Frank Valentini Confirms Soap Legend, 78, Is Joining 'General Hospital' ...Saudi Arabia

Fans of General Hospital have an exciting reason to tune in as executive producer Frank Valentini has confirmed that six time Daytime Emmy winner Erika Slezak will be joining the ABC soap opera this fall.

The executive producer took to his X (formerly twitter) account to confirm the news posting “I am thrilled to confirm that my dear friend and former “One Life to Live” colleague, Erika Slezak, will appear on  @GeneralHospital this Fall. Stay tuned as we prepare to introduce another daytime legend to Port Charles. #GH#OLTL”

I am thrilled to confirm that my dear friend and former “One Life to Live” colleague, Erika Slezak, will appear on @GeneralHospital this Fall. Stay tuned as we prepare to introduce another daytime legend to Port Charles. #GH #OLTL pic.twitter.com/Rxu5fWKSvJ

Slezak had previously confirmed via her website that she had signed on to join the cast of General Hospital in a short term role, with her website ADMIN posting “Erika has just informed me she has signed a short-term contract with ABC's GENERAL HOSPITAL. At this time, Erika does not know which character she will be playing or when her scenes will air, but is excited to be working again with Executive Producer Frank Valentini and the cast of GH! More details to follow as they become available.”

Fans immediately took to social media to share in their excitement for the casting. One user on X posted, “I loved Niki Smith so much-I did not like or accept any of the other alters. I am delighted, excited to see Ms. Slezak!!! Ok, did her character Viki-was she the mother of Jack Brennan when he was Joey? Will she be Brennan's mom? Love #GH, show has been great-thanks to all!”  While another shared, “It's about time. Valentini has been so involved with giving former OLTL actors jobs he over looked the best one of the lot. I hope she's not playing Viki. I used her in my GH Fam fiction. She was Lila's sister.” While a third added, “The Goat actress of daytime history is coming to GH?!?!?! This is going to be good!!!”

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Slezak is best known for her role of Victoria “Viki” Lord on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live from 1971 to 2013 when the show went off the air.

Slezak won six Daytime Emmy awards for her portrayal of Viki for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series” in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 2005.

In addition to the role of Viki, Slezak also appeared in the CBS series Blue Bloods the television film Next Stop, Christmas, and the upcoming film Song Sung Blue.

Fans will have to tune in this fall to see what role Slezak will be playing when she arrives on General Hospital.

General Hospital airs weekdays on ABC and streams weeknights on Hulu.

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