Tracy Quartermaine

Infobox soap character
series = General Hospital
name = Tracy Quartermaine
series = General Hospital
The City



caption =Jane Elliot as Tracy Quartermaine.
first = 1978
portrayer = Jane Elliot
creator = Douglas Marland
gender = Female
occupation = CEO of ELQ.
residence = 66 Harbor View Road
Port Charles, New York
parents = Edward Quartermaine (father)
Lila Morgan Quartermaine (mother; deceased)
siblings = Alan Quartermaine (brother; deceased)
Bradley Ward II (paternal half-brother)
Jimmy Lee Holt (paternal half-brother)
Monica Quartermaine (sister-in law, via Alan)
Bobbie Spencer (sister-in-law, via marriage to Luke)
spouse = Luke Spencer (2005-)
Larry Ashton (divorced)
Mitch Williams (divorced)
Paul Hornsby (divorced)
Gino Soleito (annulled, first time; dissolved by death, second)
children = Ned Ashton (son, with Larry)
Dillon Quartermaine (son, with Paul)
Lucky Spencer (step-son)
Lulu Spencer (step-daughter)
unnamed child (sex unknown, father unknown, aborted)
grandparents = George Quartermaine (paternal grandfather; deceased)
Ida Zemlock (paternal grandmother; deceased)
Harold Morgan (maternal grandfather; deceased)
nieces/nephews = Skye Chandler Quartermaine (adoptive niece, via Alan)
A.J. Quartermaine (nephew, via Alan; deceased)
Jason Morgan (nephew, via Alan)
Emily Quartermaine (adoptive niece, via Alan; deceased)
Justus Ward (half-nephew, via Bradley; deceased)
Faith Ward (half-niece, via Bradley)
Michael Corinthos III (great-nephew, via A.J.)
Lila Rae Alcazar (adoptive great-niece, via Skye)
Jake Spencer (great-nephew, via Jason)
cousins =Alexandria Quartermaine (paternal first cousin; deceased)
Herbert Quartermaine (paternal first cousin once removed; deceased)
Quentin Quartermaine (paternal first cousin twice removed; deceased)
Celia Quartermaine (paternal first cousin thrice removed)
Chloe Morgan (maternal second cousin; deceased)
romances = Nicholas van Buren (dated)
Scott Baldwin (lovers)
Harlan Barrett (dated)
Jasper "Jax" Jacks (flirtation)
Coleman (lovers)
Ramon (adulterous affair and "x-rated" masseus, according to her husband Luke)
aunts/uncles = "Unnamed Quartermaine" (deceased)
grandchildren = Brook Lynn Ashton (granddaughter, via Ned)

Tracy Quartermaine is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, "General Hospital". She is played by actress Jane Elliot, who originated the role in 1978 and has played her intermittently since that time, primarily on "GH" (1978–1981, 1989-1993, 1996, 2003–present) and briefly on "The City" (1996–1997).

Tracy is the spoiled, rich and often badly behaved daughter of the wealthy Edward and Lila Quartermaine. She has two sons, Ned Ashton and Dillon Quartermaine, a stepson Lucky Spencer, a stepdaughter Lulu Spencer, and one granddaughter, Brook Lynn Ashton. She is currently married to Luke Spencer.

Background

Tracy was a divorcée and neglectful mother when she debuted on the show. The show established that she had married young to Lord Lawrence "Larry" Ashton and had a son, Ned. When she divorced Larry Ashton, Ned spent a great deal of time with his grandparents or at boarding school while his mother focused on travel or her social life. She was a more involved mother to Ned's much younger half-brother, Dillon. Tracy took Dillon with her to Europe to avoid being charged with a hit and run accident and to keep Dillon's father, Paul Hornsby, from taking custody. She succeeded in keeping Paul out of Dillon's life and raised the boy mainly in Europe. At one point, she lived in the SoHo district of New York City, where she was briefly married to mafioso Gino Soleito. She returned to Port Charles with a teenage Dillon and left him with her parents.

Most of her stories over the years have focused on her unsuccessful attempts to find love, her determination to gain power in ELQ, the family company, and her attempts to one-up family members who have tried to displace her or her sons in the family company or in her father's affections. While Tracy wanted to get giddy with her father, Edward, he still had his eyes on his son and deemed favorite, Alan Quartermaine.

