‘General Hospital’ Star Wally Kurth Remembers Leslie Charleson & Her Decades as Monica Quartermaine

Wally Kurth and Leslie Charleson
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Wally Kurth joined General Hospital in 1991 as Ned Ashton, a member of the Quartermaine family — so Ned enjoyed a close relationship with his aunt, Monica Quartermaine, played by Leslie Charleson, who passed away on January 12, 2025, at the age of 79. Kurth, who joined General Hospital fresh off a four-year run as Days of our Lives’ Justin Kiriakis, remembers Charleson as a positive force around the studio.

“She always had a smile on her face, every morning,” he shares.