Genie Francis

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American actress and soap's most famous teenage star. She landed her first TV role at thirteen and was a regular on the soap "General Hospital" at fourteen. Her highly emotional performances amazed her peers and brought in young viewers. By 1981, after five years of hard work and no social life, she was exhausted. She took a hiatus for a TV movie, "Bare Essence," October 1982. Two years later, on November 14, 1983, she returned to "General Hospital" for 30 more episodes. She did a few films; mostly TV series (including Days Of Our Lives," 1987) and one play, "Crimes of the Heart." Married to actor Jonathan Frakes in 1988, their first child was born August, 1994 and their second child was born May, 1997. At age 45, she continues to take on acting roles but spends most of her time running a home furnishings store in Maine. She admits to having a wieght problem her whole life, and, on May 21, 2007 she became a spokeswoman for the Medifast weight-loss program. In fact, she says, she has a compulsive personality and battled cocaine and alcohol addictions in the 1980s. It was her substance-abuse problem that caused her to leave her regular role in "General Hospital" in 1982. Link to Wikipedia biography