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Heather Webber is a fictional character and antagonist on General Hospital. She is the mother of Steve Webber, the late reformed serial killer Franco Baldwin, and the late town troublemaker Esme Prince. She is also the step-grandmother of Aiden Spencer, Cameron Webber, and Jake Webber; and the maternal grandmother of Ace Cassadine as well as the oldest villain.

She was replaced by her younger counterpart Nelle Benson after Heather's final appearance in 2016 before Nelle's death in 2020 and Heather's return two years later after Nelle's death.

Although she has been portrayed by many actresses, Robin Mattson is the most well known for portraying her.

She was last seen on October 28, 2024 replacing Jophielle Love as Violet Finn when the character left town for Seattle before being replaced by Judy Kain as Elaine Stevens a day later and her storyline ended before returning on February 13 for a two-time appearance, then Kelly Monaco as Sam McCall before the character's death, and Carlo Rota as Jenz Sidwell before the character ran off and fled and later return on December 17, Josh Swickard as Harrison Chase, Jens Austin Astrup as Kai Taylor, Jequan Jackson as Quinn Grant before going offscreen in 2025, Alexa Havins Bruening as Lulu Spencer, and later Virginia Ma as Madison Yeung as a one-time appearance before going offscreen, and an unknown actor as Nick Andrews as a one-time character.

Casting[]

Georganne LaPiere originated the role of Heather Grant on July 29, 1976.

When LaPiere left the role in September 1977, she was quickly replaced by Mary O'Brien and then she vacated of the role in July 1979. When Heather overdosed on LSD. O'Brien was offered the chance to reprise the role in 1980 but refused.

On October 1, 1980; Robin Mattson, known for her role as Hope Bauer on Guiding Light joined the cast as Heather Webber. Mattson departed from the series indefinitely on September 13, 1983.

Mattson reprised the role for a brief six-month stint which started on June 25, 2004, and concluded on December 3, 2004.

In February 2012, it was announced Mattson would again reprise the role, and made her onscreen return on April 2, 2012.

After some speculation Mattson might be done with the show, she was again seen on-screen in September 2012, making sporadic returns as Heather's various storyline arcs dictated over the next year and a half.

In October 2014, Mattson reprised her role as Heather again, airing into early 2015.

Mattson reprised her role as Heather on May 11, 2016, July 1, 2016, July 25, 2016 and on August 29, 2016 before being replaced by Chloe Lanier as Heather's younger counterpart Nelle Benson before Nelle's death in 2020.

On October 6, 2022; Soap Opera Digest broke the news that actress Alley Mills, known for her role on The Bold and The Beautiful as Pam, will join the cast of GH later this month in a mysterious role. Mills appeared as a recast of Heather from October 28, 2022 to February 27, 2023 replacing Chloe Lanier two years after Nelle's death.

On April 27, 2023; during an interview with Michael Fairman TV regarding her "Outstanding Guest Star" Daytime Emmy nomination, Mills confirmed she is returning to the role of Heather Webber. She returned on July 20, 2023 before being replaced by Josh Swickard as Harrison Chase and Diahnna Nicole Baxter as Ellen Garten.

On December 22, 2023; it was revealed that Mills will return to GH as Heather during the week of December 25 after being replacing Diahnna Nicole Baxter as Ellen Garten after the character left town and Charles Mesure as Jack Brennan after the character's arrest. She returned on December 29.

She was last seen on October 28, 2024 replacing Jophielle Love as Violet Finn when the character left town for Seattle before being replaced by Judy Kain as Elaine Stevens a day later and her storyline ended, then Kelly Monaco as Sam McCall before the character's death, and Carlo Rota as Jenz Sidwell before the character ran off and fled and later return, Josh Swickard as Harrison Chase, Jens Austin Astrup as Kai Taylor, and Jequan Jackson as Quinn Grant.

