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Eugenie Ann "Genie" Francis Frakes is an actress known for playing Laura Spencer on General Hospital.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Francis was born in Englewood, New Jersey. Her father, Ivor Francis, a Canadian actor of English descent, died in 1986 from the effects of multiple strokes. He played a brief role on General Hospital as an adoption counselor when his daughter was also on the show. Her mother, Rosemary Daley, is a former actress/model of Lithuanian descent. She has an older brother, Ivor Jr.; a younger brother, Kenneth; and an older half-sister, Shelley, from her father's first marriage.

Career[]

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Francis' best-known role, that of Laura Baldwin on General Hospital, would bring her instant stardom in the late 1970s. The television supercouple Luke and Laura wed on November 17, 1981, with 30 million viewers tuning in to make the episode the highest-rated hour in soap opera history. At the peak of her success, Francis left the show in 1982 to try her hand at prime-time television. Soon afterward, she landed a starring role in her own series, Bare Essence, which was unsuccessful. She returned to General Hospital in 1983 for a limited run, to coincide with the departure of Luke when Anthony Geary decided to leave the series.

Through the years, Francis has appeared on numerous other daytime soaps. She starred on Days of our Lives as Diana Colville from 1987 to 1989 and on All My Children as con artist and incest victim Ceara Connor Hunter from 1990 to 1992. She reprised her role as Ceara on Loving in November 1991. She then returned to General Hospital in 1993. In 1994, when Francis became pregnant with her first child, the pregnancy was written into the show and she took six weeks off for maternity leave. However, in early 1997, when she was pregnant again, she took a much longer absence from the show, staying away for nearly a year and a half. Francis abruptly left General Hospital in 2002 due to contractual issues.

In June 2006, Francis began negotiating with the casting directors on the show to return to the role of Laura Spencer for a limited run through November. She returned with spectacular fanfare to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Luke and Laura's wedding. Though she reprised the role for only one month, Francis' stint garnered her a Daytime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, which she won in June 2007. Francis later returned to General Hospital again in August 2008 to reprise her role, appearing until November 12.

In December 2007, Francis had a starring role in the Hallmark Channel movie The Note, which earned her critical acclaim.

On January 31, 2009, Francis reprised her role of Peyton MacGruder in the Hallmark Channel movie Taking a Chance on Love. (The Note II).

In March 2011, it was announced that Francis would join The Young and the Restless as Genevieve Atkinson, the long-absent birth mother of Cane Ashby. With her appearance, she was reunited with former General Hospital co-star Tristan Rogers, who portrayed Colin Atkinson, Cane's estranged biological father. She received her second Daytime Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Genevieve in May 2012.

On September 13, 2012, it was announced that Francis had been let go from her role on The Young and the Restless due to budget cuts.

On January 8, 2013, General Hospital executive producer Frank Valentini and Entertainment Weekly confirmed that Francis would return to General Hospital, first airing on February 11.

Personal Life[]

After a long-term relationship with General Hospital co-star (and on-screen husband) Kin Shriner and Falcon Crest star William R. Moses, Francis met actor/director Jonathan Frakes while filming the television series Bare Essence. After meeting again during the filming of the miniseries North and South, Francis and Frakes started dating in 1985. They became engaged in 1986 and married on May 28, 1988. The couple has two children, Jameson Ivor Frakes, born in 1994; and Elizabeth Francis Frakes, born in 1997. They moved from Belfast, Maine to Beverly Hills, California in 2008 and later moved to Calabasas, California.

Francis owned a store called The Cherished Home. It is located at 31 Searsport Avenue, Belfast, Maine 04915, and they also sell items online. The store sells cottage furnishings and home accessories. Francis sold the store in the fall of 2012, due to her workload on The Young and the Restless.

In May 2007, Francis began appearing in magazine advertisements as a spokesperson for the Medifast Diet, claiming she lost 30 pounds as of December 2007 using the diet.

In November 2009, Francis, along with her brothers, Ivor Jr. and Kenneth, released It's Christmas Time Again. They decided to donate a part of all record sales to the Children's Mission in Cuernavaca. Francis decided to donate all of her proceeds/sales to this mission. This endeavor was a project involving various members of her family.

