Genie Francis

Genie Francis represents something I deeply respect: staying power. Playing Laura Spencer on General Hospital since 1977 means she has essentially lived alongside a single character for the better part of fifty years, an act of patience most film stars could never sustain. Her 2007 Daytime Emmy felt like overdue recognition for that devotion. I find her detours into Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless telling too, the marks of a working actor who shows up. In a culture obsessed with the next big thing, Francis is the rare artist who built her legacy on simply returning, again and again.

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Name (English)

Genie Francis

Name (Japanese)

ジーニー・フランシス

Reading

じーにー・ふらんしす

Born

May 26, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

Englewood, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

• Official sitehttps://www.geniefrancis.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/GenieFrancis
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie%20Francis
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275244

Tags

• New Jersey
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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