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The Young and the Restless CAST - Traci Abbott Carlton Connolly
Full detailed profile on Traci Abbott Carlton Connolly Played by Beth Maitland on The Young and the Restless Daytime Soap Opera.
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Traci Abbott Carlton Connolly
Actor: Beth Maitland Who played Traci Abbott Carlton Connolly over the yearsBeth Maitland (1982-1996; 1999; May 2001 - present) Useful information on Traci Abbott Carlton Connolly* Married to Steve Connolly. |
CURRENT & PAST OCCUPATION
Current: Best-selling Author
Past: Singer in Danny Romalotti's band
TRACI ABBOTT CARLTON CONNOLLY'S HISTORY
Traci arrived back in Genoa City from boarding school in 1982. Having always felt inferior to her old sister Ashley, Traci grew up very insecure.
Her first bout of love came after being the fan club president to rock star Danny Romalotti. Just when Traci got the opportunity to sing with Danny, she found herself fighting for his affection with the beautiful Lauren Fenmore. In fact, most of Traci's life was spent feeling rejected. After she fell for Professor Tim Sullivan, Traci was so depressed after finding him in bed with another woman that she attempted suicide!
Shortly after Traci fell in love with the Abbott's gardener, Brad Carlton. As her luck would have it, Brad's bitter ex-wife Lisa came to town and kidnapped Brad! Kept in a cage, Lauren Fenmore came across Brad, but in an attempt to save him she was captured, too! Fortunately, just as Lisa was leaving the scene, Traci's brother Jack came in and rescued Brad and Lauren. During Brad's absence, thinking that he had abandoned her, Traci had filed for divorce. After finding out that Traci was pregnant with his child, Brad remarried her. However, even after Colleen was born, their marriage continued to falter and Traci ended up taking Colleen to NY, divorcing Brad and marrying Steve Connelly. For many years, Colleen would grow up referring to Steve as her father and to Brad as a visitor.
Traci finally found her calling after she wrote and published her first novel "Echoes of the Past," then went on to write a second "Epitaph for a Lover."
After discovering that Steve had cheated on her, Traci briefly moved back to Genoa City to sort out her life. Despite her daughter's objection, she forgave Steve and moved back to New York with an angry Colleen in tow. When Colleen began acting out through broken curfews and marijuana smoking, Traci sent her back to GC to live with her father John Abbott.
Although Traci hasn't made many visits back to town since, she did return to Genoa City in 2006 when John was sent to prison for the murder of Tom Fisher and later left her book tour to come back when he died from a massive stroke right before being released from prison. Having a difficult time handling her father's death, Traci left town soon after the funeral.
Traci has recently made a trip to Genoa City for a Jabot shareholder meeting, and met with Ashley, Jack, and Billy in New York to discuss Jack's plan to bring the company back into the Abbott family's control.
PAST MARRIAGES
Danny Romalotti (annulled)
Brad_Carlton (divorced - first time)
Brad_Carlton (divorced - second time)
FLINGS & RELATIONSHIPS
Danny Romalotti
Tim Sullivan
Brad_Carlton
Steve Connolly
RELATIVES
John Abbott (father - deceased)
Dina Abbott Mergeron (mother)
Jack Abbott (brother)
Ashley Abbott (half-sister)
Sharon Collins Newman Abbott (sister-in-law)
Billy Abbott (half-brother)
Robert Abbott (grandfather - deceased)
Keemo Volien Abbott (nephew)
Kyle Jenkins (nephew)
Abby Carlton (niece)
Robert Carlton (nephew - deceased)
CHILDREN
Colleen Carlton (daughter with Brad Carlton)
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RELATED DAILY UPDATES
Thursday, November 20 2008: A Good Day For a Haunting!
At the Abbott house, in the dining room, Jack rips into Ashley for taking up with Victor again. Traci comes into the room, just as Ashley wryly says she always looks forward to breakfast with the family! Ashley tells Jack that they have been having the same conversation for twenty years! Traci begs for a pleasant breakfast. They call a truce, just as Billy walks in. He says he can't stay - he needs to go to Katherine's will reading. Gloria and Jeffrey pass through the room and ask if he wants to carpool! Jack raises an eyebrow, saying, "You're in Katherine's will too?!" Billy notes that Kay had a great sense of humor. He leaves, and Jack proposes a toast to John. Suddenly, John appears to Traci. He tells her she made all the right choices - especially leaving Genoa City and making a great life for herself. Traci then tells Jack and Ashley that if John were there he would be so proud of them! They discuss Colleen and Abby. Ash says Abby loves London. John's ghost then appears to Ashley. He tells her he is worried about her being involved with Victor again. She admits she's worried too, but notes that he's Abby's father and the man she's loved half of her life. John warns her to be careful, and to do what's best for herself and Abby. Jack wants to discuss the holidays - he wants a full house this year. The girls start talking about their plans, when John appears to Jack. He says he notices that Sharon isn't at the family breakfast - he urges Jack to figure out what he really wants. Traci and Ashley go to leave, and Jack says goodbye, stopping Ash to say that he'll always be there for her, no matter what happens with the mustache!
Wednesday, November 19 2008: Dream Big!
Brad and Traci sit at the bar area in the GCAC. He rehashes what happened at Jabot, and she tells him he needs something to be passionate about in his life. She then asks how his love life is going. He says he basically doesn't have one. When she probes, he says there was one very special woman, but pursuing her isn't an option. Traci says she hopes that he finds the best woman ever. In a chair nearby, Phyllis listens to Brad's confession, knowing he's talking about Sharon, and narrows her eyes as she thinks.
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