General Hospital's Jackie Zeman visits with We Love Soaps'  Damon Jacobs about dancing, The Edge of Night, her stint on One Life to Live, Douglas Marland creating the character of Bobbie Spencer and being a part of General Hospital during the height of its popularity.

We Love Soaps: Bobbie was a nurse, but she was also a teenage prostitute. And there always seemed to be a dichotomy there. Even between her caring side versus her self-serving side. When you first took on the role of Bobbie, did they tell you her backstory?

Jacklyn Zeman: There was no mention of that. Doug Marland was the writer who created Bobbie. He was such an icon, such an amazing writer. The fact that the characters he created are still alive and living today is a testament to his ability to create something that was really interesting to the audience. So no, they didn’t tell me that. I never even asked him. But then Gloria Monty came on and was producing the show. Gloria was really good at taking adventure storylines and putting romance into them. She, over the years, did some stories that were pretty controversial in their day.

Soap Opera Source recently interviewed arguably the most popular vixen in General Hospital history, Jackie Zeman (Bobbie). Here's a snippet of the interview:

SOS: As a veteran of the industry, how do you feel about the current state of the soap genre as it struggles to stay afloat? Is there anything you feel the soaps could do to lure back viewers that may have tuned out? READ MORE

It's always nice to see Jackie Zeman pop up on General Hospital as Bobbie Spencer. During today's "What if Maxie died" episode we got to see her at the hospital and at Kelly's interacting with Monica (Leslie Charleson), Robin (Kimberly McCullough) and BJ (Kirsten Storms) respectively.

What did you think of today's show? Did they ever explain the hideous wig that Kirsten Storms was wearing?  I missed the first ten minutes or so. I kept wondering if BJ was suffering from cancer or some other follicularly challenged disease. It definitely provided a much bleaker outlook of Port Charles and honestly I didn't think that was possible, considering how dour General Hospital can be. More pictures after the jump. READ MORE

On February 24th, General Hospital is revisiting one of its most memorable and literally heart breaking storylines ever penned. Maxie's dream will ask the question how life in Port Charles would have turned out if it had been Maxie Jones (then portrayed by Robyn Richards) who died that fateful day rather than her cousin Barbara Jean (BJ). Above is a clip of that great storyline that got Frisco's (Jack Wagner) butt back in PC at his daughter's side. More clips after the jump. READ MORE

Okay you knew it was coming. Now that the Idiots In Charge of The-Soap-Opera-Formerly-Known-as-Days-of-Our-Lives have let the phenomenal Blake Berris go, I decided to start out doing a Wishful Casting about where Berris should end up, but it turned into more of an analysis of which soaps are managing to set things up for their next generation the right way, and which ones are getting it wrong, dead wrong.

Much of the daytime industry is experiencing a serious drought in terms of talented, young stars who can actually, you know, act. Save for The Young and the Restless, One Life to Live and General Hospital, the under 30 set at most soaps is pretty much comprised of rejects from the Pamela Anderson School of Acting and Pantomime.  I'll start with the soaps in most need of help and work my way up. READ MORE

Check out some great Halloween's past on General Hospital!

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