DAYS/GH: RIP Denise Alexander

[titan1978]

I truly wish we could see more of her work on DAYS. And more of her early stuff on GH, but at least we know that Corday’s DAYS vault is virtually complete, especially compared to GH.

Lesley was a pivotal character. I think the scenes with the confrontation with Monica are so good because there is a lot of character in those lines and performances. Monica is ferocious, desperate. And Lesley is not a victim, she holds her own and calls Monica out, playing her own form of anger. Evenly matched. Soap confrontations have largely forgotten that both sides should be evenly matched, even if someone has wronged another. To me, that scene is easily in my soap hall of fame.

They didn’t make enough of her return, which has always bothered me. I would have loved for her to end up vying for control of the hospital when Alan was incapacitated by drugs, helping him through that crisis and finding herself at odds with Monica again on a different level, not as romantic rivals.

She had such a long career! Acting in radio shows as a little kid, through her GH spots as few years ago. That’s quite a ride. 

[YRfan23]

RIP Denise!!

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I’m sadly not as familiar with her work as most on here are, but I always hate seeing another icon leave us! 

[Vee]

Not hugely surprising, but still another awful blow for GH and soap history in general. Denise was a pioneer on several shows. Others have said everything far more eloquently than me, so I'm just echoing them here. I do wish more of her DAYS work was available - I always wanted to see them honor her again - but I am glad so much of her GH run is.

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[Maxim]

Oh, no. So sad. I am sending my condolences to her family.

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[Paul Raven]

April 1972

[DeeVee]

When I was a kid, I would watch DOOL with my mom. I remember Denise as Susan so well. And later, of course, on GH.

How sad to hear she has passed. RIP.

[DRW50]

Thanks @Paul Raven . I love that she even drew up a petition. A shame she didn't get to finish out that storyline, although it seemed to become a mess anyway.

[reallyhateskateonlost]

I wasn't expecting this.

Leslie was the first character I saw on GH when I started watching.

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[Maxim]

Her Mary on AW is one of my favorite characters. 

[jam6242]

 

[janea4old]

https://x.com/RaisedOnGH/status/1632759410886950916

 

[yrfan1983]

If you ever make it to the Paley Center in NYC (fka Museum of TV and Radio), in their viewing room, you can watch Days 1/1/73 featuring Denise Alexander as Susan. It’s her last month on the show before switching to GH.