years_active children birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
1977 & ndash ; 2005 marion henderson washington , d.c. , u.s. 8 august 1948 veronica redd
 veronica redd actress , acting coach
veronica redd

veronica redd -lrb- born august 8 , 1948 -rrb- is an american actress who played the recurring character of mamie johnson on `` the young and the restless '' .
she is the second actress to play the role , having taken over from marguerite .
redd played the role from 1990 to 1995 , and again from 1999 to 2004 .
in her first hollywood acting role , also her first tv series appearance , redd appeared on the cbs-tv sitcom `` the jeffersons '' in a transgender role as edie stokes , formerly eddie , george jefferson 's old navy buddy former best friend , whom , to his disbelief , has had a sex change , in the season 4 episode titled `` once a friend '' .
