Hollywood actress, Barbara Tarbuck, who starred in General Hospital, died at 74 Monday following a battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, according to her daughter, producer Jennifer Lane Connolly. She  died in her Los Angeles home.


Tarbuck's 14-year run on the ABC soap, from 1996 until 2010, was that of Lady Jane Jacks, the mother of Jax Jacks.

She also had regular roles on two other soap operas during the 1980s, CBS's Falcon Crest and NBC's Santa Barbara.