Cassie Newman
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Cassidy Ann "Cassie" Newman was a fictional character
on the CBS
soap opera
The Young and the Restless
.Camryn Grimes
originated the role on March 19, 1997 until the character's death on May 24, 2005, and appearing in a few separate occasions since 2005 as a ghost.
Camryn's performances made her winning a Daytime Emmy for her work in 2000, becoming the youngest winner to get a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
, at age 10, beating Kimberly McCullough
who won at age 11.
Grimes was credited in 2009 as the medium's most talented younger actresses right up until the end, and her character's death is named no.41 in the list of The 100 Most Memorable Moments In Soap History, both recognitions by Soaps Hunks.
(Jennifer Gareis
) decided to track Cassie down, as it was believed that Sharon and Nicholas Newman
's (Joshua Morrow
) newborn son, Noah
was going to die. Cassie had been adopted by a woman named Alice Johnson (Tamara Clatterbuck), who had abandoned Cassie, leaving her with her frail, elderly mother, Millie (Ernestine Mercer). Grace pleaded with Millie to let her return Cassie to her birth mother, Sharon. Millie reluctantly agreed, realizing that Sharon could give the child a better life than she ever could.
However, Noah survived, and Grace decided to keep Cassie and raise her indefinitely with her boyfriend Tony (then played by Nick Scotti
). Sharon met Cassie, but was unaware that she was her daughter. After well over a year, Tony pressed Grace to tell Sharon the truth. She did, and Cassie was eventually returned to Sharon and adopted by Nick. Cassie had a relatively normal, happy childhood, with the exception of almost drowning in a frozen pond at age eleven.
In 2003, when Cassie was twelve, her biological father, Frank Barritt showed up out of the blue. At Fenmore's boutique, Sharon was caught by surprise by him and he then saw Cassie. Frank smiled and politely said hello to Cassie and said she was a very pretty girl. Cassie ran into Frank again at the Crimson Lights and Frank politely asked her how her life was going. Cassie, getting creeped out, left. Nick, believing Frank might be after money(on account that Cassie was part of a wealthy family)went to Crimson Lights and confronted him. Nick pointed out that Frank never wanted anything do with Cassie before. Frank said that he was concerned when he read about Cassie almost drowning in that frozen pond and insisted that he didn't want money. Frank insisted that he was not the same guy he was when he walked out on Sharon and just wanted to get to know his daughter. Nick gave Frank a strong warning to stay away from Cassie. Cassie constantly asked Nick and Sharon who Frank was, but all they would tell her was Frank was someone Sharon knew a long time ago. It had later been discovered that Frank had been murdered by a man named Cameron Kirsten. Cameron had killed Frank and tried to make it look like Sharon had done it. It was all a plot of Cameron's to put Sharon in prison. However, it was proven that Cameron, not Sharon had murdered Frank. Nick and Sharon learned that on the night Frank was murdered, Frank had an appointment with a lawyer to discuss his rights about having a relationship with Cassie, but never showed up. Nick and Sharon finally told Cassie that Frank was her biological father. It really upset Cassie because it now made sense to her why Frank was being so nice to her that day at Crimson Lights and why he was looking at her so strange, he was looking at her the way a FATHER would! Cassie(with tears in her eyes) knew that Frank didn't want anything to do with her at first but it seemed to her that Frank may have changed his mind. Cassie was upset knowing that now she'll never get to know him or if she's anything like him. Nick and Sharon apologized to Cassie for keeping her father away from her. Although, Cassie was upset about Frank, she said that Nick would always be her REAL father.
In 2005, Cassie turned fourteen, developed a crush on Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei
) (who was two years her senior) and yearned to be one of the "popular kids" at school, so she began to socialize with the older teens; Daniel, Lily Winters
(Christel Khalil
), Colleen Carlton
(then Lyndsy Fonseca
), Devon Hamilton
(Bryton James), and Sierra Hoffman (Asia Ray Smith
). All five of them laughed behind Cassie's back at her attempts to act "mature" (drinking coffee; skipping classes; being rude to her mother).
Cassie sneaked out to a party late at night, under the pretense of going to a movie with her friend Ali (Agina Alvarez). There, she found a drunken Daniel passed out in the back of his car and clearly unable to drive home. She then got into his car and decided to drive him home herself (despite being under-age and without a license)and having little driving experience. She crashed the car, injuring herself and, to a lesser extent, Daniel. The two were rushed to hospital with no memory of the crash, and it was believed that Daniel had been driving drunk. A severely injured Cassie remembered that she had been driving and staggered out of the hospital to find him. She found him with Lily at Crimson Lights, but was barely able to speak. She collapsed and was rushed back to hospital, where she later died after whispering the partial truth about the accident to Nick.
After her death, Cassie appeared on multiple occasions to Nick (and once to Sharon) as a hallucination or spirit. During one of his visits to his son Jack, the late John Abbott
relayed a message from Cassie for Sharon as well—confirming that Cassie's spirit was alive and well.