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Tabyana Ali · Tajh Bellow · Maurice Benard · Steve Burton · Nicholas Chavez · Chad Duell · Michael Easton · Jane Elliot · Genie Francis · Nancy Lee Grahn · Tanisha Harper · Adam J. Harrington · Gregory Harrison · Rebecca Herbst · Evan Hofer · Finola Hughes · Josh Kelly · Brook Kerr · Katelyn MacMullen · Kate Mansi · Cameron Mathison · Sofia Mattsson · Eden McCoy · Kelly Monaco · Amanda Setton · Kirsten Storms · Josh Swickard · Donnell Turner · Kristina Wagner · Cynthia Watros · Maura West · Laura Wright · Dominic Zamprogna
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Bradford Anderson · Robert Gossett · Carolyn Hennesy · Lynn Herring · Jeff Kober · Wally Kurth · Eva LaRue · Jon Lindstrom · Lisa LoCicero · Lydia Look · Jacqueline Grace Lopez · Tristan Rogers · Kin Shriner · Rena Sofer · James Patrick Stuart · Kristen Vaganos · Vernee Watson
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Leslie Charleson · Dioni Michelle Collins · Lisa Donahey · Risa Dorken · Christina Ferraro · Kathleen Gati · Cyrus Hobbi · Cassandra James · Arlondriah Lenyéa · Chauntal Lewis · Jonathan Ohye · Parry Shen · Stephen A. Smith · John Vance
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Annie Abbott · Ian Abercrombie · Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera · Roy Abramsohn · Jay Acovone · Julie Adams · Josh Adamson · Jesica Ahlberg · Lexi Ainsworth · Eddie Albert · Kristen Alderson · Sarah Aldrich · Aki Aleong · Christian Alexander · Denise Alexander · Jed Allan · Peter Allas · Chad Allen · Stephanie Allen · Tessa Allen · Renee Allman · Iris Almario · Ryan Alosio · Adrian Alvarado · Julia Ambrose · Rachel Ames · Gunner Anderson · Renee Anderson · Richard Dean Anderson · Starr Andreeff · Marnie Andrews · Réal Andrews · Jennifer Anglin · Gerald Anthony · Vinessa Antoine · Ashton Arbab · Jeffrey Arbaugh · Alicia Arden · Michelle Argyris · Tom Arnold · Indus Arthur · Senait Ashenafi · Matthew Ashford · Barry Atwater · Jack Axelrod · Jerry Ayres
B
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Rafael Cabrera · Inga Cadranel · Tony Camp · John Capodice · Kristin Carey · Ismael 'East' Carlo · Quinn Carlson · Ryan Carnes · Paul Carr · Tia Carrere · Crystal Carson · Jonathan Carter · Michael Carvin · Sharon Case · Dylan Cash · Rosalind Cash · Shaun Cassidy · Gerald Castillo · Teresa Castillo · Lisa Cerasoli · Brett Chapin · Judith Chapman · Don Chastain · Derk Cheetwood · Drew Cheetwood · Tom Choi · Robin Christopher · Tyler Christopher · Brian Patrick Clarke · Don Clarke · Joy Claussen · Scott Clifton · Claire Coffee · Matt Cohen · Miguel Cohen · Bradley Cole · Michael Cole · John Colicos · Annie Collings · Faith Collins · Marcus Coloma · Jason Cook · Norma Connolly · Chantal Contouri · Al Coronel · Stacey Cortez · Joshua Cox · Nikki Cox · Bryan Craig · Gianna Maria Crane · Matthew Crane · Linda Cristal · Denise Crosby · Pressly James Crosby · Kendrick Cross · Jason Culp · Teddy Chen Culver · Daniel Cummings · Jon Cypher
D
Noshir Dalal · Augusta Dabney · Stuart Damon · Shell Danielson · Linda Dano · Henry Darrow · Eddie Davenport · Jason David · Todd Davis · Michelle Davison · Celesta DeAstis · Max Decker · Angie DeGrazia · Kim Delaney · John DeLuca · James DePaiva · Kassie DePaiva · Chris DeRose · Robb Derringer · Jimmy Deshler · William deVry · Stephanie Dicker · Eileen Dietz · Nicholas DiNardo · Jeff Donnell · Joyce Douglas · Josh Duhon · Christopher B. Duncan
E
Ted Eccles · Sonya Eddy · Hilary Edson · Zachary Ellington, Jr. · Kiko Ellsworth · Mark Engelhardt · Hayley Erin · Mary Beth Evans
F
Morgan Fairchild · Rick Falk · Richard Fancy · Porter Fasullo · Max Faugno · Tawny Fere' Ellis · Bianca Ferguson · Jennifer Field · Brian Fitzgerald · Joe Flanigan · Jerin Forgie · Betsy Franco · James Franco · Susan French · Quinn Friedman · Lisa Fuller · Marcus Dean Fuller
