A Look At General Hospital's Genie Francis & Hallmark's Jonathan Frakes' Decades Of Romance

On May 28, 1988, Genie Francis and Jonathan Frakes got married. He had just started playing Commander Will Riker on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in 1987, and so the officiant couldn't help but use the joke, "You're going on a voyage where no man has gone before," according to Soap Hub. Soon after, Francis was living in New York, where she was busy playing Ceara Connor Hunter on "All My Children" from 1990 to 1992 and working on theatrical plays. A long-distance relationship can be difficult for some couples, but not for these two.

When Francis reprised her role as Laura on "General Hospital" in 1993, she moved back to California, and the happy couple had two children: a son, Jameson Ivor, and a daughter, Elizabeth Francis. Ivor was the name of Francis' father who died two years prior to her wedding to Frakes. Eventually, the couple left Los Angeles for Belfast, Maine, where Francis ran a store called The Cherished Home, a gift and home décor shop.

Frakes had partially moved away from acting to become a director, getting his start in the third season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and moving on to direct other TV shows and films. The couple was quasi-retired, so he was very picky about the jobs he chose. After a time, they moved back to California and bought a stunning mansion in Woodland Hills for $2.78 million, according to the Baltimore Sun.