Kristina & Jack
Taken from Wagner World
Jack and Kristina are two actors who gained bonafied star status on daytime television during the Big 80's. That star status made their every move newsworthy. Take a look back at all of the headline grabbing events in the lives of Jack and Kristina Wagner.November 1983 - Jack Wagner joins the cast of General Hospital. ABC holds a press conference touting him as the new GH heartthrob.
August 1984 - Kristina Malandro joins the cast of General Hospital as Felicia Jones, Frisco's future love interest.
January 1985 - Jack Wagner has a top 5 hit with the single "All I Need". This was the love song that Frisco Jones wrote for Tania Roskov
March 1985 - Jack Wagner receives his first Daytime Emmy Nomination
June 1987 - Jack Wagner leaves General Hospital to return to musical theater. He does national tours of "Grease" and "West Side Story".
December 1987 - Jack Wagner returns to General Hospital for 3 episodes. Three heart wrenching episodes
September 1988 - Kristina Malandro takes a hiatus from General Hospital only a few months after signing a new contract
January 1989 - Kristina Malandro returns to General Hospital after traveling the world and spending time in Africa. She asks the writers to interject a story about African Ivory Poachers as she joins the board of the African Wildlife Foundation.
June 1989 - Jack Wagner returns to his role of Frisco Jones.
January 1990 - Jack and Kristina leave GH for 6 weeks as Jack goes to Argentina to make his first feature film "Play Murder for Me".
February 1990 - Jack and Kristina announce the impending birth of their first child. This comes after years of speculation that the pair's relationship had become intimate
February 1990 - Kristina accepts a Genesis Award on behalf of General Hospital for her ivory poaching story.
September 4, 1990 - Peter John Wagner III is born.
June 1991 - Jack Wagner shocks the industry by leaving General Hospital to join the low rated Santa Barbara.
October 1991 - Kristina Malandro leaves General Hospital
May 1992 - Kristina Malandro returns to General Hospital
January 1993 - Santa Barbara goes off the air causing speculation that Frisco Jones would be returning to PC. However, Jack Wagner signs a development deal with Paramount
December 18, 1993 - Jack Wagner and Kristina Malandro wed in Lake Tahoe. She officially changes her surname to Wagner.
February 1994 - While starring the Neil Simon production "They're Playing Our Song", Jack announces that he will be returning to General Hospital for a brief period.
May 1994 - Jack Wagner returns to the role of Frisco Jones
May 1994 - Kristina Wagner officially confirms that she and Jack are expecting their second child.
August 1994 - Jack Wagner joins the cast of Melrose Place much to the chagrin of ABC.
November 1994 - Jack Wagner reprises his role of Frisco Jones for 3 episodes.
December 1, 1994 - Harrison Hale Wagner is born
February 1995 - Kristina Wagner finally wins a SOD award after years of nominations
May 1995 - Jack Wagner returns for another brief stint on General Hospital
June 1995 - Jack and Kristina host the first installment of "Weddings Of Lifetime" for Lifetime Television. They go on to host 3 more through May 1996.
March 1996 - Jack's television movie "Frequent Flyer" is a ratings hit beating out The People's Choice Awards.
May 1996 - Jack takes on the first time task of producing and starring ( in a dual role) in the television movie "Echo".
May 1997 - A bored Kristina takes a three-month hiatus from GH as part of her agreement to stay with the show for another year.
June 1997 - Jack and Kristina co-chair AMFAR's Boathouse Rock event in Central Park with k.d. Lang.
November 1997 - Jack returns to music for one night to perform in a Veteran's Day benefit concert with "Ally McBeal" songbird Vonda Shepard.
February 1998 - Jack and Kristina serve as Grand Marshals for Mardi Gras' Endymion Parade along with Ian Ziering of "90210" and Jerry Springer.
May 1998 - Jack co-hosts the Miss Universe Pageant with "Entertainment Tonight's" Julie Moran.