List of General Hospital characters introduced in the 1990s
General Hospital is the longest-running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, it originally was set it in a general hospital, in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York. The series premiered on April 1, 1963. This is a list of notable characters who significantly impacted storylines and began their run from 1990 to 1999.
Brook Lynn Ashton
Brook Lynn Ashton is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. On the series, she is the daughter of Ned Quartermaine and Lois Cerullo, and was named after her mother's hometown of Brooklyn.Casting
Originally played by actress child actors Katlyn & Sarah Avery in 1997, Brooke Radding from 1999 to 2001, the character was later recast with actress Adrianne León in 2004, who was nominated for two awards for the role in 2005: the Soap Opera Digest "Outstanding Female Newcomer Award", and "Outstanding Younger Actress" in the Daytime Emmy Awards. Leon continued to play the character until 2006. It was announced in 2010 that Leon would return to the show as Brook Lynn that May. She left the series again in 2011 after the character was written off.In November 2019, TVLine announced Amanda Setton had been cast in the role; she made her first appearance on November 18. Jamey Giddens of Daytime Confidential had suggested that Setton be cast in the role in 2012, one year after Leon's exit. In August 2020, it was announced Setton would take temporary leave from the role to take a maternity leave; actress Briana Lane was cast in the role. Lane assumed the role from August 6 to November 16, 2020. Lane's performance in the role garnered her a Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2021. In February 2021, it was announced Setton would return to the role; she returned during the March 15 episode.
Storylines
Brook Lynn is raised by her mother after her parents' divorce, but lives with her father as a teenager. She is a talented songwriter and singer, and her mother, a band manager and record-company executive, often pressures her to pursue a singing career. Brook dates Diego Alcazar for a time, but they later break up. She is also involved in adventures with Georgie Jones, her uncle Dillon Quartermaine, and Sage Alcazar, who competes with her for a recording contract. The obnoxious Sage is murdered by serial killer Mary Bishop after she is locked in the Quartermaine freezer by a fed-up Georgie. Sage is a sitting duck for the killer, who mistakes her for Brook's adopted cousin Emily Quartermaine. After her death, Brook puts a poignant song written by Sage to music and records it. Sage's uncle Lorenzo Alcazar blames Brook and the other teens for her death, but is brought to tears when he hears Brook perform the song. The following year, Brook is a victim of the Port Charles Stalker, who drugs girls and takes pictures of them. The stalker later turns out to be Sage's cousin Diego, who had read her journals and decided to get revenge on Brook and the others on Sage's behalf. Soon after, Brook decided to leave Port Charles and return to New York to pursue her music career.Brook Lynn was convinced to return to town in 2010 by Carly Corinthos Jacks, who promised to pay Brook if she came between Dante Falconeri, with whom Brook grew up in Bensonhurst, and his girlfriend, Lulu Spencer. Carly hired Brook Lynn to sing at the Metro Court, and purchased her an apartment across from Dante's. Brook succeeds in drugging Dante at a bar, and attempts to have sex with him in his apartment, but Lulu arrives to stop this and blames Brook entirely. Feeling guilty, Brook later tells Lulu that she had been working for Carly, but Carly lies and claims she was only trying to test Dante to see if he was worthy of Lulu. Lulu believes Carly, and continues to blame Brook. Finding Brook in a state of devastation, wealthy Nikolas Cassadine invites her into his castle and hires her to be his escort for a formal dinner in France. While he teaches her etiquette, the two begin a flirtation, and then a romance. Brook eventually moves into the Cassadine castle and continues to work as Nikolas' escort at formal events. She is soon at odds with Elizabeth Webber, the mother of Nikolas' son Aiden. Elizabeth was interested in pursuing a relationship with Nikolas after previously turning him down, but Nikolas was now interested in Brook Lynn, and turned her down. Brook Lynn later got an offer to go on tour with a band. Nikolas got caught up in family issues, and encouraged Brook Lynn to take the offer because he could not put her first. The two parted ways, and Brook Lynn left town.
Brook Lynn returned to town in 2019 with Setton taking over the role. Brook Lynn legally changed her last name to Quartermaine in early 2020. Unlike León, Setton can't sing and is not a musician in real life, so in September 2020, Brook Lynn's singing career ended when her throat was slashed by Nelle Benson, nearly killing her.
