Genie Francis knows a thing or two about soap operas.
The actress is one-half of daytime television’s popular super coupleLuke and Laura.
However, Francis opted to leave “GH” shortly after in 1982, perSoap Central.

Sadly, Francis found returning to daytime television difficult.
“We had bought a house, and we needed money.
I had the ability to say, ‘Okay, I’ll do it now.’

That’s when [my role on] ‘Days of Our Lives’ came to be.
But from that point on, my career was tarnished in a way.
It was a return to daytime, and the business viewed it in some ways as a step back.
That was a wrong move in their eyes,” she explained.
“That had quite an impact on my career.