Sherilyn Wolter , who played evil Elena on Santa Barbara , reunited with about 50 former cast mates, writers, directors, and production team members for a 40 th reunion fan event in Burbank, Calif. on Friday night. Proceeds from the evening benefitted the Conasauga Shakespeare Coalition of which Lane Davies (ex-Mason Capwell) serves as artistic director.
The actress’s turn as Elena was chilling . She tried to kill Eden ( Marcy Walker ) and steal her true love, Cruz ( A Martinez ). With her dying words, Elena lied to her (and Mason and Eden’s) father C.
C. Capwell ( Jed Allan ), “Cruz killed me, daddy.” (In reality, Elena offed herself, but she wanted to stick it to her enemies on her way out the door!) Perhaps, Wolter is best known for her 1983-86 turn as Celia Quartermaine Putnam Holt on General Hospital .
The ABC soap is famous for inviting actors back to the show to reprise their characters. Alas, with the off-screen death of ex-husband Jimmy Lee Holt (Steve Bond), Celia doesn’t have too many connections to the canvas – outside of the Quartermaine family. Or does she? While on the pre-reunion show red carpet, TV Insider chatted with Wolter and called up a photo of current GH actress Sofia Mattsson , who plays Sasha Gilmore Corbin.
Her reaction? “Oh, I see [a] resemblance,” Wolter immediately responded. “I loved being on General Hospital ,” she adds. “I had a ball, and I met some great actors and made some great friends.
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