotty, but also the
love of her brother, Luke, whom Bobbie knew was Laura's rapist. Bobbie
remained antagonistic towards Laura, even making a drunken play for
Scotty during a time he was having issues in his marriage to Laura,
but for the most part, was a loyal nurse and friend to those around
her. When Luke and Laura went on the run from Frank Smith's mob,
Bobbie's attitudes towards Laura began to change for the better.
Bobbie was horrified when Joe Kelly's father, Paddy, was killed after
an attack by one of Smith's men, and prevented Joe from going after
Frank, thus saving his life. When Luke and Laura came back from their
summer on the run, Bobbie made an attempt to understand why she had
treated Laura with such resentment, and on Thanksgiving Day, urged
Luke to call Laura so they, along with Aunt Ruby, could go on with
their dinner. Months later, she fell in love with Dr. Noah Drake and
even went as far as to pretend to be blind in order to keep him. Noah
made it clear he did not want to make a commitment, also dating sexy
blonde nurse Stacey Rawlins.
ABC soap opera General Hospital, portrayed by Jacklyn Zeman. She
debuted in December 1977, after playing Lana McClain on the
sister-soap One Life to Live. Zeman went on to appear continually on
GH until July 2010. The character is the sister of Luke Spencer and
mother of Carly Corinthos. In February 2013, it was announced that
Zeman would be returning to the role; she first appeared on March 22
and once again vacated the role on April 15. However, on October 22,
it was confirmed that Zeman would be returning to the show, with her
first airdate slated to be on November 27.Barbara Jean Spencer was
born in Port Charles on July 8, 1957 and raised by a poor family
living near the docks with her big brother, Luke. The streetwise Luke
is very protective of his baby sister growing up. Their father, Tim,
was an abusive alcoholic. One day, when Barbara is a little girl, her
and Luke's mother is suffering from an appendicitis attack. Tim
watches as Lena lay dying. Finally he allows Luke to call an
ambulance, but it is too late. Lena dies, and Tim walks out on his
kids. But in reality, as revealed by her older sister Patricia Spencer
in on April 1, 2015, On April 1, 1963, Luke accidentally killed his
mother and then his father in a fit of rage. Luke had been blocking
out the memory for over 50 years, with Pat and Bill Eckert helping
keep it a secret. Luke befriended Lila Quartermaine, who was planning
to adopt both orphans, but they then leave town and move in with their
aunt Ruby Anderson, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. Ruby is a
prostitute and to make ends meet, Bobbie has to become a "working
girl", too. At age 16 (revised to 15), she got pregnant and was forced
to give her baby (Carly Corinthos) up for adoption.Bobbie re-entered
Port Charles as a prostitute-turned-nurse with a child that she had
given up for adoption. The bubbly nurse made an immediate impression
on the staff with her disposition. Nurse Jessie Brewer, who had been
through much tragedy, became Bobbie's confidante, and offered Bobbie
her spare bedroom. Bobbie came to adore Jessie and treated her like
the daughter she had previously lost, and Bobbie helped her through
hard times as well, also trying to push Jessie to accept the marriage
proposal of the gold-hearted hospital administrator Dan Rooney. To
Steve and Audrey Hardy, Jessie and Dan, Bobbie seemed like a
compassionate person, but Bobbie had another side to her that she kept
hidden from them. She wanted desperately to marry Scotty Baldwin but
although he visited her bed from time to time, he was in love with
Laura Webber. So Bobbie got her brother to come to town as part of a
plan to break up Scotty and Laura whom Bobbie was intensely jealous
of. Bobbie had tormented Laura every chance she got, and when Laura
had enough of it and pushed Bobbie out of anger towards her, Bobbie
accused her of attacking her without provocation. Their fight had been
interrupted by Dr. Monica Quartermaine who suspected that Bobbie had
been harassing Laura and supported Laura over Bobbie. When the plan
didn't work to get Laura sent to reform school for missing her curfew,
Bobbie pretended to be pregnant with Scotty's child, but Scotty ended
up marrying Laura after Bobbie's lies were exposed. Bobbie's only
happiness came from the arrival of Ruby Anderson, her aging aunt who
had given up "the life" and became part of the cleaning staff at
General Hospital.Bobbie next fell in love with Roy DiLucca, a mobster
and Luke's partner at the Campus Disco, who treated Bobbie like a
queen and planned to marry her. He died in her arms after being shot
while fleeing from his attempted assassination of Senator Mitch
Williams. Once again, Bobbie blamed Laura for her misery since Laura
had thrown Luke's keys away while he was on his way to assassinate
Mitch, thus sending Roy to his death. Bobbie's feud with Laura not
only stemmed from the fact that Laura had won Scotty, but also the
love of her brother, Luke, whom Bobbie knew was Laura's rapist. Bobbie
remained antagonistic towards Laura, even making a drunken play for
Scotty during a time he was having issues in his marriage to Laura,
but for the most part, was a loyal nurse and friend to those around
her. When Luke and Laura went on the run from Frank Smith's mob,
Bobbie's attitudes towards Laura began to change for the better.
Bobbie was horrified when Joe Kelly's father, Paddy, was killed after
an attack by one of Smith's men, and prevented Joe from going after
Frank, thus saving his life. When Luke and Laura came back from their
summer on the run, Bobbie made an attempt to understand why she had
treated Laura with such resentment, and on Thanksgiving Day, urged
Luke to call Laura so they, along with Aunt Ruby, could go on with
their dinner. Months later, she fell in love with Dr. Noah Drake and
even went as far as to pretend to be blind in order to keep him. Noah
made it clear he did not want to make a commitment, also dating sexy
blonde nurse Stacey Rawlins.
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