Steve Burton is heading back to General Hospital.
17.12.2023 - 02:19 / variety.com
Michaela Zee Jack Axelrod, the actor who played mob boss Victor Jerome on “General Hospital” and guest starred on such series as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “My Name Is Earl,” has died. He was 93. Axelrod died Nov.
28 of natural causes in L.A., his rep Jennifer Garland told Variety. Axelrod portrayed Victor Jerome on the ABC soap “General Hospital” for 40 episodes from 1987 to 1989. He was also known for his roles as the Electrolarynx Guy on “My Name Is Earl” and patient Charlie Yost, who was in a semi-comatose state at Seattle Grace, on “Grey’s Anatomy.” Additional television credits include “Dallas,” “Hill Street Blues,” “Dynasty,” “Outlaws,” “Night Court,” “Knots Landing,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Alias,” “Frasier,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Scrubs,” “Star-ving,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Hot in Cleveland,” “Baskets,” “Speechless,” “Ray Donovan,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Modern Family.” Born in L.A.
on Jan. 25, 1930, Axelrod served as a corporal in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany from February 1953 to February 1955.
He later majored in architecture at UC Berkeley and eventually became licensed as an architect in the state of Washington. While working in architectural offices, Axelrod pursued an acting career and, in 1969, he portrayed Banquo in an off-Broadway production of “Macbeth.” The next year, he appeared off-Broadway in “Gandhi” and followed the play to Broadway, but it closed on opening night. Axelrod made his feature film debut in Woody Allen’s 1971 comedy “Bananas.” He worked on “Vice” (2000), “Road to Redemption” (2001), “Hancock” (2008), “Little Fockers” (2010), “Super 8” (2011), “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (2011), “J.
Steve Burton is heading back to General Hospital.
three years after leaving the ABC soap over COVID vaccine mandates.The Big Burton Reveal came at the end of ABC’s special, “General Hospital: 60 Years of Stars & Storytelling,” which aired Thursday, Jan. 4 after the live telecast of “The Golden Bachelor” wedding.As dramatic music played, and with “GH” co-stars Kelly Monaco and Lauren Wright on either side, Burton opened a door and walked through.He appeared on-screen with these words: “Happy Anniversary, ‘General Hospital.’ Stay tuned — big things coming to Port Charles.”Burton, who’s spent the past year as Harris Michaels on NBC’s “Days of Our Lives,” has played Jason Morgan on “GH” several times — from 1991 to 2012 and again from 2017 through 2021, when he left the show right after Jason married Carly (Laura Wright).At the time, he posed a prescient video to his Instagram account in which he said he wanted his fans “to hear it from me personally … Unfortunately, ‘General Hospital’ has let me go because of the vaccine mandate” and alluded to one day returning to the soap.“I’ll always be grateful for my time on ‘General Hospital.’ I love it there, I grew up there.
Kate Aurthur administrator Steve Burton will return to “General Hospital” after having been fired in November 2021 because of his refusal to get the COVID vaccine. At the time, Burton was one of two actors on the long-running ABC soap opera who refused to be vaccinated; Ingo Rademacher was also fired.
Port Charles is about to welcome back an old friend.
There have been a lot of changes at General Hospital lately amid the show’s 60th anniversary celebration.
Kelly Monaco was temporarily replaced on General Hospital this week, but don’t worry, she’s coming back to the show very soon.
Ernst Goldschmidt, the sales agent who co-founded Orion Pictures and oversaw distribution of some of the previous century’s biggest movies, has died aged 92.
Another week, another casting change on General Hospital.
according to Soap Opera Network. Hartley, who appeared as Sam in the show’s Jan.
Former General Hospital star Steve Burton is officially putting his marriage behind him!
Us Weekly, the duo settled their divorce this month. Steve, 53, and Sheree, 45, are splitting legal and physical custody of the kids Makena, 19, Jack, 17, and Brooklyn, 9, as they agreed to in previous court filings. Since the divorce is uncontested, Sheree reportedly asked the court to terminate forever spousal support to both parties.The Post has contacted a rep for Steve for comment.
Soap Opera Digest reported that Paggi would appear on the Dec. 27 episode, so it’s unclear how long Storms will be away from the ABC daytime warhorse, according to multiple reports.An insider told The Post that Storms will be out “just for a couple of days.”This is not the first time that Storms has been replaced on “GH.”Maxie was temporarily recast in 2011, with Jen Lilley playing the part until Storms returned to “GH” the following year, according to Deadline.The actress also took several leaves-of-absences from “GH” in 2016, 2017 and 2018, each of varying amounts of time, from several days to several months.On those occasions, Storms was replaced by USA Network’s “Queen of the South” star Molly Burnett.Storms also missed time on “GH” in 2021 after undergoing brain surgery; Maxie was not recast and her absence was explained by her leaving Port Charles with her baby to go to Texas, according to Entertainment Weekly.Storms has starred on “General Hospital” since 2005.She also played Isabella “Belle” Black on “Days of Our Lives” from 1999 to 2004.In April 2022, Storms revealed she had bipolar disorder to “GH” co-star Maurice Benard on his video podcast, State of Mind.“I experience anxiety frequently.
Amy Childs has shared a terrifying story about how her baby almost didn't make it.The TOWIE star revealed that she had to have an emergency C-section to save her little one's life.The reality TV queen, 33, who is a loving mum to four adorable kids, welcomed twins Billy River and Amelia Maw with dad Billy Delbosq in April. During an appearance on the Saving Grace podcast with GK Barry, Amy opened up about the scary experience that nearly cost her newborn's life. She confessed that she was "traumatised" by the birth and feared for her and her babies' safety.
Kirsten Storms is taking a temporary leave of absence from the soap opera series General Hospital and her replacement has been revealed.
Nicole Paggi has agreed to temporarily become Maxie Jones on General Hospital. She takes over the role from Kirsten Storms, who will be out for a few days.
On Sandra Hüller’s wall is the first piece of art she ever owned: a photograph she bought from a shop in Munich. “I won’t say its name,” she says archly, “because that would be advertising.” It’s a dynamic, joyous image showing the ensemble cast of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring as staged by Pina Bausch, the German choreographer famous for saying, “Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.” “I just love it,” Hüller says admiringly, turning her head for another look. “These people are all making the same movement, as you can see. But everybody is doing it completely differently. They have the same task, but you can see each personality in the way they’re doing it. I love it so much. It’s like they’re almost flying.” It explains a lot about Hüller and her craft.
General Hospital will soon be saying goodbye to a believed character.
General Hospital will pay tribute to the late Jacklyn Zeman by honoring her character Bobbie Spencer in two special episodes planned for January.
Eden McCoy just won a Daytime Emmy Award for playing Josslyn Jacks on General Hospital, but you won’t see her on the show for a while.
Two days after General Hospital fans discovered that Eden McCoy was taking a break from life in Port Charles, the actress and new Emmy winner took to X to appreciate her followers and give everyone an update on her life.