In May 2009, she visits her mom in a dream saying she will have a baby girl and to just have faith, but in a twisted way her mom's future boyfriend Adam made Sharon and everyone else believe the baby was stillborn when he gave her to Ashley Abbott
.
Now Sharon and Nick hope she is looking after her baby sister in heaven. Several episodes later, she returns to Sharon admitting that Faith Newman
was alive and that her uncle, Adam fooled her into believing that Faith was stillborn and dead. While the baby was in fact with Ashley Newman. Adam had blackmailed the doctor into lying to both Ashley and Sharon.
In 2010, Cassie pays Sharon a visit Once again. After Cassie Telling her that she will have her daughter in her arms, Sharon is reunited with Faith, but Ashley is devastated.
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on the CBS
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The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
.Camryn Grimes
Camryn Grimes
Camryn Elizabeth Grimes is an American actress.-Life and career:Camryn is the daughter of Preston Lee and Heather Grimes. Camryn has six siblings, four sisters and two brothers...
originated the role on March 19, 1997 until the character's death on May 24, 2005, and appearing in a few separate occasions since 2005 as a ghost.
Camryn's performances made her winning a Daytime Emmy for her work in 2000, becoming the youngest winner to get a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series has been given every year at the Daytime Emmys since the 12th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony in 1985. The award category was originally called the Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series...
, at age 10, beating Kimberly McCullough
Kimberly McCullough
Kimberly Anne McCullough is an American actress, dancer, and director. She is best known for her longtime role as Robin Scorpio on the soap opera General Hospital, a role which she originated at the age of 7, playing the character from 1985-1996...
who won at age 11.
Grimes was credited in 2009 as the medium's most talented younger actresses right up until the end, and her character's death is named no.41 in the list of The 100 Most Memorable Moments In Soap History, both recognitions by Soaps Hunks.
History
Cassie is the daughter of Sharon Collins and Frank Barritt, and was given up at birth as Sharon was only 17 at the time. When Cassie was six years old, Sharon's friend Grace TurnerGrace Turner
Grace Turner is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was originated by Josie Davis from June 1996 to February 25, 1997. She was then replaced by Jennifer Gareis from February 26, 1997 to November 22, 1999...
(Jennifer Gareis
Jennifer Gareis
Jennifer Lynne Gareis is an American actress and former beauty queen.-Private life:She is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, where she majored in accounting and was an All-American Swimmer, and J.P...
) decided to track Cassie down, as it was believed that Sharon and Nicholas Newman
Nicholas Newman
Nicholas Christian "Nick" Newman is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He has been portrayed by American actor Joshua Morrow since 1994, but was earlier portrayed by various child actors, including John Nelson-Alden, a son of the show's former writer, Kay...
's (Joshua Morrow
Joshua Morrow
Joshua Jacob Morrow is an American actor and former pop singer who plays the role of Nicholas Newman on The Young and the Restless.-Private life:In 2001, Joshua married his longtime girlfriend, Tobe Keeney...
) newborn son, Noah
Noah Newman
Noah Christian Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.He is the eldest biological child of supercouple Nicholas Newman and Sharon Collins , born onscreen on March 3, 1997. The role was played by a series of infant and toddler actors during the character's...
was going to die. Cassie had been adopted by a woman named Alice Johnson (Tamara Clatterbuck), who had abandoned Cassie, leaving her with her frail, elderly mother, Millie (Ernestine Mercer). Grace pleaded with Millie to let her return Cassie to her birth mother, Sharon. Millie reluctantly agreed, realizing that Sharon could give the child a better life than she ever could.
However, Noah survived, and Grace decided to keep Cassie and raise her indefinitely with her boyfriend Tony (then played by Nick Scotti
Nick Scotti
Nick Scotti is an American actor, model and singer.Scotti left high school to travel the world for a career in modeling, moving to Japan at age 17 and France at age 19. In the process, he became a popular male model...
). Sharon met Cassie, but was unaware that she was her daughter. After well over a year, Tony pressed Grace to tell Sharon the truth. She did, and Cassie was eventually returned to Sharon and adopted by Nick. Cassie had a relatively normal, happy childhood, with the exception of almost drowning in a frozen pond at age eleven.
In 2003, when Cassie was twelve, her biological father, Frank Barritt showed up out of the blue. At Fenmore's boutique, Sharon was caught by surprise by him and he then saw Cassie. Frank smiled and politely said hello to Cassie and said she was a very pretty girl. Cassie ran into Frank again at the Crimson Lights and Frank politely asked her how her life was going. Cassie, getting creeped out, left. Nick, believing Frank might be after money(on account that Cassie was part of a wealthy family)went to Crimson Lights and confronted him. Nick pointed out that Frank never wanted anything do with Cassie before. Frank said that he was concerned when he read about Cassie almost drowning in that frozen pond and insisted that he didn't want money. Frank insisted that he was not the same guy he was when he walked out on Sharon and just wanted to get to know his daughter. Nick gave Frank a strong warning to stay away from Cassie. Cassie constantly asked Nick and Sharon who Frank was, but all they would tell her was Frank was someone Sharon knew a long time ago. It had later been discovered that Frank had been murdered by a man named Cameron Kirsten. Cameron had killed Frank and tried to make it look like Sharon had done it. It was all a plot of Cameron's to put Sharon in prison. However, it was proven that Cameron, not Sharon had murdered Frank. Nick and Sharon learned that on the night Frank was murdered, Frank had an appointment with a lawyer to discuss his rights about having a relationship with Cassie, but never showed up. Nick and Sharon finally told Cassie that Frank was her biological father. It really upset Cassie because it now made sense to her why Frank was being so nice to her that day at Crimson Lights and why he was looking at her so strange, he was looking at her the way a FATHER would! Cassie(with tears in her eyes) knew that Frank didn't want anything to do with her at first but it seemed to her that Frank may have changed his mind. Cassie was upset knowing that now she'll never get to know him or if she's anything like him. Nick and Sharon apologized to Cassie for keeping her father away from her. Although, Cassie was upset about Frank, she said that Nick would always be her REAL father.