Marriage to Luke Spencer; Tracy and the Spencer clan

Tracy Quartermaine fell victim to a cruel prank, at the hand of her son, Dillon Quartermaine and his girlfriend, Georgie Jones for Luke Spencer. The plan was to get roughly $15 Million he planted in her bank account to bail Helena Cassadine out of extradition. Since Tracy Quartermaine did not want to give him the money, Luke decided to pull the ultimate prank on her. He would have Dillon call Tracy from Las Vegas and tell her that he and Georgie eloped. Knowing this would get Tracy to Vegas, Luke used this as an opportunity to manipulate Tracy's weakness: alcoholism.

Once Tracy arrived in Las Vegas, it was "too late"- the pair was married. This drove Tracy into a drunken fit. Luke Spencer offered to buy her a few drinks, which made them drunk. Since Tracy drunk more than Luke did, she was completely incapacitated when Luke proposed marriage and she accepted. The following morning, when she woke up in a Vegas bed, Luke revealed everything to Tracy and the conditions to ending their marriage from hell. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLexnNSk5Dw]

At first her marriage to Luke was platonic, and it continues because of finances, but she is fighting romantic feelings for Luke, who continues to be devoted to his former wife and great love, Laura Spencer, who briefly came out of a catatonic state in late 2006. Tracy is currently dealing with her son Dillon's entanglement with his stepsister Lulu Spencer. She advised Lulu against having an abortion when she became pregnant by Dillon, feeling Lulu would eventually regret her decision but was supportive when Lulu did abort the baby. Tracy told Luke that she is relieved for Dillon's sake that he will not become a father while he is still so young. During the storyline, Tracy referred to her own "three pregnancies" and it was strongly implied that she had an off-screen abortion at some point in her life. Tracy is currently being haunted by her recently deceased brother Alan Quartermaine, who also serves as her moral compass, as she has no moral conscience.

In 2007, Luke and Tracy's marriage has moved more away from platonic and closer to love. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIDEQuWreP4] Tracy helps Luke to try to maintain custody of Laura Webber. Her son, Dillon, and Lulu Spencer find evidence to suggest that Laura did not kill Rick Webber, but Scott Baldwin in fact did. Tracy and Dillon agree to keep the evidence of the revelation from Lorenzo Spencer, as it will destroy Luke that he caused Laura's physical breakdown. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRUz19hTl-w] Tracy has also come to care about Lulu. Edward is up to no good and sends Tracy to a mental hospital after she talks to Alan in front of Lainey and also she found out that her only ally was Lulu.

Tracy discovered that Lulu's friend, Logan Hayes, is the son of Luke's enemy, Scott Baldwin. She has forbidden Lulu to see him but that has not worked. She has asked the Quartermaine's, Nikolas, Lucky, and Elizabeth to keep Lulu away from him.When Tracy decides to crush the family company, Edward Quartermaine has no choice but to let Tracy out of the mental house and she is the only person who can get through to her stepdaughter, Lulu Spencer.

With Tracy Quartermaine out of Shadybrooke, she can now focus on ruining Lulu's relationship with Logan Hayes. The first step is to get Scott Baldwin to admit that Hayes is his son. After receiving iron-clad proof that the two are related, Scott tries to get back into Logan's good graces. As it fails and Tracy is determined to get Luke back home, she offers Logan money to play nice with his father and regain good spirits with Lulu after using her to make Maxie Jones look good. Hayes rejects the offer and suggests to Tracy that Lulu will go back to him when she realizes how real their connection was but both are unaware that Lulu already agreed to Scott that she would give Logan a second chance. Upon realizing this, Tracy slaps Baldwin and resents him more for manipulating Lulu back into Logan's arms. This indicates that Tracy genuinely cares for Lulu's well-being. At the same time, Luke Spencer returns, pretending to be Tracy's masseur, "Ramone", finding out that Tracy cheated on him with this guy, but not caring as the premise of their marriage is platonic. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLUnQLpI30]

Upon Luke's return from hiding Laura Spencer from Baldwin, Tracy reveals to Luke what has happened with his daughter and Scott's son. Lulu at the same time gets mixed up with Jason Morgan and Johnny Zacchara, a mobster's son. Now, Luke and Tracy are teamed up to protect Lulu and her safety. Tracy has offered her to come back, but she declined. Luke has asked for Tracy's financial assistance in the matter, and she accepted,despite "Ghost Alan" warning her against interfering with Luke's events. He exclaims to her that he does not want to be "damned to haunt the rest of the Quartermaines together..."forever". In response to this, Tracy replies that he is a self-presumed hellucination. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RSQlnvnOX4] Though Alan continues to haunt his troublesome sister, he still continues to serve as her conscience and sole guardian.

