Actress Bluesy Burke leaves General Hospital for Vassar College

Actress Bluesy Burke is leaving the long-running ABC daytime soap opera ‘General Hospital’ to attend Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Burke, 18, portrays the character Charlotte Cassadine.

In the show’s storyline, the character has been written off to attend a boarding school in Maine. However, Executive Producer Frank Valentini and Burke have indicated that her departure is not permanent. Burke intends to reprise her role during school breaks and holidays.