| Patty Williams | |||||||||||||||||
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| Stacy Haiduk as Patty Williams (2009) | |||||||||||||||||
| The Young and the Restless | |||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Tammy Taylor (1980) Lilibet Stern (1980–1983) Andrea Evans (1983–1984) Tammy Barr (2009, flashbacks) Stacy Haiduk (2009–2010, 2011-) |
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| Duration | 1980–1984, 2009–2010, 2011–present | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | February 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Pattycake (by Paul as a child) |
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| Aliases | Mary Jane Benson (2009; 2010) Dr. Emily Peterson Abbott (2010) Myrna Murdock (2011-) |
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| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Housekeeper of Genevieve Atkinson Former Head of Public Relations at Jabot Cosmetics Consultant for Restless Style magazine/webzine |
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| Residence | McMillan Estate (as Genevieve Atkinson's live-in housekeeper) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lilibet Stern as Patty Williams (1982) | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrea Evans as Patty Williams (1984) | |||||||||||||||||
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Patricia Ann "Patty" Williams (formerly Abbott) is a fictional character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by originating actress Tammy Taylor briefly in 1980 before Lilibet Stern took over the role from 1980 to 1983[1] and by Andrea Evans from 1983 to October 1984.[2] The character returned on February 10, 2009 after a 25-year absence,[3] portrayed by Stacy Haiduk, operating under the alias Mary Jane Benson.[4] Haiduk was let go from the series in 2010[5], but it was confirmed in October 2011 that Haiduk will return in the following weeks[6]. She appeared on-screen on October 24, 2011, under the alias Myrna Murdock, Genevieve Atkinson's housekeeper.
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In the early 1980s, Patty falls in love with Jabot heir Jack Abbott,[7] much to her parents' disapproval.[8][9] A jealous Jill Foster then confesses to Patty that she and Jack have been secret lovers. A furious Jack fires Jill from Jabot. Patty then accepts a date from Danny Romalotti.
Patty eventually leaves Danny and becomes involved with Jack again. Patty's father, Carl, tries to break up the union, and Jack retaliates by marrying Patty in June 1982.[7][8] Patty soon becomes suspicious that Jack is only interested in her for sex. Jack, meanwhile, begins seeing Diane Jenkins behind Patty's back. When Patty catches Jack and Diane together in his office, she is so traumatized that she trips over a plant in the lobby and miscarries.[7][8] When Patty recovers, she tells Jack she wants another child.[8] Later she overhears Jack telling Jill of his plans to have a vasectomy, and that he only married Patty so that his father, John, would make him president of Jabot. This sends Patty over the edge and she arrives at Jack's office with a loaded gun to kill herself in front of Jack.[8] Jack admits to Patty that he has been cruel to her, and begs her not to shoot herself, but to shoot him. Patty shoots Jack three times.[7][8]
Patty temporarily loses all memory of the shooting.[7] Jack survives and is paralyzed in a hospital bed for some time.[8] Patty's father Carl is the police detective in charge of finding Jack's attacker and becomes convinced Jill has done it. Only Jack knows that Patty shot him. After the truth comes out, Jack refuses to press charges and attempts to reconcile with her.[8] Patty decides to divorce him.[7][8] She then becomes involved again with Danny. However, Danny soon marries a pregnant Traci Abbott, even though he's not the father, to give the child a name. Traci tells Patty that the marriage is only temporary until the baby is born and they will get a divorce. As the pregnancy progresses, Traci begins to fall in love with Danny and when Patty confronts her, she accidentally causes Traci to fall down the stairs and miscarry. Seeing no future with Danny, who blames her, Patty leaves town.
Patty returns to town in 2009 after a 25-year absence, operating under the alias Mary Jane Benson. Flashback scenes in Mary Jane Benson's dreams of young Patty reveal that she is indeed Patty Williams. Victor Newman paid for Patty to undergo plastic surgery to look like her psychiatrist, Emily Peterson, in order to infiltrate Jabot and get close to Jack. Victor's plan backfires as Patty becomes unstable and commits a number of illegal acts in her pursuit of Jack. Patty goes into hiding after causing Summer Newman to have an allergic reaction to peanuts in an attempt to keep Phyllis Newman away from Jack. While in hiding, Patty takes Colleen Carlton hostage. In an effort to escape, Colleen gets into a boat and rows away, only to fall into the water. Victor and Jack corner Patty in the woods and attempt to save Colleen. Patty shoots Victor before being taken to a mental institution. Colleen eventually dies.
