Carolyn Webber (Denise Crosby)

Carolyn Webber
General Hospital
Portrayed by	Denise Crosby
Current status	Offscreen
Duration	2022-23
First appearance	October 28, 2022 (in a photo) October 31, 2022 (in person)
Last appearance	February 2, 2023 (in person) March 13, 2023 (in a photo)
Cause/reason	Seen in a photo
Created by	Anne Howard Bailey Chris Van Etten Dan O'Connor
Introduced by	Frank Valentini
Profile
Gender	Female
Occupation	Psychiatrist
Title	Doctor
Residence	Webber California House Monterey, California
Relationships
Family	Hardy, Webber
Parents	Martin (deceased)
Spouses	Jeff Webber (1981-present)
Children	Sarah Webber Elizabeth Baldwin (with Jeff) Steve Webber Hayden Barnes (both step)
Grandchildren	Cameron Webber Jake Webber Aiden Webber (via Elizabeth) Violet Finn (step; via Hayden)

Dr. Carolyn Webber, .MD. is a fictional character in the ABC daytime drama General Hospital.

She was originally an offscreen character who has only been referenced a few times. Carolyn is the wife of Dr. Jeff Webber and mother of Sarah Webber and Elizabeth Baldwin.

Casting

On October 18, 2022 it was revealed Denise Crosby has been cast as Carolyn. She should appear on October 31, 2022. Crosby appeared in a photo as Carolyn on October 28, 2022 and in person on October 31, 2022. She exited the role on November 2, 2022.

In January 2023, the new Soap Opera Digest said Carolyn will be returning. She returned on January 20, 2023.

Some GH sites identify her as Andrea Trent, a name which has never been mentioned on the show.

Storylines

In 1981, Jeff Webber took his son Steven Webber and left Port Charles, later asking Heather Grant for a divorce because he found someone else (later revealed to be Carolyn who he married that year offscreen). He moved with Carolyn and his son Steven Lars to Carson City, Nevada the same year.

On November 25, 1982, Lesley Webber gets a call that Rick Webber is stuck at an airport in Salt Lake City. He is going back to Nevada to have Thanksgiving with Carolyn and Jeff.

In 1997, Jeff and Carolyn traveled to Sarajevo to help in the war effort. They sent their two daughters Sarah and Elizabeth Webber to live with their 'grandmother' Audrey Hardy.

In 1998, Jeff wrote to his daughter Sarah and had her move to Sarajevo with him and his wife as well.

His children, especially Elizabeth, have stated numerous times that Jeff and Carolyn were not very good parents. With the exception of Sarah, they have limited contact with both of them. Elizabeth even stated that she wasn't close to him at all.

In 2016, it was revealed that Jeff had an affair, while married to Carolyn, with Naomi Dreyfus and they conceived a daughter, Hayden Barnes.

On March 16, 2022, Jake Webber confesses to his mom and Hamilton Finn that he has been chatting with Grandpa Jeff and Grandma Carolyn on the computer at the library. They started communicating with him after his father Jason Morgan was presumed dead. Liz is upset to hear that her parents are secretly talking with her son. Liz is sent to Shadybrook to recover after being in a fugue state.

Liz looks at a picture of her parents on their mantel (2022)

On July 7, Jake visits his mom at Shadybrook and says that his grandparents are still emailing him but he hasn't responded to them. Finn later considers calling Liz's parents as he is concerned with her.

In October 2022, Liz and Terry Randolph head on a train ride to Monterey, California. They use a cover story that it is for a medical conference but Liz plans to break into her parents' house and find information about Reiko Finn. Once in Monterey, Terry meets with Liz's parents at a nearby coffee shop to stall them while Liz sneaks into their house. She sets off the alarm and while Terry is on the phone with Britt Westbourne, she loses track of Liz's parents.

Liz's parents are alerted about the alarm Liz sets off and come home. Jeff admits he had an affair with Reiko while she was married to Finn. Liz walked in on them in bed. Jeff claimed that he pushed Reiko down the stairs but Carolyn gets him to admit that Liz did it. Liz goes down to check on Reiko and sees Jeff at the top of the stairs. Reiko has a concussion and internal bleeding so she is given a blood transfusion which gives her Blackwood's Syndrome which she later dies from. Jeff sedated Liz and Carolyn coached her to forget the memory before leaving her with the neighbors in Colorado.

On January 20, 2023, Carolyn stops by and sees Liz at Kelly's. She reveals that she's been brought to town to consult on a case, and they discuss her reasons for staying with Jeff even after his affairs. She later meets with Nikolas Cassadine, as he's the one who hired her.

On January 31, 2023, Carolyn and Nikolas stopped by Spring Ridge Prison to visit Esme Prince, so Carolyn could help to erase Esme's memories. Carolyn diagnosed Esme with dissociative amnesia, but when she saw that Esme's pregnant, she refused, told Nikolas that she wouldn't do it and left Spring Ridge to warn Elizabeth about the situation.

Crimes Committed

• Programmed her daughter Elizabeth Webber to forget accidentally causing Reiko Finn to fall down the stairs which inadvertently led to her death [1997; revealed Nov 2, 2022]
• Was hired to brainwash Esme Prince into not remembering her traumatic past [Jan 31, 2023; refused to go through with it after learning of Esme's pregnancy