Mamie then provided support to her nieces, as Drucilla worked her way up from the Jabot mailroom to fashion model. Mamie convinced John to let Drucilla stay with her in the servants quarters for the time being, while Olivia came into town to work as a doctor at Genoa City Memorial Hospital. Drucilla had run away from her home as a teenager and suddenly showed up at Mamie's door. Mamie remained a supporting character to the Abbott family until the 1990 introduction of her nieces Drucilla and Olivia Barber. Mamie also provided support to the Abbott family during John's brief 1988-89 marriage to the AIDS-stricken Jessica Blair Grainger, and when John had a heart attack after learning that Victor Newman had taken over the Abbott's Jabot Cosmetics in 1989. Along with the three Abbott children, Mamie disapproved of John's 1982 marriage to Jill Foster, and tried to keep a sharp eye on his second wife until they divorced in 1986. She served as the nanny to the three Abbott children, Jack, Ashley, Traci, when they were growing up after patriarch John Abbott separated from his first wife Dina. Mamie was introduced in 1982 as the Abbott family's loyal housekeeper. Mamie was the series first regular African American character. Redd departed the series on September 28, 1995, but returned from Apto Septemand again in 2023. The role originated on April 1, 1982, and was portrayed by Marguerite Ray, who was replaced in 1990 by Veronica Redd, who debuted on May 16, 1990. Mamie Johnson is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
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