Bobbie Spencer

Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Spencer RN (formerly Brock, Meyer, Jones and Cassadine) is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera General Hospital, portrayed by Jacklyn Zeman. She debuted in December 1977, after playing Lana McClain on sister-soap One Life to Live. Zeman went on to appear continually on GH until July 2010. The character is the sister of Luke Spencer and mother of Carly Corinthos. In February 2013, it was announced that Zeman would be returning to the role; she first appeared on March 22, and once again vacated the role on April 15. However, on October 22, it was confirmed that Zeman would be returning to the show, with her first airdate slated to be on November 27.

Backstory

Barbara Jean Spencer was born in Illinois on July 8, 1957, and raised by a poor family living near the docks with her big brother, Luke. The streetwise Luke is very protective of his baby sister growing up. Their father, Tim was an abusive alcoholic. One day as their mother Lena is suffering from an appendicitis attack, Tim watches as she lay dying. Finally he allows Luke to call an ambulance, but it was too late Lena died, and Tim walked out on his kids. But in reality, as revealed by her older sister Patricia Spencer in on April 1, 2015, On April 1, 1963, Luke accidentally killed his mother and then his father in a fit of rage. Luke had been blocking out the memory for over 50 years, with Pat and Bill Eckert helping keep it a secret. Luke befriended Lila Quartermaine, who was planning to adopt both orphans, but they then leave town, and move in with their aunt Ruby Anderson, who lived in Jacksonville, Florida. Ruby was a prostitute and to make ends meets, Bobbie had to start working too. At age 16 (revised to 15), she got pregnant and was forced to give her baby (Carly Corinthos) up for adoption. Barbara was a little girl when her mother died.