Biography
" As such, Francis (alongside her equally famous co-star, Anthony Geary), gave birth to American soap opera's first "super-couple" in the early 1980's - a genre convention which lived on decades later. While Francis attempted to escape the Laura Vining Webber Baldwin Spencer character several times throughout her adult life, leaving the soap to attend school or get married and have babies, the fans' unending nostalgia for her character always …
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Career Milestones
| Briefly reprised her role of Laura Spencer on "General Hospital" | ||
| Moved to NYC to play featured role of Ceara Connor in the ABC daytime serial "All My Children" | ||
| Played Diana on the NBC daytime soap "Days of Our Lives" | ||
| Played feature role of Brett Main (later Brett Main Hazard) in two lavish 12-hour primetime miniseries, "North and South" and "North and South II" (ABC) | ||
1976 | Played featured role of Laura Vining Baldwin in ABC-TV daytime serial, "General Hospital" | |
1983 | Starred as Patricia Louise 'Tyger' Hayes (later Hayes-Marshall) in ten-episode primetime series, "Bare Essence" (NBC) | |
1992 | Briefly played character of Ceara on the ABC daytime drama "Loving" | |
1993 | Returned to "General Hospital" as Laura Spencer; received sole Daytime Emmy nomination as Best Actress in 1997 | |
2002 | Left the soap opera "General Hospital" | |
Awards
1996 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in General Hospital |
2006 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in General Hospital |