Marguerite Ray, the first actress to play Mamie Johnson on CBS' long-running soap The Young and the Restless, has died. She was 89.
Ray died on Nov. 18 in Los Angeles according to a death notice in theEast Bay Times. Born in New Orleans, Ray began her acting career in the 1960s after spending time in Europe.
She is best known for The Young and the Restless, taking on the role of Mamie Johnson in 1980 and played the character until 1990.
In playing Mamie, the nanny whoraised the Abbott children, Ray became the first Black performer to be a series regular on the show.
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