Victoria Rowell

actress, creator and host of the podcast “Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva”

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The soap opera “The Young and the Restless” has been a staple of daytime television since the early 1970s.

Daytime soap operas: Victoria Rowell pushed for more diversity among staff and faced retaliation

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