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FBI agent •
Police commissioner •
Private investigator •
Chief of police •
WSB Agent •
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Robert Scorpio (1976–1977, 1991–1992) •
Duke Lavery (1987–1989) •
David Hayward (2002–2003) }} }}
Anna Devane is played by
Finola Hughes. Hughes also appeared as Anna on
All My Children, and the
General Hospital prime time,
spin-off series,
General Hospital: Night Shift. The character first appeared on the April 10, 1985, episode of
General Hospital as a
fence. The character was created and introduced by executive producer,
Gloria Monty, and co-head writers,
Pat Falken Smith and Norma Monty. Upon her introduction, Anna is revealed to be the super spy ex-wife of
Robert Scorpio and romantic rival to his current wife,
Holly Sutton. Anna remained a prominent character in the series until 1992 due to her romantic pairings with Robert and former mobster,
Duke Lavery. The storyline in which Duke tries to evade his criminal past with the
Jerome family, allows for Duke and Anna to become one of the show's
supercouples, along with Robert and Anna. However, the storyline ends in tragedy when Duke dies in Anna's arms. Robert and Anna eventually reunite to raise their daughter,
Robin, and eventually remarry; the happiness is short lived and the duo are killed off in 1992 along with their rival,
Cesar Faison. However, all three were eventually revealed to be alive. Anna reappeared on
All My Children as the twin sister of
Alex Marick on March 2, 2001. In addition to working as chief of police, and a brief romance with
Edmund Grey, Anna marries
Dr. David Hayward and they had a child together; however, that child dies as an infant. Hughes returned to
General Hospital for several guest stints between 2006 and 2008. Throughout the summer and fall of 2008, Anna appeared on
Night Shift where she supported Robert through his battle with cancer and helped Robin prepare for motherhood. Anna returned to the series indefinitely in 2012 when Robin was presumed dead. She has a romance with Robert's best friend,
Luke Spencer, and reunites with Duke, whom Faison is masquerading as. The real Duke is later revealed to be alive. Anna has become one of the most respected and celebrated heroines in all of daytime.
Casting Hughes joined the cast of
General Hospital in the spring of 1985, and made her first appearance on April 10, 1985. In late 1991, rumors circulated that Hughes had been fired. However, instead during contract negotiations, she took advantage of an out clause to work on another project. Hughes last taped scenes aired during December 16, last airing on December 17, 1991. If negotiations went well, Hughes was slated to return by the spring of 1992. In the interim, she was replaced by Camilla Moore who made her first appearance December 20, 1991. Moore last appeared on January 20, 1992, and Hughes returned to the role for one episode on February 25, 1992. On
All My Children, when Hughes reprised the role of Alex in February 2001 after her maternity leave, Hughes also made her first appearance as Anna on March 2, 2001. Rumors immediately followed that Hughes would return to
GH. However, Hughes later revealed in an interview that she was open to a return, but had not been contacted by the series. When
Tristan Rogers returned to the series as Robert in 2006, many speculated that Hughes would return to the series as well. However instead,
Emma Samms instead returned to the series. Samms and Rogers's returns intensified speculation that Hughes would eventually reprise her role, Though initial reports hinted that Hughes refused to return, ABC finally confirmed Hughes's return in April 2006. Hughes first reappeared May 12, 2006. Hughes concluded her stint on August 30, and returned once again from July 13 to August 24, 2007. Hughes reappeared on April 25, 2008, and concluded her return stint on May 7, 2008. At the time, Hughes was not contractually obligated to ABC, so accepted the four episode guest stint. However,
Michael Logan of
TV Guide later reported that ABC pressured Hughes into dropping out of the role in favor of a "big" storyline for the summer on
GH. Hughes who was scheduled to start taping on May 28, was never actually replaced and her character was never introduced onscreen. On December 11, 2011,
TV Guide confirmed that Hughes would return to
General Hospital starting in mid January and would reappear just in time for February Sweeps. Hughes first airdate was slated for the week of February 13, 2012. On April 6, 2012, executive producer,
Frank Valentini announced on
Twitter that Hughes had been placed on contract with the series. In October 2015, it was reported that Hughes has inked a deal with the series and will remain in the role of Anna.
