title: Port Charles
Ron Carlivati
Sonny Corinthos and Carly Benson
Soap Shows
Lynn Herring
Lucy Coe
Port Charles (fictional city)
List of Port Charles characters
Corinthos family
General Hospital: Night Shift
sentences: Port Charles (commonly abbreviated as PC) is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC from June 1, 1997 to October 3, 2003.
 It was a spin-off of the serial "General Hospital", which has been running since 1963 and takes place in the fictional city of Port Charles, New York.
 The new show features longtime "General Hospital" characters Lucy Coe, Kevin Collins, Scott Baldwin, and Karen Wexler, along with several new characters, most of whom were interns in a competitive medical school program.
 In the first episode, tenured nurse Audrey Hardy ("General Hospital"'s longest-running character, portrayed by Rachel Ames) was injured and an intern had to operate on her with a power drill to save her life.
Ronald David "Ron" Carlivati (born November 25, 1968) is an American screenwriter.
 He is best known for his tenures as head writer on the ABC Daytime soap operas "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital".
 He is currently serving a position as head writer for the NBC Daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives".
Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. and Caroline Leigh "Carly" Benson are fictional characters of the long running ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital and also a supercouple.
<ref name="SoaP OpeRa DiGest 02/24/09"> </ref> Sonny is the most powerful mobster in Port Charles, New York and Carly is the daughter of one of the show's popular characters, Bobbie Spencer, and the niece of soap opera supercouple, Luke and Laura.
 Sonny is played by Maurice Benard and Carly is currently played by Laura Wright.
 Sonny and Carly were together, on and off, from December 1998 to April 2007.
 They have been married four times and reunited in 2008, 2010 and most recently in 2014.
 Together, the couple share two children; Michael and Morgan.
 The couple has had their ups and downs, but throughout it all they have remained friends and support one another.
 Their relationship is normally characterized as being explosive and tumultuous.
 They are known by fans as "S&C" and the portmanteau "CarSon" for Carly and Sonny.
Soap Shows is an online magazine that covers American daytime soap operas.
 It features on-screen and off-screen news about both current and past soap operas, interviews with daytime stars, article updates about the stars' lives, storyline summaries and previews.
 While its focus is on the four remaining daytime soap operas - "The Young and The Restless", "General Hospital", "Days of Our Lives", and "Bold and the Beautiful" — past soaps are often featured, as well as news about the up-and-coming web soap industry.
Sheryl Lynn Herring (born September 22, 1958 in Enid, Oklahoma) is an American soap opera actress.
Lucy Coe is a fictional character from the ABC Daytime soap operas "General Hospital" and "Port Charles".
 Portrayed by Lynn Herring, she first appeared in April 1986 on "General Hospital", introduced as an alibi in a murder plot.
 In 1997, she made her second departure from the show and joined its now defunct spin-off "Port Charles".
 There, she was involved in storylines revolving around vampires, where it was revealed that Lucy was a vampire slayer.
 The character stayed on "Port Charles" until October 2003, when the series was cancelled, and she made a brief guest appearance on "General Hospital" in July 2004.
 In November 2012, after more than eight years off-screen, it was confirmed that Herring was to return to "General Hospital".
 She returned that December for the revival of the infamous Nurses' Ball, which she founded in the 1990s, as well as a continuation of "Port Charles"' vampire story arc.
Port Charles, New York, is the fictional setting of the ABC Daytime soap operas "General Hospital" and its spin-offs "Port Charles" and "".
 It was revealed that the Queen's Point setting of "The Young Marrieds", a short-lived sister series to "General Hospital" that ran between 1964 and 1966, was a suburb of Port Charles.
 Locations within the town are described, below, using in-universe tone.
The following is a list of characters who appeared on the ABC daytime soap opera "Port Charles", which ran from 1997 to 2003.
 The series was created by Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, and Wendy Riche.
 It is a spin-off of the serial "General Hospital", which has been running since 1963, created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city.
 In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York.
The Corinthos family is a fictional family from the ABC Daytime soap opera, "General Hospital."
 Created and introduced by Bill Levinson in August 1993, current patriarch Sonny Corinthos, was the first member to arrive in the fictional town of Port Charles, New York.
 The family was further expanded in 1995 with the arrival of Sonny's father, Mike Corbin.
 The Corinthos family is known for its involvement in organized crime, the family coffee import business and the revolving love affairs of its patriarch Sonny.
 The family is currently represented by Sonny, Carly, Dante, Michael, Kristina, Molly, Spencer, Rocco and Avery.
 The Corinthos family is the most powerful mob family in Port Charles, New York.
 A lot of rival mob organizations have tried to take it down and failed.
General Hospital: Night Shift is an American prime time serial that first aired on Soapnet for a 13-episode run from July 12, 2007 to October 4, 2007.
 A spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera "General Hospital", the show is SOAPnet's first original scripted drama series and follows the nighttime adventures of familiar and new characters around the hospital.
 As of March 2008, the first season of the series was "SOAPnet's most watched series ever," with ABC Daytime and SOAPnet President Brian Frons noting that "Night Shift" drew more than 1 million new viewers to the channel during its first season.
 With its reruns gaining higher ratings than those of "General Hospital" on SOAPnet, a second season was expected, though Frons noted that the same crew producing two shows had taken its toll.

