Rose DeVille

Rose DeVille was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera, "The Young and the Restless", portrayed by the late actress Darlene Conley from 1979 to 1980 and again in 1986 to 1987, returning briefly in 2000.

Character's background

Rose DeVille had a modeling agency that was really a front for drugs and prostitution. An unwitting young Nikki Reed (Melody Thomas Scott) signed on and became entangled in the death of a business man named Walter Addison. She later ran a home for unwed mothers while operating a black-market baby ring. She took in a teenage Nina Webster (Tricia Cast) under her wing, later abandoning her on the delivery table and kidnapping her son. Nina was led to believe the baby was stillborn. Eventually, Nina learned the truth. She confronted Rose at gunpoint and demanded her baby. Rose took Nina to the home of the family that had adopted Nina's baby. When Nina saw how happy the baby was with his new family, she decided to leave him there. She let Rose go, who was never seen on the show again. But, the episode haunted Nina on and off over the years. At times it was suggested Nina may attempt to locate her son, but this never happened. She wrote a book which was loosely based on this experience. Nina occasionally had flashbacks about the ordeal, which featured Rose. Rose last appeared in a flashback scene in 2000. The character Nina left the show soon thereafter.