Emily Peterson arrives in Genoa City to treat Patty. Jack is initially hostile towards her because of her resemblance to Patty, but they eventually fall in love and plan to marry. When Patty discovers this, Patty retaliates by knocking Emily out and takes her place at the wedding, leaving Emily in her cell at the mental institution. Patty struggles to keep others from discovering the truth about the switch, but her erratic behavior makes Jack and Phyllis suspicious. Jack discovers the truth after finding Patty's diary. To keep up the facade, she once again switches places with Emily, right before Jack gets to the mental institution. The ruse fails, and Jack attempts to reunite with Emily.
In 2010, Victor's devious son Adam Newman was believed to be killed, but it eventually turned out that the man, who burned in a fire was Richard Hightower, who had Adam's DNA because of a transplant from him. After Adam is the prime suspect in Hightower's murder case, it's believed that it was indeed Patty who killed Hightower, believing that he's Adam. She has vivid memories of the night and remembers specific details on how she stabbed Richard. Patty was also responsible for the gas leak at the Masquerade ball and the explosion that occurred right after.
On July 26, 2010, with the help of her diary, Patty realized she didn't kill Richard Hightower, however, Adam snuck into the mental institution to once again mess with Patty's mind in making her believe she did kill Richard Hightower and switched notes in her diary while Patty was asleep. When Patty awoke, Adam convinced her he was Hightower and led her out of the mental institution through the vents and sent her off to Canada to become a nun and convinced her to never return to Genoa City.
On August 6, 2010, Patty called Paul saying that she wasn't going to return to Genoa City and that she loves him. Paul later informed Emily and Jack that she called him and traced the call to somewhere in South America. Patty was last seen with red hair flirting with a man named Alejandro, and she suggested that he call her Mary Jane and him Jack.
In August 2011, a mystery guest appears outside the Abbott mansion, where Diane Jenkins is trying to seduce Jack. The mysterious person was rumored to be Nikki Newman, as she disappeared from rehab. Diane is murdered only hours later. In October, someone is texting from the phone of detective Ronan Malloy to confront the suspects in Diane's murder.
During an explosion at the home of Genevieve Atkinson, her housekeeper Myrna Murdock is found with burns in her face. The woman is later shown with a cat tattoo on her leg. As Jack appears to be good friends with Genevieve, kissing her on the cheek, Myrna is seen upset. Meanwhile, Genevieve feels terrible over what happened to Myrna and promises to take care of her. While having her face bandaged, Jack tries to talk to Myrna, but she wouldn't answer him. As she later reveals her face to Genevieve it's seen that Myrna is in fact Patty.
It is later revealed that Patty made a film to taunt the 9 suspects in the murder of Diane, as well as individually torturing Ashley Abbott and Nick Newman.
Since then, Patty has remained under the alias Myrna Murdock, working for Genevieve, who is now dating Jack. Patty attempts to break them up several times, such as poisoning their meals on Thanksgiving. When Jack proposed to Genevieve on December 16, 2011 and she accepted, Patty later went ballistic, and ripped the blanket that Jack and Genevieve had sex on to pieces. She was later seen sewing a pillow that read, "Alcohol doesn't get you drunk, bartenders do." Afterward, she tossed it into the nearby fireplace. It is then revealed that perhaps Patty sewed all the pillows that were left in Diane's room at the Genoa City Athletic Club the night of her murder.
On December 30, Patty snuck into Gloworm on New Year's Eve to spy on Jack and Genevieve. Later on, she poisons their glasses of champagne, and Jack begins to feel extremely tired. Genevieve brings him home to rest, where "Myrna" then creates a diversion causing Genevieve to leave. While gone, Patty gets into bed with Jack and starts talking to him. When Jack wakes up, Patty is gone and her cat is lying next to him. He thinks the whole ordeal was a dream.