"I'm
interested in an awful lot of things," says Denise Alexander, who
portrays Dr. Leslie Webber on General Hospital. One look Denise's bio
and you know this is true!
She once owned an antique shop. Besides
the antique shop, she's a published photographer! To describe Denise as a
"human dynamo" is to surely understate the case.
Born on Long
Island, N.Y., she moved to Los Angeles when her father, an agent who handled
at that point such notables as Frank Gorshin and Sal Mineo, decided to make
the switch from the east to the west coast. A successful child actress,
Denise racked up literally thousands of performing credits on TV and radio
by the time she was a junior at UCLA. If you stay up late and watch reruns,
you can catch her in such famous old shows as Twilight Zone, Dobie
Gillis, Ben Casey and Father Knows Best. She even made her
feature movie debut at age fourteen in the John Cassavetes film Crime In
The Streets.
Completing a B.A. in English at UCLA, she intended
to work in journalism or international diplomacy, but an opportunity to join
the cast of NBC's Days Of Our Lives soon found her performing once
again. She portrayed the character of Susan Martin for six-and-a-half years
and was always tops in the viewer polls-as she is today in her role as
Leslie Webber on General Hospital, the cast of which she joined in
1973.
Denise is single, although she has been involved for many
years with director Richard Colla. They both share many interests (such as
the wildlife refuge) and recently she helped him direct on location in
Montana. They've talked about marriage, but at this moment seem happy with
the way things are: being in love and independent. But who knows what
tomorrow will bring for busy Denise and her beau?
