Luke and Laura Spencer

Luke Spencer and Laura Webber are fictional characters on the American soap opera General Hospital. Luke is played by Anthony Geary and Laura was played by Genie Francis. This pairing was credited with defining the term supercouple, and caused other soap operas to copy the successful formula.

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American - Soap opera - General Hospital - Anthony Geary - Genie Francis - Supercouple

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Critics of the soap opera genre panned the unlikely pairing, as very few, if any, rape victims fall in love with their rapists. However, the duo became wildly popular in spite of Luke's past misdeed. They wed in 1981 and the episode was the highest-rated hour in soap history. They were married for two decades, and even after their divorce and Laura's subsequent departure from Port Charles, their union is still felt in stories on the serial today.

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