-Jacklyn Zeman is an actress best known for her role in “General Hospital” as Barbara ‘Bobbie’ Spencer since 1977.
-She has a net worth of over $1 million and has won numerous awards for her performances.
-She grew up in a Jewish family in New Jersey and attended New York University on a dance scholarship.
-She is also the spokeswoman for Excedrin aspirin and has been married 3 times.
-She was close to many of the cast and crew of “General Hospital” and last known home was in Malibu, California.
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Short Info
Spouse | Glenn Gorden, Steve Gribbin, Murray the K |
Fact | Best known by the public for her role as Barbara 'Bobbie' Spencer, R.N., on General Hospital (1963). |

Who is Jacklyn Zeman?
Jacklyn Zeman was born on 6 March 1953, in Englewood, New Jersey, USA, and is an actress, best known for her role in the soap opera “General Hospital”, in which she portrays the character Barbara “Bobbie” Spencer, a role she’s had since 1977. She’s also appeared in other television projects, such as “One Life to Live”.
The Net Worth of Jacklyn Zeman
Jacklyn Zeman has a net worth that is over $1 million, earned through a successful career in acting since 1974, and has won numerous awards thanks to her performances.
Early Life, Education, and Career Beginnings
Jacklyn grew up in a Jewish family. Her mother was a magazine supervisor, while her father worked as a systems engineer. The family later moved to settle in Bergenfield, New Jersey, where she attended Bergenfield High School, a public school with over 1,000 students in their population, and a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. She completed her high school education at 15 years old.
Afterwards, she enrolled at New York University on a dance scholarship. The university was founded in 1831 and has international reach, with degree granting campuses in several locations of the world – they have campuses and academic centers in France, Australia, the US, China, and the UAE. Their alumni consists of heads of state, royalty, media figures, CEOs, scientists, founders, and many more. Following the completion of her education, she didn’t take to acting immediately, instead becoming a Playboy Bunny, and working primarily at the Playboy Club.
Acting Career
In 1976, Zeman began her foray into acting, with her first role being the character Lana McClain in the soap opera “One Life to Live”. The soap aired as a part of ABC programming for 43 years, following the story of the Lord family especially their relationships. She stayed with the show for a year, and around the same time had a guest role in the CBS soap opera entitled “The Edge of Night”. The series was one of the most popular soaps of its time, with numerous popular personalities professing their enjoyment of the show.
In 1977, she had one of her biggest roles, in “General Hospital”, cast as Bobbie Spencer, a character which she would identify with for most of her career. The medical drama holds the Guinness World Record for longest running American soap opera in production, and the second longest drama in US history after ‘Guiding Light”. It airs through the ABC network, and holds the record for Most Outstanding Drama Series Daytime Emmy Award wins. The show is set in a hospital in a fictional city, though would later branch out its story to focus on two core families.
Other Projects
Jacklyn played the role of Bobbie Spencer from 1977 to 2010, before taking a three year break; she returned to the soap in 2013, and has been with the show ever since. She has taken very few acting projects aside from the soap, but with the most notable being “National Lampoon’s Class Reunion” which was released during the 1980s. It is the third film based on the “National Lampoon” magazine, though the second to be released due to “National Lampoon Goes to the Movies” being delayed, leading to a change up in the release schedules.
Thanks to her performances, Jacklyn’s been nominated four times for a Daytime Emmy Award, including three for Outstanding Supporting Actress and one for Outstanding Lead Actress. She also won a Soap Opera Digest award for Favorite Villainess.
Aside from acting, she was the spokeswoman for Excedrin aspirin for most of the 1990s. In recent years she’s been a frequent collaborator on the Home Shopping Network, on which she is often seen presenting a signature line of jewelry. In recent years, she’s been putting all of her focus towards “General Hospital”, and the show remains relevant thanks to its conyinued popularity.
On set today @GeneralHospital #happyactress #lifeisgood pic.twitter.com/NihdKhdiVM
— Jackie Zeman (@JackieZeman) October 1, 2019
Personal Life
Zeman has been married three times, firstly to Murray Kaufman, a DJ better known as Murray the K. He was highly popular in the New York area from the 1950s to the 1970s, referring to himself as the fifth Beatle. Their marriage lasted from 1979 to 1981. Four years later she married Steve Gribbin, but they lasted just a year. Her last marriage was to Glenn Gorden – they were together from 1988 to 2007, and have two children together.
She is known for being close to many of the cast members and crew of “General Hospital” including a lot of their former cast members. She was a close friend of Shell Kepler who played Nurse Amy Vining, and delivered a eulogy during the actor’s funeral. She was also very close to actress Anna Lee, who played the matriarch Lila Quartermaine in the soap, paying a tribute to her prior to her death, expressing her admiration and love for her in several interviews. Jacklyn’s last known home was in Malibu, California, but in 2012 it was reported to be in foreclosure. It is not known if she continues to reside in the area.
