‘General Hospital’ star Elizabeth MacRae dead at 88
nypost.comCity View.“She had a wonderful life,” said her nephew Jim MacRae. “She was bright and articulate. She was still getting fan mail at Highland House.”Mayon Weeks, who inducted MacRae into the Fayetteville Performing Arts Hall of Fame, gushed over the late star’s talent. “Elizabeth had the ‘X factor’ that is an important part of being a performer,” he told City View. “She did ‘light up the room’ when she was present, and that theatrical presence was in full bloom when she starred in the play, ‘Picnic,’ at Cape Fear Regional Theatre.
A warm and delightful person to be with, and an engaging performer in film and on stage. A treasured daughter of our Fayetteville community.”MacRae was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and grew up in Fayetteville.
After graduating from Holton-Arms School in Washington, DC, she auditioned for Otto Preminger’s production of “Saint Joan” in Atlanta, Georgia, but she didn’t get the part.
Still, MacRae wanted to pursue acting so she moved to New York City and landed her first TV role playing a courtroom witness in CBS’ “The Verdict Is Yours” in 1958.
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