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Drucilla Winters (née Barber) is a fictional character that appeared on the CBS soap opera The...

Drucilla Winters (née Barber) is a fictional character that appeared on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Victoria Rowell portrayed the character from 1990 to April 6, 2007 (she departed the show in 1998, returned briefly in 2000 and then returned again in August 2002). She was temporarily replaced by Dawn McMillan in 1996 and by Kent Masters King in 2000. Drucilla "Dru" Barber runs away from home as a teenager, due to her problematic relationship with her mother, Lillie Belle, (Norma Donaldson) and goes to stay with her aunt Mamie Johnson (Veronica Redd) who is a housekeeper for Jabot Cosmetics founder John Abbott, Sr. In doing so, she sacrifices her opportunity for a promising career as a ballerina. Drucilla is illiterate, but is taught to read by private detective Nathan Hastings, who later marries and fathers a child by Dru's successful physician sister Olivia. Drucilla eventually marries Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John), but only after many trials and mistakes. One such misstep, is posing nude for Sensuality magazine, though Jill Abbott (Jess Walton) discovers and destroys the film. Over time, Dru eventually evolves into a glamorous model. In 1994, after marrying