General Info
Full Name | Jacklyn Zeman |
Profession | Actor |
Education | New York University |
Nationality | American |
Family
Spouse | Glenn Gorden, Steve Gribbin, Murray the K |
Children | Lacey Rose Gorden, Cassidy Zee Gorden |
Parents | Richard S. Zeman, Rita Zeman-Rohlman |
Accomplishments
Nominations | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
TV Shows | The Edge of Night |
Social profile links
Quotes
# | Quote |
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1 | [When asked if Anna Lee had been like a 'surrogate grandmother' to her on General Hospital (1963), from 1978 to 2003]: I have great respect and admiration for Anna Lee personally and professionally. She was always a pleasure to spend time with both on and off the set. I still think of her often and I feel blessed to have experienced her friendship and her amazing sense of humor. I miss her beautiful smiling face. |
2 | [Of Anna Lee]: Absolutely, she did! She was so beautiful and funny. Oh, my God, she was funny. She had a bawdy sense of humor. And of how many women, she stayed on that show for so many years, and well, well, well, with an older woman, which she was on, and still, they could shot her so tight with such beautiful close-ups, because, she had such [well, not only], a beautiful face, when she continued to having as she aged, but the beauty and the light within her, in her spirit, it just truly say, 'A Star Shines.' She is the perfect example of that! |
3 | [on her on- and off-screen chemistry with Anna Lee, who played Lila Quartermaine]: Anna Lee had the glamour, classiness and refinement that a star should have. I never addressed her other than 'AnnaLee,' all in one word. The biggest surprise about her was her earthy sense of humor. The language didn't match the beauty and the character of her grand dame of the show. Because she played Lila for so long, she felt protective of the character's image, as well as her personal image. Those of us who have been on the show for so long have many mutual memories - a birthday party, a divorce, a baby shower - we would tromp all over someone's house to celebrate and be together, just like a real family. Being Lila Quartermaine was being important to 'AnnaLee.' |
Facts
# | Fact |
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1 | Lived not too far from Jeanne Cooper, who was Anna Lee's best friend. |
2 | Attended Buddy Ebsen's 84th Birthday in 1992. |
3 | Appears in the infomercial, hosted by Jane Seymour, for Jane's "Natural Advantage" anti-aging system. |
4 | Acting protégé of Anna Lee and Rachel Ames. |
5 | Best known by the public for her role as Barbara 'Bobbie' Spencer, R.N., on General Hospital (1963). |
6 | Former Playboy bunny |
7 | Children: Cassidy Zee (16 September 1990) and Lacey Rose (15 July 1992) |
8 | Studied dance on a scholarship at New York University |
9 | Completed her high school studies at 15 |
Pictures
Movies
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Misguided | 2017 | TV Series | Mo |
The Bay | 2011-2017 | TV Series | Sofia Madison |
Deep in the Valley | 2009/II | Sonja Monia (uncredited) | |
The Mission | 2005 | Short | Kathryn |
Chicago Hope | 1994 | TV Series | Soap Nurse |
ABC Afterschool Specials | 1993 | TV Series | Julia Morrow Wheeler |
The Great American Sex Scandal | 1990 | TV Movie | Samantha |
Sledge Hammer! | 1987 | TV Series | Reporter Brianne O'Brian |
The New Mike Hammer | 1987 | TV Series | Amy Miller |
Class Reunion | 1982 | Jane Washburn | |
Young Doctors in Love | 1982 | Soap Cameos | |
The Day the Music Died | 1977 | Documentary | Samantha (as Jackie Zeman) |
Deep Throat Part II | 1974 | Office Girl (as Jackie Zeman) | |
One Life to Live | 1968 | TV Series | Lana McClain (1976-1977) (as Jackie Zeman) |
The Edge of Night | 1956 | TV Series | Bobbi (the stewardess) (1976) |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Battle of the Video Games | 1983 | TV Movie | Herself - Blue Team Member (as Jackie Zeman) |
Dance Fever | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
The Merv Griffin Show | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1979-1980 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Actress |
Dinah! | 1979 | TV Series | Herself |
Home & Family | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
Celebrity Ghost Stories | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
An Affair of the Heart | 2012 | Documentary | Herself |
Whatever Happened To? | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
The Florence Henderson Show | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - guest |
Catch 21 | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Contestant |
11th Annual Prism Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself |
SoapTalk | 2003-2006 | TV Series | Herself |
I Wanna Be a Soap Star | 2005 | TV Series | Herself (2005) |
The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
Daytime's Greatest Weddings | 2004 | Video documentary | Herself - Host |
Intimate Portrait | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
It's Christopher Lowell | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
TV's Most Memorable Weddings | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Family Feud | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1998-2002 | TV Series | Herself |
Lifestyle Magazine | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Disney's California Adventure TV Special | 2001 | TV Special | |
MADtv | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
Hollywood Squares | 2000 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Herself - Co-Presenter |
The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
Crook & Chase | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
The 22nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee |
50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration | 1994 | TV Movie | Herself |
The 20th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Herself |
One on One with John Tesh | 1992 | TV Series | Herself |
The Image Workshop | 1991 | TV Series | Host |
The Chuck Woolery Show | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
Donahue | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
The New Hollywood Squares | 1987-1989 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
Now You See It | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
Clipping Coupons for Fun and Profit | 1989 | Video short | Herself - Host |
Hour Magazine | 1987-1988 | TV Series | Herself |
Star's Table | 1986 | TV Series | Herself |
All Star Blitz | 1985 | TV Series | Herself |
Family Feud | 1985 | TV Series | Herself |
Awards
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1998 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | General Hospital (1963) |
1997 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | General Hospital (1963) |
1995 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | General Hospital (1963) |
1981 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a Daytime Drama Series | General Hospital (1963) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
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