Storylines[]

In the summer of 1976, the scheming 19-year-old Heather Grant is hired by Nurse Diana Taylor as the nanny of her young daughter, Martha. Coming from a lower class family, Heather got what she wanted by cheating. Desperately wanting the job, Heather gave Diana a forged letter of recommendation. She soon sets her sights on Dr. Monica Webber's husband, Jeff. After Jeff and Monica have a fight, Heather comforts him and they end up sleeping together. When Jeff suddenly disappears, Heather learns she is pregnant. After Jeff attempts suicide, he is shocked to learn Heather is pregnant. Heather fakes a suicide attempt hoping to win Jeff's affections. However, because Jeff refused to leave Monica, Heather decided she didn't want the child. She confides in her mother, Alice, her plans. Instead of aborting her child at Jeff's request, she sells the newborn to Diana and her husband, Peter for $10,000.

In 1977; after giving birth to Steven Lars, Heather takes $500 from Jeff and goes to New York City in hopes of becoming a famous model. Her landlady, Mrs. Hadley arranges for the Taylor family to adopt her son while concealing Heather's identity from the Taylors. However, after Mrs. Hadley and a lawyer take their cut, Heather is only left with $1,800 of the $10,000. Instead of coming clean, Heather tells Jeff the baby was stillborn. To make up for her loss, Jeff proposes marriage. The two return to Port Charles where Heather begins spending a lot of time with the Taylors' new son, Peter "PJ" Taylor Jr, who is actually her son. In 1978, Heather gets a little carried away with the amount of attention she gives to PJ. The Taylors let her go believing her obsession is unhealthy. Heather continues seeing her son in secret. Meanwhile, Heather and Jeff finally marry but they see very little of each other, as Jeff is working long hours to get his medical license. Though Heather learns she is pregnant again, she is still miserable. Ironically, Jeff wants to name their new child "Steven Lars" if it's a boy. Heather, however, lost the baby due to hemorrhaging and after having a D&C, she was warned not to have another child as it would be dangerous.

21 years later in June of 2004, Heather returned to Port Charles claiming she wanted to reconnect with her family. She moves into the Spencer home with Lesley to help take care of Lulu while her parents, Luke and Laura were absent. However, Heather was up to her old schemes once again. She began seducing the recently widowed, Edward Quartermaine, much to the dismay of his daughter Tracy. When Edward started being haunted by his late wife, Lila, Heather started keeping her distance.

Heather survives the fall, but is injured severely. Patrick Drake has her immediately taken to surgery due to her spinal cord damage and says that Heather is a crazy woman according to him everybody else in Port Charles, because she and Elizabeth aren't related to each other. Monica later tells Jason that Heather is in a coma after the surgery. In November, after couple of months in the hospital, she escapes. She goes to the Kelly's diner and Olivia has another hallucination and sees Heather, which she does because the woman that sees is Heather in a black wig who completely disguised herself as Sonny's lawyer Alexis Davis. She then goes to the Quartermaine mansion and sneaks into the living room. She finds the living will and testament of recently deceased Edward and messes with it. She holds Skye hostage with a knife until Alice knocks her out. She is taken back to Ferncliff. She repeats "I know something the Quartermaines don't know" over and over while the Quartermaines receive a pile of pizza boxes.

In August 2016, three months after attacking Lucas and failing to attack Bobbie at the Nurse's Ball, Heather was revealed to have been imprisoned at D'archam Asylum and tells Franco that his female counterpart Hayden Barnes was Jeff's illegitimate daughter with Naomi Dreyfus, thus making her Elizabeth's sister before being replaced by her younger counterpart Nelle Benson. Over a year later, the crime at the Metro Court Hotel occurred by Cesar Faison's men who were in revenge for Faison which left Mayor Janice Lomax outraged in the aftermath before appearing at Charlie's Pub for the Charles Street redevelopment project nearly two months later before she resigned as Mayor which resulted in Jim Harvey of Niagara Equities arriving to Port Charles before Faison's return which resulted in the deaths of Cesar Faison and Nathan West because of Jim's collusion with Faison which triggered the earthquake one month later which Nathan would never survive.

On February 25, 2021; a guard at the hospital reads to paralyzed Ryan a letter from "Heather W.", his biggest fan months after the death of Nelle Benson and Margaux Dawson resigned as district attorney and moved to Seattle; Carly's torture at Ferncliff Asylum by Heather's friends Mary Pat Ingles, Rupert Watson, and Kurt Lasaris; and the death of Mary Pat Ingles.

