The beloved General Hospital's veteran who plays feisty nurse
Bobbie Spencer since 1977 gathered a scrapbook of her most memorable
moments on the set and off.

When I looked at this picture with
Norma Connelly (ex Ruby) and Tony Geary (Luke),
this is a real, true family, not like TV make-believe.
We felt connected. Did then, still do.
Even though Norma passed away,
she's still very much a part of our lives and our thoughts.
This picture makes tears well up.

Believe it or not, this was the only shoot I ever did with Genie Francis (Laura).
It was shot in the living room in the house I was living in at the time.
We're dressed up in old fashioned Victorian lace.
It wasn't a storyline photo - this was us in our real clothes.

Kin Shriner (Scott) has been one of my best friends for the last 25 years.
We're baby faces here, probably in our early 20s.
The difference between then and now is that
now the young people are really hip and cool
and wear little belly shirts.
Look how I'm dressed - like I could be his mother.

A young and beautiful Jacklyn in 1982.

1982:
After a brief absence Jacklyn come back on GH.
Her co-stars Denise Alexander (Lesley) and Frank Maxwell (Dan)
were delighted to have her back.

Doug Sheehan (ex Joe), to me, is the one that got away.
I wanted so much to work with him.
At one point, they were screen checking us to do a Joe/Bobbie story,
like they were going to pair us up.
We had to sneak in the dark, pretending to be bulglars,
and we were crawling around on the floor.
I had such a kick with him.

David Groth (ex Brock) and I spent a lot af time together off the set.
I look at this picture with great affection.
My story with him was my first dramatic, push-to-the limit story.
I couldn't draw on anything that happened to me in real life
because it was so far removed from who I am
and the kind of relationship I've had.

That hug was real. Sam Behrens (ex Jake).
I loved him and his wife Shari Belafonte.
We still get together.
At the time, when I heard I was going to get a story with Sam,
I was walking on air. I was so excited.
Jake grounded Bobbie.

Brad Maule (Tony) is wonderful.
To this day, people come up to me in the street and say,
"I liked you with him. Why don't they put you back with him ?".
And I feel the same way.
It's a big loss that he's not here as much as he used to be.
I hope that changes.

Jacklyn with her husband and children

Lynn Herring (Lucy) and Leigh McCloskey (ex Damian).
Bobbie and Damian tangoed at this Nurses Ball.
We asked for that tango.
They asked what we wanted to do at the Nurses Ball.
I said, "I used to dance.
Bobbie and Damian had a sexual relationship,
so how about tango ?"
They went, "That 's good".
And Look at Lynn. She look like Barbie in those dresses.
That body.

This was with Tony, also from the Nurses Ball.
For Bobbie, every man she's ever been with is compared to Luke.
Some measure up, some don't.
There's really tight bond there,
and we're always stayed away from
"What are the ramifications of that ?"

This came off the set of shoting a promo with
Stephen Nichols (ex Stefan) and Mary Beth Evans (ex Katherine).
His character was such a core person on the show
that stranger things have happened
- we may see him again. Who know?

This was Bobbie and Jerry's wedding in the Brownstone.
The producers didn't like the curly hair.
When I showed up on the set with the curls in my hair,
they were horrified.
My Bridal gown was one of my all time favorite dresses that I've worn,
but they strongly dislike that, too.
They let me wear it, but I had to fight for that dress.

A Martinez played the role of Roy DiLucca,
Bobbie back from death boyfriend from 1999 to 2002.
"Our first scene where Bobbie runs
into Roy on the dock was so exciting.
But he is very calming.
Sometimes I just have to look at him
and it's like, Okay, breathe."

Jacklyn and Tony Geary (Luke).

Jacklyn Zeman and Leslie Charleston (Monica)
were congratulated on their 25-year GH anniversary
by Chris Robinson (ex Rick) and Denise Alexander (Lesley).

I'm with my mom Rita, husband Glenn and
daughters Lacey and Cassidy.
My girls are beaming.
Who wouldn't be, with Grandma and the circus all at once.
They invited us every year and we always go.
We have a graet time at the circus.

Bobbie Spencer (2)

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