Tom Baker
Tom Baker, portrayed by Jay Lacopo, first appeared on November 2, 1998. On November 15, 2016, Don Harvey assumed the role.Casting
The announcement of Harvey's casting was made on November 11, 2016. The character had previously been portrayed by Jay Lacopo on November 2, 1998.Storylines
On Valentine's Day 1998, Elizabeth Webber is raped, and Lucky Spencer helps her recover. Emily Quartermaine starts embarking on a new career in modeling, but soon finds herself the subject of a blackmail attempt when she receives a photograph of her head photoshopped onto the body of a nude model. She enlists the help of Lucky, his half brother Nikolas Cassadine, and Elizabeth Webber. They discover the culprit is photographer Tom Baker, later revealed to also be responsible for raping Elizabeth. He is prosecuted for blackmailing Emily. Due to lack of evidence, he cannot be prosecuted for raping Elizabeth, but is sentenced to prison for 20 years. In late 2016, Tom was up for parole, and Elizabeth had to write a note to convince the board not to release him. Tom, though, was released, because the board thought he had reformed. However, Franco Baldwin, Elizabeth's boyfriend, was suspicious and attacks Tom in his brother's house on Oak Street. Franco attacks Tom again when he shows up at Elizabeth's work place, and says he also works there. Desperate to get Tom away from Elizabeth, Franco lures him to his art studio and locks him in a cage so Tom will miss his parole hearing and be sent back to prison. He lets him out, though, and Tom locks Franco in the same cage. Franco and Elizabeth later find out that Tom was found dead after being brutally stabbed, and Franco is suspected of killing Tom. It's later revealed that Tom preyed on Alexis Davis while she was drunk, and held her at knife point. Alexis fought him off, and grabbed the knife from him. It was later proven, though, that she didn't kill Tom. The culprit was revealed to be Seth Baker, Tom's brother who saw Tom attack Alexis and realized his brother was still a predator and would never change.Dominique Baldwin
Dominique Baldwin is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She was portrayed by Tawny Fere Ellis from June 4 to November 14, 1991, and Shell Danielson from December 3, 1991, to May 5, 1993. Danielson reprised the role on Port Charles, GH's spin-off, from December 9, 1997, to January 2, 1998.Storylines
Dominique arrived on the show, deaf and unhappily married to Leopold Taub. Her husband and she lived in a loveless marriage on the Stanton estate named Serenity. Her misfortunes changed when she fell in love with Mac Scorpio, who had accidentally wandered onto the grounds of her family's estate. After falling in love with Mac, Dominique divorced her husband and went to Port Charles to find Mac. When she found him, she convinced him that she needed protection and asked for his help in keeping Leopold away. Leopold came to town after Dominique, Mac, and he fought over her. During a gunfight, the loud shots restored Dominique's hearing, but Leopold had her committed to Shadybrook Sanitarium after becoming her guardian. He was later killed when he became involved in a cartel to take over global business, and in his will, he left Dominique a large sum of money. After his death, Dominique was able to leave Shadybrook and resumed her relationship with Mac. She later broke up with Mac after she became jealous of his relationship with his ex-sister-in-law Holly Sutton. Dominique then moved on with her life and became partners with Julia Barrett and Scott Baldwin in Deception perfume. Connor Olivera, the son of Sean Donely, pursued Dominique, and the two had a brief relationship. Dominique later joined Scott for a weekend in Vegas, and when she woke up from a hangover a few days later, she was shocked to learn that Scott and she were married. After getting the news, Connor ended his relationship with Dominique and left town. After returning to Port Charles, Scott and Dominique filed divorce papers and decided that they would call off the divorce if they enjoyed being married to each other. The two ended up falling in love and decided to stay married.In 1993, Dominique began to suffer from severe headaches and dizzy spells, and she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and only months to live. Scott was devastated by the news, but Dominique and he decided to have a second lavish wedding where all their friends and family could attend. Dominique wanted to give Scotty a child before she died, and that became possible when Lucy Coe agreed to become a surrogate for them. Lucy successfully carried Dominique's fertilized egg, and Dominique lived to hear the heartbeat of her child, but sadly did not live long enough to see the baby born. After hearing the baby's heartbeat, Dominique died in Scott's arms on a beautiful spring day overlooking the trees. In her will, Dominique left Scott a large amount of money for their child and him. Months later, Lucy gave birth to Dominique and Scott's daughter, and Lucy and Scott decided to name the baby Serena after Dominique's family's estate Serenity.
Dominique's spirit returned in 1997 on the soap opera Port Charles, to comfort her daughter Serena, who was in the middle of an ugly custody battle started by Dominique's uncle Rex Stanton, who only wanted all of Dominique's money. Dominique also appeared to Scott and took him on a Christmas Carol-type journey by showing him his past, present, and future. She showed him the consequences that he would face if he did not open up his heart to love again, and with Dominique's help, Scott was finally able to let her go and move on with his life.
In August 2022, it was revealed that Dominique has a son named Cody Bell, whom she gave up for adoption. When Mac first saw Cody, he immediately knew that there was a possibility that Cody could be his son. On November 9, a DNA test revealed that Mac is his biological father. Cody lies and states it's not a match, as he has a chance at inheriting a 35 million dollar necklace if he's the son of Leopold.