On March 9; Heather's son Franco was shot and killed by Peter August, the son of the late Cesar Faison and the late Alex Devane in revenge for Nelle Benson with the help of Cyrus Renault of the Renault Organization from the Pacific Northwest. Her son Franco never got the chance to meet his niece and her great niece Violet Finn. Jason was arrested because Jason was framed by Peter with the help from Cyrus in revenge for Faison, Hank Archer aka Shiloh, Cassandra Pierce, Nelle Benson, and Sam's former parole officer Dolores Maloney. One month later after his death, Franco was replaced by Yuri Tamashevich from Belarus who became a bodyguard, the Head or Security at ELQ International; and assumed the identities of Drew Cain, Jason Morgan, and Franco Baldwin as well as adopting Danny, Scout, and Jake illegally months after the death of Nelle all while her daughter-in-law Hayden Barnes is nowhere to be found and was later revealed that she was presumably kidnapped by Victor Cassadine and replaced by Ryan Chamberlain's daughter and Victor's associate/henchwoman Esme Prince before Drew's return and Yuri's deportation by ICE.

On April 15, 2022 one day after the armed robbery at Charlie's Pub by Eric Watson and Harry DeFranco who were wanting revenge for Peter August nearly two months after Peter's death; Harrison Chase told Elizabeth, who has a stalker, that Heather is still in D'Archam and hasn't had any visitors since 2018 before and after Jason's death on Cassadine Island and replaced by Johann Bauer, Oz Haggerty, and the unnamed female serial killer who goes by The Hook. Heather denied any involvement of complicity of armed robbery after the imprisonment of Cyrus Renault who bores an uncanny resemblance to the late Cesar Faison.

On October 28, Heather returns as she came to General Hospital after the attacks from The Hook whose face and identity are concealed and is a woman after Esme Prince is locked in an en suite bathroom by Nikolas and replaced by Victor and Johann as Olivia has a bad feeling while at GH and turns around to see Heather being escorted by a guard and an orderly while wearing a prison uniform. Heather yells at Olivia about her son being in prison and makes jokes about LSD while Harrison Chase is on suspension.

On November 8 while being sent back to D'Archam with Anna who is headed to Pentonville, the prison transport van crashes and Heather escapes. She is caught when she stops at Kelly's for a BLT. The assistant manager and her step-grandson Cameron calls the police and Dante arrests her.

On December 9; it was revealed that Heather had a relationship with Ryan Chamberlain under their aliases "Hazel" and "Richard", when they conceived their daughter Esme Prince, whom Heather gave up for adoption. Years later Ryan found out about their daughter's existence and later confronted Heather about her leaving him and giving their daughter for adoption. Heather is unaware that she's about to become a grandmother to Esme's unborn child from Esme's one-night stand with her former boyfriend Spencer Cassadine's father Nikolas Cassadine and Heather's sons Steve and Franco are Esme's maternal half-brothers. Esme was secretly being lock up in a storage room in the North Tower of Wyndemere by Nikolas with the help of Elizabeth as Esme's nurse. Nikolas plans to send Esme to Cassadine Island after she gives birth. Unfortunately, on New Years Eve 2022, her daughter Esme set fire to the storage room in order to escape Nikolas, then she intentionally falls off the parapet into the ocean. Esme and her unborn baby were found by Spencer and Trina Robinson at the Haunted Star and was taken to the Hospital, where she was found to have hypothermia. Later, Ryan informed Heather about their daughter's pregnancy and Heather became excited as this is her first grandchild for her, because both Steven Lars and Franco didn't have children. Also, she wanted to be there for Esme as she gave birth. Ryan told her that it would not be impossible for her. Ryan and Heather were unaware that Esme suffered memory loss after falling into the ocean. They started to begin plans for themselves, Esme, the baby and possibly Ava, in Ryan's case.

