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Victoria Rowell
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Dru & Neil's Japanese Wedding.
Portrayed Drucilla Winters
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| Birthday: --- MAY, 10 1959 Birthplace: --- PORTLAND, MA Where she grew up: --- Where she lives now: --- |
| Family/relationships: ---[From Wikipedia:] Rowell was born in Portland, Maine. Her biological mother, Dorothy Rowell, was Caucasian and a Mayflower descendant. Her father was African-American. Rowell knew very little about her father. Dorothy, who suffered from schizophrenia, took a taxi to a hospital to give birth to Rowell, leaving a son and two small daughters unsupervised. When she was 16 days old, Rowell, along with her two sisters, Sheree and Lori, was surrendered to child services. |
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| What she's doing now: --- BOOK TOUR (LAST KNOWN) "THE WOMAN WHO RAISED ME" |
| Fascinating facts: [From Wikipedia:] While living in Maine with foster mother Agatha Armstead, Rowell, then eight, began ballet lessons. She received a Ford Foundation scholarship to study at the Cambridge school of ballet. At 17, Rowell received scholarships to the School of American Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre and the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She also became a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, which is primarily composed of African-American women. After dancing with the American Ballet Theatre II and the Juilliard School of Music Dance Extension program with Anthony Tudor, Rowell accepted guest artist teaching posts in New England |
Acting bio (tv, movies, stage, awards, etc):
Television: Dru came into Y&R in 1990
As a spitfire runaway, teenager, who was very quickly was noticed. Within months of her arrival. She was a real mouth for Y&R she brought the streets to the show.
she was cast as street urchin-turned-fashion model Drucilla Barber. Rowell became a fan favorite and was nominated for three Daytime Emmy awards in 1996, 1997 and 1998. She won 10 NAACP Image Awards for her portrayal of Drucilla. Rowell's first run as Drucilla was from 1990 to 1998. She briefly returned in 2000, then returned on a permanent basis from 2002 until early 2007.
Rowell also played Dr. Amanda Bentley on Diagnosis: Murder, prior to replacing Cynthia Gibb. For much of Rowell's stint on Diagnosis: Murder, she was working on that show and on The Young and the Restless simultaneously. (One episode of Diagnosis Murder centered around murder on the set of The Young and the Restless; Rowell was featured as both Amanda and Drucilla in that episode.)
Rowell's departure from Y&R in April 2007 generated some media coverage and controversy. Rowell expressed her anger about backstage politics at the show, and in particular, how those events impacted her and prevented her from being nominated for a Daytime Emmy. Rowell also indicated that she felt the African-American presence on the show was fading. Rowell told TVGuide.com, "Even iron bends".[5] Sony Pictures Television, which produces Y&R, ordered Lynn Marie Latham to kill off Drucilla Barber Winters to prevent the character - and actress - from migrating to CBS Daytime sister show The Bold and the Beautiful, as other departing
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| puddincs | still miss Dru very much | 0 | Jan 27 2009, 12:03 PM EST by puddincs | ||
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Thread started: Jan 27 2009, 12:03 PM EST
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Please bring back Dru. The way she left the show; you could very well bring her back as"falling off the cliff and hitting her head and losing her memory. She was a bright spot to the soap.
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| SPRI1123CP | Please bring Dru back | 2 | Dec 6 2008, 9:21 AM EST by fabulouslady | ||
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Thread started: Dec 5 2008, 8:02 PM EST
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You need to bring Dru back. When she had fell she might of end up somewhere else and she might of been in a coma. Bring her back by New Years.
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| gollygeewiz | Blue without Dru! | 13 | Apr 7 2008, 10:16 AM EDT by Suwie | ||
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Thread started: Nov 1 2007, 2:44 AM EDT
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Drucilla Winters needs to return from her watery grave- like yesterday! She has breathed life into the show for so many years- there was never a dull moment with Drucilla always just a few scenes away. I miss Dru!
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