In 2005, Cassie turned fourteen, developed a crush on Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei
Michael Graziadei
Michael Graziadei is an American actor best known for his role as Daniel Romalotti on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. He is only 14 years younger than Michelle Stafford, who plays the role of his mother Phyllis on the show. Graziadei is of Italian and Lithuanian heritage...
) (who was two years her senior) and yearned to be one of the "popular kids" at school, so she began to socialize with the older teens; Daniel, Lily Winters
Lily Winters
Lily Winters Ashby is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Starting off as a rebellious yet naive teenager, the character became one of the series' popular heroines. Stories centered around Lily included the mystery of her paternity and social issue...
(Christel Khalil
Christel Khalil
Christel Adnana Khalil is an American actress.-Career:Khalil is best known for her role as Lily Ashby on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She played the role from August 15, 2002 until September 2, 2005. Soon after she left the soap, Khalil was replaced by Davetta Sherwood...
), Colleen Carlton
Colleen Carlton
Colleen Cecile Carlton is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was last portrayed by Tammin Sursok, who joined the cast on July 30, 2007 and departed on October 5, 2009...
(then Lyndsy Fonseca
Lyndsy Fonseca
Lyndsy Marie Fonseca is an American actress known for playing Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and The Restless, Dylan Mayfair on the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and Ted Mosby's daughter on How I Met Your Mother. She also played Katie Deauxma in the 2010 superhero film...
), Devon Hamilton
Devon Hamilton
Devon Hamilton is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor/musician Bryton James since June 1, 2004. James' portrayal of Devon has earned him the 2007 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, and the 2009 NAACP Image Award...
(Bryton James), and Sierra Hoffman (Asia Ray Smith
Asia Ray Smith
Asia Ray Smith is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Sierra Hoffman on The Young and the Restless.-Private life:She attended Punahou School on the island of Oahu in Hawaii....
). All five of them laughed behind Cassie's back at her attempts to act "mature" (drinking coffee; skipping classes; being rude to her mother).
Cassie sneaked out to a party late at night, under the pretense of going to a movie with her friend Ali (Agina Alvarez). There, she found a drunken Daniel passed out in the back of his car and clearly unable to drive home. She then got into his car and decided to drive him home herself (despite being under-age and without a license)and having little driving experience. She crashed the car, injuring herself and, to a lesser extent, Daniel. The two were rushed to hospital with no memory of the crash, and it was believed that Daniel had been driving drunk. A severely injured Cassie remembered that she had been driving and staggered out of the hospital to find him. She found him with Lily at Crimson Lights, but was barely able to speak. She collapsed and was rushed back to hospital, where she later died after whispering the partial truth about the accident to Nick.
After her death, Cassie appeared on multiple occasions to Nick (and once to Sharon) as a hallucination or spirit. During one of his visits to his son Jack, the late John Abbott
John Abbott (The Young and the Restless)
John Abbott, Sr. is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is the patriarch of the Abbotts, one of the core families that was introduced to the show in 1980. The character was originated by Brett Halsey from May 1980 to March 1981...
relayed a message from Cassie for Sharon as well—confirming that Cassie's spirit was alive and well.
In May 2009, she visits her mom in a dream saying she will have a baby girl and to just have faith, but in a twisted way her mom's future boyfriend Adam made Sharon and everyone else believe the baby was stillborn when he gave her to Ashley Abbott
Ashley Abbott
Ashley Suzanne Abbott McCall is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, currently played by American actress Eileen Davidson, who had played the character for a total of more than 16 years prior to her return in September 2008...
.
Now Sharon and Nick hope she is looking after her baby sister in heaven. Several episodes later, she returns to Sharon admitting that Faith Newman
Children of The Young and the Restless
The following are characters from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for being the children of important characters but as minors, do not warrant their own articles.- Cordelia Abbott :...
was alive and that her uncle, Adam fooled her into believing that Faith was stillborn and dead. While the baby was in fact with Ashley Newman. Adam had blackmailed the doctor into lying to both Ashley and Sharon.
In 2010, Cassie pays Sharon a visit Once again. After Cassie Telling her that she will have her daughter in her arms, Sharon is reunited with Faith, but Ashley is devastated.