G
Holly Gagnier · Max Gail · Edin Gali · Denise Galik-Furey · Leif Gantvoort · Paul Ganus · Zachary Garred · Drew Garrett · Anthony Geary · Jason Gerhardt · Azita Ghanizada · Blake Gibbons · Patrick J. Gibbons · Mark Goddard · Lon Gowan · Amy Grabow · Michael Gregory · Nathanyael Grey · Jeff Griggs · David Groh · Rueben Grundy · Bennet Guillory · Jennifer Guthrie · Joyce Guy
H
Ron Hale · Maurice Hall · Christopher Halsted · Kim Hamilton · Scott Hamm · Jennifer Hammon · Peter Hansen · Dean Harens · Eden Harker · Wiley Harker · Reggie Harper · Nathaniel Harris · Steve Richard Harris · Lily Anne Harrison · Don Harvey · Bob Hastings · Adrienne Hayes · Ron Hayes · Rick Hearst · Anne Helm · Briana Nicole Henry · Erin Hershey Presley · Brighton Hertford · Jennifer Hetrick · Martin Hewitt · Jane Higginson · Robert Hogan · Ben Hogestyn · David Holcomb · Gavin Houston · Anders Hove · Roger Howarth · Kym Hoy · Tina Huang · Craig Huebing · Carly Hughes · Van Hughes · Will B. Hunt · Ron Husmann · Adam Huss · Rif Hutton
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Mele Ihara · Annie Ilonzeh · John Ingle
J
Jonathan Jackson · Titus Jackson · Anne Jeffreys · Johnny Jensen · DaJuan Johnson · Anthony Michael Jones · Kathryn Joosten · Bobbi Jordan · George Juarez
K
Sean Kanan · Ari Kappatos · Lesli Kay · Stephen Kay · Thorsten Kaye · Robert Kelker-Kelly · Shell Kepler · Frank Killmond · Kent King · Ted King · Kodi Kitchen · Michael E. Knight · Ilene Kristen · Michael Kruse · Michelle Krusiec
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Jay Lacopo · Sarah Laine · Doug Lambert · Andre Landzaat · Chloe Lanier · Georganne LaPiere · Brandon Larkins · Robert LaSardo · David Lautman · Mark Lawson · Tiana Le · Anna Lee · David S. Lee · Steven Leigh · Ella Lentini · Adrianne León · Michael Leone · Page Leong · Lindze Letherman · David Lewis · Judy Lewis · Scott Lincoln · William Lipton · Natalia Livingston · Bradley Lockerman · June Lockhart · James Logan · Jason Ryan Lovett · Chip Lucia · Joey Luthman · George Lyter
M
James MacDonald · Stephen Macht · Elizabeth MacRae · William MacMillan · Kayla Madison · Kaitlyn Maggio · Ariebella Makana · Vanessa Marcil · Lisa Marie · Matt Marraccini · Jason Marsden · Alison Martin · Mia Martin · A Martinez · Elvis Martinez · John Martinuzzi · Joseph Mascolo · Luke Massy · Vanessa Mathison · Dakin Matthews · Robin Mattson · Brad Maule · Frank Maxwell · Dawson Mays · Heather Mazur · Kovar McClure · Kimberly McCullough · Kurt McKinney · Michael McLafferty · Amelie McLain · Jimmy McNichol · Ron Melendez · Lilly Melgar · David Mendenhall · Gonzalo Menendez · Dawn Merrick · Charles Mesure · Krys Meyer · Jeanna Michaels · Sydney Mikayla · Allan Miller · Billy Miller · Mark Miller · Alley Mills · Donna Mills · Melanie Minichino · O'Neill Monahan · Juan Monsalvez · Anthony Montgomery · Lynne Moody · Demi Moore · Judith Moreland · Debbi Morgan · Lindsey Morgan · Chris Morley · M'fundo Morrison · William R. Moses · Oliver Muirhead · Chris Muto
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Hugo Napier · Ivy Natalia · Karlotta Nelson · Lois Nettleton · Jaime Ray Newman · Stephen Nichols · James Nigbor · Hannah Nordberg · Nolan North
O
Mary O'Brien · Alyshia Ochse · Tim O'Connor · John O'Hurley · Agnes Olech · Heather Olt
P
Ryan Paevey · Jeffrey Vincent Parise · Tom Parker · Nathan Parsons · Andrea Pearson · Mike Peebler · Thaao Penghlis · Christopher Pennock · Beth Peters · John C. Phillips · Joseph C. Phillips · Cara Pifko · Mark Pinter · Ed Platt · Avery Kristen Pohl · Larry Poindexter · Cynthia Preston · Nicholas Pryor · Haley Pullos · David Purdham · Linda Purl
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Teddy Quinn
