Victoria Rowell Net Worth

Victoria Rowell's Quotes

• As you know, I've had more than 14 years of daytime drama experience beyond The Young and the Restless, but that is the most iconic role that I played in daytime, as Drucilla Winters. I very quickly saw the disparity for African-Americans not only in front but behind the camera and was very active in diversity in the genre of daytime drama television.
• I was introduced to her [Myrna Colley-Lee's] literacy organization many years ago and was invited to Mississippi. I had the great honor of collaborating. I was invited to the local high school, and I spoke and I was taken to the SonEdna art center. I'm also involved in literacy. The high incidence of illiteracy in the South and teen pregnancy, I absolutely wanted to make Mississippi a part of the story. Besides that, the historical civil rights aspects of Mississippi. To me, it all matters. It all collides. It all has to matter. In my opinion, to live a full, bountiful, abundant and give-back life, you have to know the history. You've got to look back to move forward.
• Being Emmy-nominated is hugely a part of my story and my imprint as an actress. I've worked in Hollywood over 25 years with the likes of Sam Jackson to Eddie Murphy to Will Smith. I've worked with Mario Van Peebles. I've worked with Forest Whitaker, Dick Van Dyke, Jim Carrey, lots of incredible actors, black and white. Roc Dutton, Robert Townsend and, of course, Shemar Moore. Today, my highest achievement is being owner, creator, executive producer, director and co-writer and actor of ... and in The Rich and the Ruthless.

Interesting Facts about Victoria Rowell

1. Rowell, who was a foster child, founded the Rowell Foster Children's Fine Arts Scholarship Fund, which provides ballet classes for foster children.
2. A professional dancer since the age of 17, Rowell received scholarships to the School of American Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre and the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She later went on to dance with the American Ballet Theatre II.
3. During the first few years of the run of Diagnosis Murder (1993), Rowell not only appeared on that show but also continued her long running role of "Drucilla" on The Young and the Restless (1973).
4. Is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated
5. Rowell made the decision to use the name "Victoria Rowell" rather than her birth name of "Vicki Lynn Rowell" at the behest of management agents Millie Spencer & Irene Kerney.
6. Best-known by the public for her long-running role as "Drucilla Winters" on The Young and the Restless (1973) and as Dr. Amanda Bentley on Diagnosis Murder (1993).
7. Her acting mentor is Dick Van Dyke.
8. Release of her book, "The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir". [2007]
9. Has signed a new contract with The Young and the Restless (1973). [September 2005]
10. Gave birth to her 1st child, a daughter Maya Fahey, with her now ex-1st husband, Tom Fahey. [1989]
11. Was in a relationship with Wynton Marsalis from 1990 to 1997. They have a son together.
12. Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 36, a son Jasper Armstrong Marsalis on December 26, 1995. Child's father is her now ex-boyfriend, Wynton Marsalis.
13. Her 2nd husband of 4 years Radcliffe Bailey filed for divorce from her. [January 2014]
14. Her The Young and the Restless (1973) series' lead, Jeanne Cooper appeared on an episode on Diagnosis Murder (1993), which featured Rowell, herself, and Dick Van Dyke.
15. As an actress, she was highly influenced by Dick Van Dyke.
16. Credits Dick Van Dyke as her favorite acting mentor/best friend.
17. As a two-year-old girl, she was a huge fan of The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), that starred Dick Van Dyke. Several years when that show went off the air, she auditioned for and won the role of Van Dyke's medical partner/pathologist on Diagnosis Murder (1993), replacing Cynthia Gibb in the role, in the television series.
18. Actor/singer/comedian and former game show host Dick Van Dyke took her under his wing, when she was 34.
19. Rowell attended the wedding of her acting mentor's Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver's in 2012.