On January 17, 2023; Heather finally meets her daughter Esme, when she arrives in Spring Ridge after she was remanded there after losing her sons Steve and Franco revealing that Esme has two maternal half-brothers. On January 18, Heather meets with Esme to speak to her about her current situation, which includes her memory loss, her pregnancy, and warning her to staying away from Ryan, which Esme later freak out and she left the common room, not before leaving behind her friendship bracelet. On January 23, Heather saves Esme after she was threatened by another inmate named Ramona in the common room by put a shank up to her side. Esme feels her baby kick, and Heather asks if she can feel it. Esme suggests maybe when they know each other better. Heather knows Esme's scared about being a mother, but she'll be a natural. Esme still doesn't know how given she's going to prison. Heather assures her that very soon the cops will know she couldn't be the hook killer. Later, Dante and Sam McCall visited Esme to speak to her about her old nanny Maggie. Sam explains she's been looking into her background and believes she isn't the hook. Esme thanks her but doesn't remember anything about her past. Sam believes there is someone who does and fills her in on her old nanny Maggie, and that her biological father might be in New York state. Sam offers to try and find him for her. Esme admits she has no money to pay, but Sam is willing to do this free of charge as it will help many of her friends. Esme answers, "Let's do it." Dante and Heather find Esme and Sam talking together. Esme reveals that Sam believes her father is in the state and is going to try and track him down, leaving Heather stunned.

On February 2, when Heather grabs the papers Esme is looking over and reads them. She is stunned they are custody papers and asks where she got them. Esme explains from Nikolas, the baby's father. Heather is aghast and warns that the Cassadines are ruthless, and she must think carefully about signing her rights away. Esme believes Nikolas when he said this is only temporary until she gets out. Ryan is wheeled in as Heather warns Esme that men lie, all the time. Esme notices Ryan and thinks he is Kevin and gasps, "What happened to Dr. Collins?" Heather explains it's Kevin’s dangerous twin Ryan, and that he's locked in. Heather asks Esme again about the baby and why she's so eager to give it up. Esme admits she isn't, and this baby is the only thing she has. She also knows with this child, she's not alone. Heather tells her that’s why she can’t give up this baby. Esme promises not to make any decisions until tomorrow. Heather excuses herself to speak to Ryan and is furious with him as she assumes he knew about Nikolas and didn't tell her. She says Nikolas is after their grandchild, and the cops are onto him. She explains Dante and Sam were here and are looking for Esme's nanny. She assumes this nanny knows of Ryan by the look in his eyes, so it’s time they bust out and take Esme with them.

After the final showdown at Wyndemere, Esme learns that Ryan and Heather were her biological parents before the death of Ryan and Heather's arrest for being the Hook killer. Esme gave birth to a boy in Wyndemere Castle with the help of his paternal grandmother Mayor Laura Collins, maternal great uncle Dr. Kevin Collins, and paramedics while Nikolas is presumed dead prior to the baby birth.

On February 27 while in the hospital; Esme named her son Ace, a name that she used to call the baby when she was still pregnant pre-amnesia. This could be a sign that her memory is returning. Shortly after, Heather visits her, in cuffs and with a police escort - having arranged the meeting in exchange for a full confession to The Hook's crimes. Esme adamantly denies her right to see her grandchild and disowns her as a mother. Heather is dragged out ranting and raving, blaming Laura for turning Esme against her and she was taken back to D'Archam Asylum.

On March 16, Heather who is back at D'Archam sends her daughter Esme Prince a letter at Spring Ridge. Esme screams and throws the letter when she sees it. She reluctantly opens the envelope and reads the letter.

On July 20 two months after the death of her grandson Ace's great-great uncle Victor Cassadine and a month half after the will reading of Victor Cassadine, Heather sees her daughter Esme talking to Cyrus Renault who bores an uncanny resemblance to the late Cesar Faison after Heather has been transferred to Pentonville Penitentiary revealing that Heather is given life in prison without parole by Judge Aaron Benjamin.

Heather was visited by her daughter Esme who got her memory back who later talked about Ace. Then Mayor Laura Collins talked about Ace before they found out that Esme is dead.

