Helena Cassadine
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| General Hospital character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constance Towers as Helena Cassadine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First appearance | November 16, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | May 4, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; guest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Book appearances | The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helena Cassadine is a fictional character who is the main antagonist of the American soap opera General Hospital, famously originated by film actress Elizabeth Taylor in November 1981. After a brief stint by Dimitra Arliss in 1996, Constance Towers took over the role in 1997 and has returned — for periods of varying length — nearly every year since.