A few days before Halloween 2007, the Spencers received an invitation from Nikolas Cassadine for them to attend a fancy dress "Black and White Ball", as it is in Alan Quartermaine's honor. While both Tracy and Luke sneer at the thoughts of that function, Tracy reminds him that if they want to gain leverage on Baldwin and Hayes alike, and keep an eye on Logan and Lulu Spencer, it would be a good idea for them to attend. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujUR9c5sMtk]

At the actual function, she came late and did not actually appear at Windimere Castle. It was, however implied that Tracy was expected to be late, by Luke Spencer's admission. When she finally arrived at Wyndimere Castle, she was isolated by the burgening storm and she stood on the deck by herself for 90 minutes before getting up to Wyndimere. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrgAczGgxLo] Alfred, the Cassadine family butler, mistakenly scared Tracy Spencer, allowing her to lose her balance and fall down an entire flight of stairs.Luke kissed her, thankful that she was alive and did not fall victim to Anthony Zacchara. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU-F9mFx4eM] He, Scott Baldwin, and Cooper Barrett rescued her from the collapse, while Tracy and Luke and Scott barracaded themselves in the master bedroom, where Luke vowed to "nurse her back to health". When Tracy offered for Luke to go search for Zachara, he told her that he did not want her to be his next victim. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU-F9mFx4eM]

In 2008, Tracy filed a malpractice suit for her out-of-town again husband, Luke. The lawsuit was filed against her sister-in-law Monica Quartermaine, which resulted in a hospital brawl in the General Hospital elevator. Tracy told Monica not to operate on Luke because of her emotional strain against the deaths of Alan and Emily, however, she did anyway, and froze on the operating table.

Since Tracy filed the medical malpractrice suit, she has been kicked out of the family's (esp. Monica's) mansion with frozen access to the family money. When Luke did return, she explained to him that she still loved him, but was not going to continue to be married to him. Luke told her that he was not going to give up on their marriage so easily, but she shrugged and left the monument which was their "Haunted Star Casino".

Recently, she and Luke Spencer left town because Luke was being investigated by his connections with the Zachara family, which invested in his "Haunted Star" Casino. The mob family left him to take the fall with the I.R.S. because he stole money from them. Afraid of what he would be up to, she agreed to leave with him. Tracy returned without Luke because he was not spending the money and enjoying their time the way that she wanted him to. Upon returning, she discovered Lulu in bed with Johnny and nearly forbade it from happening. Lulu, who has a soft spot for bad guys, shrugged off Tracy's request to stop seeing Johnny.

At this time, Monica Bard, Tracy's sister-in-law, is in rehab after being indicted in court for hit and run. Tracy has visited Monica and has learned that she is doing fine and is ready to return to work in a few weeks, which pleased Tracy. Tracy visited Monica in the rehab and asked for advice about how to save Lulu's life. Monica told Tracy that if she could turn back the clock, she would do everything to save all of her children, especially Jason. With that, she told Tracy that if she want to save Lulu's life, then she has to do everything in her power to drive a wedge betweenLulu and Johnny. After that, she visited Johnny in his holding cell where she told him about her brush with the mafia. She explained to him that she was once a mob boss and she heard about how his father Anthony Zacchara murdered his wife, Johnny's mother. She told him that if he really cared about Lulu, he would let her go.

Tracy as Luke's adversary

Tracy's marriage to Luke Spencer has made her more of a sidekick rather than her own villain. Her biggest issue is Luke's constant infidelity and his money swindling. Another major problem is how he has problems moving on from his ex-wife Laura Webber in order to move forward with Tracy, herself. Luke's love has been proven, but not carried out in act.

In August 2008, Laura returned and got through to her daughter Lulu. It is not known how Laura (Genie Francis) will respond to the news that Luke is married to Tracy.

External links

* [http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/whoswho/tracy.php Who's Who in Port Charles: TRacy Spencer]