Storylines Anna is introduced in 1985 as skilled jewel thief who takes an interest in
Robert Scorpio (
Tristan Rogers) and his wife
Holly Sutton (
Emma Samms). Anna is soon revealed to be Robert's ex-wife whom he divorced upon discovering she was a double-agent working for the DVX. Anna works as
Sean Donely's (
John Reilly) secretary and partners with him to fence the Aztec treasure. However, the treasure goes missing forcing Anna and Robert to team up which makes Holly jealous. As the revelation about their marriage leads to Holly leaving Robert, Anna teams up with Robert and
Grant Andrews (
Brian Patrick Clarke) to bring down Donely who has gone rogue. When Robert goes missing during their mission, Anna returns home to find her apartment destroyed and her old friend
Filomena Soltini (
Argentina Brunetti) tied up. It is revealed that Filomena has been secretly been raising Robert and Anna's daughter
Robin (
Kimberly McCullough) as her granddaughter. Robert resurfaces and confronts Anna about Robin who overhears the truth and runs away. She is kidnapped forcing Anna and Robert to rescue her. Later, Anna is named co-police chief along with
Burt Ramsey (
Bob Hastings). In 1986, Anna falls for the handsome mysterious club-owner
Duke Lavery (
Ian Buchanan). When her friends
Frisco and Felicia (
Jack Wagner and
Kristina Wagner) go missing, Anna suspects Duke is involved but her urges her to trust him. As Duke and Anna are engaged in October 1986, Robert exposes Duke's involvement in a money laundering scheme for the mysterious "Mr. Big." Soon after, Anna's home is bombed and Duke assures Anna he loves her and decides to get out of the mob for good. However, Duke is framed by his boss, the mysterious "Mr. Big" and ends up in jail. Robert then enlist Anna and Frisco's help to expose "Mr. Big" who turns out to be Anna's corrupt partner Ramsey. After the death of his father
Angus McKay (
Guy Doleman), Anna becomes suspicious of Duke's relationship with his half-sister, Camellia (
Elizabeth Keifer). In May 1987, Anna is horrified when the press crashes her wedding to expose that Duke covered up Camellia's murder of Evan Jerome, the son of mobster kingpin
Victor Jerome (Jack Axelrod). Anna dumps Duke and starts her own private investigator firm, and a recently widowed Robert becomes her partner. Robert and Anna bond as they work together and he wants to reunite but she chooses to go back to Duke instead. Duke and Anna are married in a traditional Scottish wedding on October 19, 1987. In January 1988, the deranged
Grant Putnam (Brian Patrick Clarke) kills Filomena after a failed attempt to kidnap Robin, and abducts Anna instead. Robert tracks Putnam and Anna to the
Adirondack Mountains and rescues her. Anna settles into a happy life with Duke while working with Robert as they co-parent Robin. In the summer of 1988, Anna announces she is pregnant. However, Anna suffers a miscarriage in October 1988 when she is trapped in an elevator rigged to fall by Victor's jealous daughter
Olivia St. John (
Tonja Walker), who had become obsessed with Duke. When Olivia is shot and left comatose, Anna is arrested for her attempted murder. Anna is cleared when Victor's bastard son
Dino (Chris DeRose) is revealed to be behind the shooting. Anna is relieved when Olivia is shipped off to a mental hospital in 1989. However, Anna's life with Duke comes to an end when he is killed in a fire in April 1989, as revenge for testifying against the mob. In 1990, Olivia having escaped the sanitarium tells Anna that Duke is alive and posing as art dealer,
Jonathan Paget (
Gregory Beecroft). As Anna and Duke are about to reunite, Duke is shot by Victor's son
Julian Jerome (Jason Culp) in retaliation for him betraying the Jerome family. Robert postpones his wedding to
Katherine Delafield (Edie Lehmann) to comfort Anna. Robin convinces Anna and Frisco to help her friend