Question: Question: Which actress, from Enid, Oklahoma, portrayed Lucy Coe in the ABC Daytime soap operas "General Hospital" and "Port Charles"? 

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 Port Charles (commonly abbreviated as PC) is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC from June 1, 1997 to October 3, 2003.
 It was a spin-off of the serial "General Hospital", which has been running since 1963 and takes place in the fictional city of Port Charles, New York.
 The new show features longtime "General Hospital" characters Lucy Coe, Kevin Collins, Scott Baldwin, and Karen Wexler, along with several new characters, most of whom were interns in a competitive medical school program.
 In the first episode, tenured nurse Audrey Hardy ("General Hospital"'s longest-running character, portrayed by Rachel Ames) was injured and an intern had to operate on her with a power drill to save her life. 

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 Ronald David "Ron" Carlivati (born November 25, 1968) is an American screenwriter.
 He is best known for his tenures as head writer on the ABC Daytime soap operas "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital".
 He is currently serving a position as head writer for the NBC Daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives". 

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 Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. and Caroline Leigh "Carly" Benson are fictional characters of the long running ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital and also a supercouple.
<ref name="SoaP OpeRa DiGest 02/24/09"> </ref> Sonny is the most powerful mobster in Port Charles, New York and Carly is the daughter of one of the show's popular characters, Bobbie Spencer, and the niece of soap opera supercouple, Luke and Laura.
 Sonny is played by Maurice Benard and Carly is currently played by Laura Wright.
 Sonny and Carly were together, on and off, from December 1998 to April 2007.
 They have been married four times and reunited in 2008, 2010 and most recently in 2014.
 Together, the couple share two children; Michael and Morgan.
 The couple has had their ups and downs, but throughout it all they have remained friends and support one another.
 Their relationship is normally characterized as being explosive and tumultuous.
 They are known by fans as "S&C" and the portmanteau "CarSon" for Carly and Sonny. 

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 Sheryl Lynn Herring (born September 22, 1958 in Enid, Oklahoma) is an American soap opera actress. 

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 Lucy Coe is a fictional character from the ABC Daytime soap operas "General Hospital" and "Port Charles".
 Portrayed by Lynn Herring, she first appeared in April 1986 on "General Hospital", introduced as an alibi in a murder plot.
 In 1997, she made her second departure from the show and joined its now defunct spin-off "Port Charles".
 There, she was involved in storylines revolving around vampires, where it was revealed that Lucy was a vampire slayer.
 The character stayed on "Port Charles" until October 2003, when the series was cancelled, and she made a brief guest appearance on "General Hospital" in July 2004.
 In November 2012, after more than eight years off-screen, it was confirmed that Herring was to return to "General Hospital".
 She returned that December for the revival of the infamous Nurses' Ball, which she founded in the 1990s, as well as a continuation of "Port Charles"' vampire story arc. 

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 Port Charles, New York, is the fictional setting of the ABC Daytime soap operas "General Hospital" and its spin-offs "Port Charles" and "".
 It was revealed that the Queen's Point setting of "The Young Marrieds", a short-lived sister series to "General Hospital" that ran between 1964 and 1966, was a suburb of Port Charles.
 Locations within the town are described, below, using in-universe tone. 

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 The following is a list of characters who appeared on the ABC daytime soap opera "Port Charles", which ran from 1997 to 2003.
 The series was created by Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, and Wendy Riche.
 It is a spin-off of the serial "General Hospital", which has been running since 1963, created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city.
 In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York. 

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 The Corinthos family is a fictional family from the ABC Daytime soap opera, "General Hospital."
 Created and introduced by Bill Levinson in August 1993, current patriarch Sonny Corinthos, was the first member to arrive in the fictional town of Port Charles, New York.
 The family was further expanded in 1995 with the arrival of Sonny's father, Mike Corbin.
 The Corinthos family is known for its involvement in organized crime, the family coffee import business and the revolving love affairs of its patriarch Sonny.
 The family is currently represented by Sonny, Carly, Dante, Michael, Kristina, Molly, Spencer, Rocco and Avery.
 The Corinthos family is the most powerful mob family in Port Charles, New York.
 A lot of rival mob organizations have tried to take it down and failed. 

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Answer: Lynn Herring