On February 7 after the memorial service of Spencer Cassadine is over, Heather visits the Woodlawn Cemetery and gets an emotional breakdown after she found out that Esme is dead while the female guard is watching her.

On March 12, Heather was visited by Laura in the hospital room at General Hospital about Ace as Laura and Kevin are about to adopt Ace after Laura reached out to district attorney Robert Scorpio revealing that Heather won't be going back to Pentonville Penitentiary nor D'Archum Asylum as Heather is being transferred to San Quentin Women's Federal Penitentiary in California located north of San Francisco.

Her transfer to San Quentin Women's Federal Penitentiary in California located north of San Francisco was denied and Heather remains in Pentonville.

On September 18, Heather and Ric Lansing meet in the visitors room at Pentonville Penitentiary and her appeal was denied. After that, Heather becomes Alexis Davis' cellmate after the death of FBI Special Agent John Cates (previously Jagger Cates).

On October 22, Heather's sentence is vacated by Judge Caleb Orvis as she'll be getting released from Pentonville as a free woman. Two days later, Heather was released from prison as a free woman and is reunited with her son Steve Webber who had just came into Port Charles.

On October 28; Heather left with her son Steve for Sedona, Arizona.

Crimes Committed[]

  • Held a knife to Skye Chandler Quartermaine's throat in an attempt to take her hostage [Nov 2012]
  • Escaped from Ferncliff [Feb 2013]
  • Broke into Alexis Davis' house and kidnapped Sam Morgan's son, with the intent of taking him out of the country. [Feb 2013]
  • Stabbed Ava Jerome in the stomach with a hook after the armed robbery at Charlie's Pub by two armed robbers named Eric Watson and Harry DeFranco [Aug 26, 2022; as The Hook; Ava hospitalized on Aug 29, 2022]
  • Stalked Josslyn [Sep 13, 2022; as The Hook]
  • Attacked Diane Miller with a hook laced with snake venom [Sep 26, 2022; as The Hook]
  • Murdered Oz Haggerty by attacking him with a hook laced with snake venom [Oct 6, 2022; as The Hook]
  • Attacked Nikolas Cassadine [Nov 9, 2022; as The Hook]
  • Fugitive; being hunted by the P.C.P.D. [Nov 9-10, 2022 while Harrison Chase is on suspension]
  • Stole the keys to Ryan's Spring Ridge cell [Dec 8, 2022]
  • Slapped Ryan [Dec 9, 2022]
  • Killed an animal smuggler named David North aka "Venom guy" [revealed Dec 15, 2022; as The Hook]
  • Attacked Rory Cabrera with a hook laced with snake venom; he died in the hospital [Dec 15, 2022; died Dec 16, 2022; as The Hook]
  • Escaped to avoid capture [Dec 15, 2022; as The Hook]
  • Stalked Trina and Spencer; was about to attack one of them with her hook until Maxie Jones unknowingly saved them [December 30, 2022; as The Hook]
  • Tried to attack Josslyn [Dec 30, 2022-Jan 3, 2023; as The Hook; failed when Britt Westbourne and Dex Heller intervened and saved Josslyn]
  • Thought to have killed Britt Westbourne by cutting her with her poisoned hook; Britt was later shown to be alive [Britt stabbed on Jan 3, 2023; as The Hook; Britt "died" on Jan 4, 2023 returning the favor to the late Cesar Faison five years later; Britt revealed to be alive on Jul 18, 2025]
  • Threatened to stab Ramona George, who threatened her daughter Esme Prince in the common room [Jan 23, 2023]
  • Fugitive; being hunted by the P.C.P.D. [Feb 16-22, 2023 while Harrison Chase is on suspension]
  • Hooked Austin Gatlin-Holt [Feb 20, 2023]
  • Attacked Cyrus Renault who is getting answers out of Philip O'Neil [Feb 23, 2024; sent to solitary confinement]
  • Falsely claimed hip pain as a pretense to get out of prison to escape and collude with Stone [Mar 4, 2024]
  • Colluded with Stone [Mar 4-5, 2024]
  • Strangled a guard unconscious to escape [Mar 4, 2024]
  • Briefly escaped custody [Mar 4-5, 2024]
  • Threatened Cyrus with a bone saw [Mar 5, 2024]