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Brooke Radding · Ingo Rademacher · Ardeshir Radpour · Patsy Rahn · Ella Ramacieri · Marisa Ramirez · Gail Ramsey · Wes Ramsey · Lak Rana · Davin Ransom · Michael Anthony Rawlins · Jen Ray · Marie-Alise Recasner · Scott Reeves · Aaron Refvem · John Reilly · Peter Renaday · Robyn Richards · Tequan Richmond · Leif Riddell · Alice Rietveld · Zakary Risinger · Chris Robinson · Sebastian Roché · Michael Rodrick · Kali Rodriguez · Ricco Ross · Trenton Rostedt · Irene Rubaum-Keller · Richard Rust · James Ryan · Emme Rylan
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Antonio Sabato, Jr. · Dahlia Salem · Emma Samms · Marc Samuel · Aaron Sanders · Linda Sanders · Brytni Sarpy · Michael Saucedo · Paul Savior · Brad Schmidt · Carly Schroeder · Travis Schuldt · Coltin Scott · Martha Scott · Susan Seaforth Hayes · Ignacio Serricchio · Aaron Seville · Monti Sharp · Charles Shaughnessy · Cari Shayne · Alex Sheafe · Brooklyn Rae Silzer · Londyn Silzer · Jennifer Sky · Gabriel Sky · Tava Smiley · Brooke Anne Smith · Hillary B. Smith · Rick Springfield · Andrew St. John · Rebecca Staab · Michelle Stafford · Vic Stagliano · John Stamos · Valerie Starrett · Riley Steiner · Richard Steinmetz · Stella Stevens · Garren Stitt · Julian Stone · Deborah Strang · Sally Struthers · Katie Stuart · Kelly Sullivan · Michael Sutton · Lauren Swickard
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Amber Tamblyn · Bart Tangredi · Mason Tannous · Barbara Tarbuck · Elizabeth Taylor · Brynn Thayer · Kelly Thiebaud · Marsha Thomason · Jason Thompson · Darin Toonder · Maria Tornberg · Constance Towers · Ellen Travolta · Matt Trudeau · Jessica Tuck · Janine Turner
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Andy Umberger · Hank Underwood
V
Erik Valdez · Granville Van Dusen · Christopher Van Etten · John Vargas · Greg Vaughan · Hunter von Leer · Danielle von Zerneck · Cathy Vu · Lisa Vultaggio
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Johnny Wactor · Catherine Wadkins · Jack Wagner · Angel Wainwright · Tonja Walker · Braden Walkes · David Wallace · Peggy Walton-Walker · Lisa Waltz · Daisy Wang · Samuel Wang · Megan Ward · Cari Anne Warder · Billy Warlock · Darren Dupree Washington · Robert Palmer Watkins · T.K. Weaver · Bruce Weitz · Annie Wersching · Martin West · Justin Whalin · Johnny Whitaker · Dan White · Rosina Widdowson-Reynolds · Walt Willey · Bergen Williams · Bree Williamson · Alicia Leigh Willis · Chandra Wilson · Emily Wilson · Marie Wilson · Landon Wine · Josh Wingate · Time Winters · William Wintersole · Sherilyn Wolter · Kari Wührer · Kai Wulff · Sharon Wyatt
Y
Brian Yang · Derek Yates · John J. York · Jacob Young · William Allen Young
Z
Maysoon Zayid · Patrick Zeller · Jacklyn Zeman · Anna Zielinski · Cynthia Zitter
Original Cast
John Beradino · Tom Brown · Mae Clarke · Robert Clarke · Carolyn Craig · Craig Curtis · Ross Elliott · Neil Hamilton · Allison Hayes · Matthew S. Infante · Lenore Kingston · Ralph Manza · Emily McLaughlin · Ruth Phillips · Hunt Powers · Simon Scott · K.T. Stevens · Jana Taylor · Roy Thinnes · Lucille Wall
Temporary
Robert Adamson · Dimitra Arliss · Vincent Baggetta · Jeanne Bates · Chris Beetem · Kevin Bernhardt · Blake Berris · Molly Burnett · Mary Grace Canfield · Tiffany Daniels · Linda Dano · Davey Davison · Susan Diol · Gideon Emery · Stephanie Erb · Ethan Erickson · Sandra Ferguson · Courtney Fulk · Priscilla Garita · Lindsay Hartley · Asante Jones · Christine Jones · Jamison Jones · Nick Kiriazis · Holiday Mia Kriegel · Briana Lane · Damien Leake · Jen Lilley · Martha Madison · Helena Mattsson · Patty McCormack · Maura McGiveney · Camilla More · Nicole Paggi · Jay Pickett · Brenda Scott · Jan Shepard · Mathew St. Patrick · Nick Stabile · Darby Stanchfield · Anthony Starke · Barbara Stuart · Les Tremayne · Meg Wyllie ·
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