<Tr> <Th> Sisters </Th> <Td> Lillie Belle Barber </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nieces </Th> <Td> Olivia Barber Drucilla Barber </Td> </Tr> <P> Mamie Johnson is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless . The role was originated in 1980 by Marguerite Ray, who was replaced in 1990 by Veronica Redd . Redd departed the series in 1995, and returned from 1999 to 2004 . Mamie was the series' first regular African American character . </P> <P> Jabot Cosmetics founder, John Abbott, was left alone to raise his three adolescent children when his wife Dina Mergeron left him . The Abbott children were mostly raised by long - time family maid, Mamie Johnson, whom they thought of as their mother . </P>

Who played mamie on the young and the restless