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Monica Quartermaine M.D. (maiden name Bard; formerly Webber) is a fictional character from ''General Hospital'', an American soap opera on the ABC network. She is a member of the Quartermaine family, a long-running family on the series. The role was originated by Patsy Rahn in March 1976. Rahn was supposedly fired in the summer of 1977, and was replaced by Leslie Charleson on August 17, 1977. Charleson has appeared continuously since 1977 making one of the longest-tenured actors in American soap operas. According to Ms. Charleson in an interview, she claimed she had to introduce herself to the cast as the new "Monica" and inform them that Ms. Rahn had been fired and that she was her replacement. ==Character and casting== Monica is Chief of Staff with a specialty in cardiology at the eponymous General Hospital, an original and on-going setting of the serial. Her various affairs, primarily with fellow doctors Jeff Webber and his older brother Rick Webber, as well as her quarrels with husband Dr. Alan Quartermaine and their dysfunctional family, were all major stories on the show throughout the late 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In her time on the show, Monica has battled breast cancer, and dealt with outliving all of her children. She is the owner of the Quartermaine mansion, which she often reminds her family of when they begin quarreling, which is a regular occurrence in the Quartermaine household. She has been known to throw them out of her house. In 2006, she only had rare appearances; however, new storylines developed in 2007 (an investigation into the murder of Rick Webber, the deaths of her husband Dr. Alan Quartermaine and daughter Emily Quartermaine), and she is being featured more prominently. With the returns of Denise Alexander (Lesley Webber), Genie Francis (Laura Spencer), and Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin), Monica remains to be the fourth oldest character on "General Hospital" 〔http://web.archive.org/web/20080326104340/http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/episodes/1976-77/1976.html〕 and Charleson is the show's most tenured performer. On August 24, 2010, it was announced that Charleson was being demoted to recurring status.〔( Leslie Charleson dropped to recurring status )〕 In May 2011, newly appointed head writer Garin Wolf expressed his interest in having Charleson appear on a much more frequent basis. On June 13, 2011, Charleson announced that after making only one appearance so far in 2011, she would be returning to the front burner. Her first air date was set for July 27, 2011. However, Charleson appeared ahead of schedule on July 13. Her storyline heated up even more in October 2012 when the character of her son, A.J. Quartermain, previously presumed dead, was revealed to be alive on the very same episode when Monica discovered that her adopted son Jason had been presumably killed in a mob hit. Her appearances were sporadically high one month then low the next up until December 2014 when she once again faded into the background, remaining offscreen until the following July even though the character of Monica was mentioned as being around. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monica Quartermaine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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