Health and Vitals[]

  • Had a skiing accident in which she ran into a mogul [2004; revealed on Mar 4, 2024; revealed to have cobalt poisoning due to metallosis from a hip replacement, on Mar 15, 2024]
  • Attempted suicide; jumped off the GH roof with Jason and Sam Morgan's son (Jason saved the baby) [Oct 2012]
  • Suffered broken vertebrae and lapsed into a coma after jumping from the roof of the hospital after being operated by Patrick Drake [Oct 2012]
  • Rendered briefly unconscious after being hit over the head with a bat by the Quartermaines' maid, Alice Gunderson [Nov 2012]
  • Briefly presumed dead after Stephen Clay aka Caleb Morley choked her and threw her into the Port Charles harbor after the "death" of Jason Morgan and the imprisonment of Stephen Clay's Danish counterpart Cesar Faison before Jason was revealed to be alive four years later replaced by Jason's father-in-law and Danny's maternal grandfather Julian Jerome [Feb 2013]
  • Attacked by Britt Westbourne in defense of Josslyn Jacks [Jan 3, 2023]
  • Shot by Dex Heller in defense of Britt and Josslyn [Jan 3, 2023]
  • Complained of hip pain; taken to GH for an MRI, no medical reason found [Mar 4, 2024 at the same time her grandson Ace Cassadine was brought in to GH stricken with fever]
  • Knocked out by Laura Collins in defense of Cyrus Renault whom she was threatening [Mar 5, 2024]
  • Struggled to breath and collapsed [Mar 5, 2024]
  • Has cardiomyopathy [revealed on Mar 12, 2024]
  • Diagnosed with Metallosis due to cobalt poisoning from an artificial hip [revealed on Mar 21, 2024]
  • Had hip surgery to remove cobalt [revealed on Apr 4, 2024]

Family tree[]

   
   
   
   
Jonas
Grant
   
   
Alice
Grant
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Jeff
Webber
   
   
Heather
Grant
   
   
Scott
Baldwin
   
   
Ryan
Chamberlain
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Steve
Webber
   
   
Franco
Baldwin
   
   
Esme
Prince
   
   
Nikolas
Cassadine
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Ace
Cassadine

Relationships[]

  • Zahra Amir
  • Frank Anderson - The late Cesar Faison's former henchman and Chris Gentry's cellmate (imprisoned)
  • Greg Barnes - The late Cesar Faison's former henchman and Paul Gentry's cellmate (imprisoned)
  • Frank Benson - The late Nelle Benson's adoptive father (deceased)
  • Nelle Benson - Heather's younger counterpart (deceased)
  • Raymond Berlin - Heather's former associate and male counterpart
  • Jack Brennan - Book's former cellmate, the late Cyrus Renault and Mason Gatlin's Australian governmental counterpart
  • Steve Book - Jack's former cellmate, Mason's current cellmate, and Hilda's male counterpart (imprisoned)
  • Gabriel Burke
  • Ryan Chamberlain - Heather's former lover and also the father of their daughter the late Esme Prince (deceased)
  • Steven Culp - Former editor of The Invader
  • Russ Delvin - The late Cesar Faison's former henchman (imprisoned)
  • Steve Dietrich
  • Hilda Dorsey - Book's female counterpart (imprisoned)
  • Cesar Faison - Heather's late former boss and the late Olivia Jerome's male Danish counterpart (deceased)
  • Sonny Faison - The late Cesar Faison's son with an unknown woman
  • Mary Pat Ingles - Heather's late former henchwoman (deceased)
  • John Keys - Heather's former defense attorney
  • Ric Lansing - Heather's former attorney
  • Kurt Lasaris - Heather's former henchman
  • Caleb Orvis - Court judge who vacated Heather's sentence
  • Stone - Ultimate villain whose face, identity, and physical appearance concealed later revealed to be Valentin Cassadine just like "The Hook" killer before she was revealed to be Heather Webber (fabrication)
  • Rupert Watson - Heather's former henchman
  • Mark Whitten

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