Casey the Alien (Bradley Lockerman) recover his crystal and return to his home planet of Lumina. Anna, Robin and Casey kidnapped are by adventure novelist P.K. Sinclair, who is revealed to be Anna's obsessive arch-rival
Cesar Faison (
Anders Hove). Faison's plans to steal Casey's crystals are thwarted and Anna helps Casey go home. On Valentine's Day 1991, Robin sends Anna and Robert cards signed with each other's names. They later attend Robin's dance recital where they continue flirting. After a romantic dinner, Anna seduces Robert only to tie him up and leave him for Frisco to find him. Their cat-mouse games leads to the two falling in love again. Robert ends up in the hospital when someone tries to kill him and his estranged brother
Mac (
John J. York) is the prime suspect. While Mac feigns innocence, Robert is released into Anna's care and they make love for the first time in years. Robert proposes to Anna and she accepts. They are married on June 28, 1991, in
Lila Quartermaine's (
Anna Lee) garden. Robin is the maid of honor and Mac is the best man. In November 1991, Anna discovers Lila's presumed dead husband
Edward Quartermaine (
David Lewis) alive and reunites him with his family. In January 1992, Robert and Anna's marriage is upended by the return of a very much alive Holly and the return of Faison, who kidnaps Anna in February 1992. After Faison accidentally kills Anna's childhood
Au pair, his own mother, Nanny McTavish (
Helena Carroll) when she steps in front of his gun to prevent him from shooting Holly and Robert, Robert asks Holly to take care of Robin and then immediately leaves to rescue Anna. In May 1992, Anna and Robert are reportedly killed in a boat explosion, along with Faison. Anna is revealed to be alive in March 2001 when her twin-sister
Alex (Hughes) returns to her home in Pine Valley to announce that she's been secretly caring for her sister. Months earlier, Alex had been summoned to Canada by Bart (
Ralph Waite). Bart had been caring for Anna when she began having seizures. Bart immediately contacts Alex for help. With the help of her brother-in-law
Dimitri Marick (
Michael Nader) and his brother
Edmund Grey (
John Callahan), Anna checks into Pine Valley Medical Center, posing as Alex. Alex also enlist her colleague
David Hayward (
Vincent Irizarry) to heal her sister. While Anna recovers, she has no recollection of her life in Port Charles. Meanwhile, Anna learned from Alex that their aunt Charlotte had put a hit out on her. The failed hit puts claims the life of
Gillian Andrassy. Anna settled into her new life and also met her half-brother Gabriel. Charlotte had brainwashed Gabriel to kill Anna but The sisters are able to break the conditioning. In May 2001, Anna shares a happy reunion with Robin. While she wanted to be with Robin, Anna knew she'd put her in danger. Anna turns to the WSB for protection and they partner her up with federal agent Chris Stamp to apprehend the drug lord Proteuos. In 2002, Anna finds David secretly meeting with Roger Smythe (
Mark Pinter), a runner for Proteus. David claims he's been treating Roger's heart condition with experimental drugs. Chris pressures Anna to turn David into the authorities and Anna sets out to protect him, so she offers to marry him. David and Anna are married in March 2002, for convenience, though they've fallen in love. As Anna's is named chief of police, David's mother
Vanessa Bennett (
Marj Dusay) is revealed to be Proteus. Anna is furious to learn that David played a part in the disappearance of Edmund's wife,
Maria Santos (
Eva LaRue) and she leaves him. However, soon after Anna learns she is pregnant and reluctantly tells David. She finds support in her nephew
Aidan (
Aiden Turner). Despite his warms feelings toward her, Anna is suspicious of Aidan. She learns Aidan has been framed for murder and there is still a hit out on him. ==Sean Donely==