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Who Was Olivia Jerome on GENERAL HOSPITAL?

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Olivia Jerome’s reign of terror on GENERAL HOSPITAL may have ended back in March of 2017, but many fans suspected the villainess is just biding her time waiting to cause even more trouble for Port Charles! Olivia first appeared on GH when Tonja Walker joined the soap in 1988 and remained until her seemingly fatal exit in 1990. In January 2017, however, Walker reprised the role when it was revealed she wasn’t quite as dead as everyone thought. And even after her final appearance in March of that year, viewers weren’t convinced she was gone for good. After sporadic mentions of the criminal over the years, reports of her death would seem to indicate her reign of terror has finally ended… but who knows for sure?

A member of the Jerome mob family, Olivia was caught up in a dangerous power struggle with brother Julian Jerome and half-brother Dino over their father Victor’s business. Olivia survived an attempt on her life by Dino but suffered a traumatic brain injury and had to be institutionalized.

Dino was arrested and Victor died after becoming dangerously obsessed with Lucy Coe. Julian took over the Jerome empire but wanted revenge against Duke Lavery for turning against Victor. Although Olivia had been romantically involved with Duke, Julian wanted her to join in his scheme. Unfortunately, it misfired and Duke’s wife, Anna Devane, miscarried their unborn child. To keep Olivia from ruining his plans, Julian kidnapped her and presumably killed her.

Duke attempted to avenge Olivia’s “death” but was killed trying. A man named Jonathan Paget showed up looking identical to Duke and after confronting Julian, Jonathan was killed and Julian was presumed dead. But in 2013, Julian reappeared in Port Charles calling himself Derek Wells.

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Griffin and Anna managed to narrowly escape Olivia’s clutches!Howard Wise/jpistudios.com

In January 2017, viewers learned that Olivia was actually still alive, and had ordered the hit that killed Morgan Corinthos in a car explosion. Using an alias, Olivia befriended Alexis Davis and Sam McCall, trying to get close to the people Julian loved in order to take revenge on her brother. After Sam figured out her true identity, Olivia pushed the pregnant woman off a bridge! She also kidnapped Robin Scorpio and Griffin Munroe, dragging them into a basement lab under the hospital where she enacted an insane scheme to bring Duke back to life using his son, Griffin!

After Griffin foiled her plans, Olivia escaped and broke into Ava Jerome’s apartment to hold her hostage, then kidnapped Alexis to lure Julian to the bridge for a final confrontation. Olivia ordered Julian to kill Alexis, but instead, he set her free. The siblings fought over the gun and Olivia shot Julian, sending him falling to his “death.” At the cemetery, Olivia ran into Carly Corinthos who was visiting Morgan’s grave. But this time, in the struggle over the weapon, Olivia was the one who got shot. A vengeful Carly threatened to kill her, but Sonny Corinthos managed to talk her down and have her arrested instead.

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Sonny vowed to take care of Olivia… permanently!XJJohnson/jpistudios.com

Defense attorney Nora Buchanan managed to get Olivia locked away in an asylum, but Sonny warned the villain that he would make her pay for murdering his son. Olivia begged for mercy, but Sonny warned that the last thing she would hear would be Morgan’s name and she’d know the killer had been sent by him.

Olivia was dragged off and hasn’t been seen since, so it may have seemed like Sonny followed through on his threat. But in November 2022, when Anna was arrested, Cyrus Renault warned Laura Collins that Olivia had promised that if Anna ended up in Pentonville, she’d have a very short sentence, if you know what we mean!

But in February 2024, Dante Falconeri received a phone call about an inmate in Pentonville and Jordan Ashford later informed Anna that Olivia Jerome had been attacked and killed behind bars! Of course, Olivia has “died” before…

Keep watching to see if that’s really the last we ever see of her!

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