Dina Mergeron - Mary Williams

Mary Williams first appeared in March 1980 as the mother of Paul, Patty, Todd and Stevens Williams. She was portrayed by actress Carolyn Conwell on a recurring basis until December 22, 2003, with another brief guest appearance on May 10, 2004. Currently, Mary is living offscreen in Washington, D.C.

History
Mary was the wife of officer Carl Williams and the mother of Patty, Paul, Steven and Father Todd Williams. She also has a late sister named Jane. In the late 1980s, Carl, a police officer, went missing and was presumed dead, devastating Mary and her children. Paul, having become a private detective, desperately tried to locate Carl, but to no avail. Ten years later, after Mary had accepted a marriage proposal from Charlie Ottwell, Paul's wife Christine was shocked to discover that Carl was still alive, and living in Norfolk under the name Jim Bradley. It was revealed that he had been captured by criminals while working on a police case, and was beaten and left for dead. An amnesiac Carl had been found and rescued by a woman named Ruth Perkins. Christine convinced "Jim" to return to Genoa City with her. Mary was shocked when Carl returned, and eventually broke off her engagement with Charlie. However, Carl never regained his memory or reconnected with his family, and he went back to Norfolk with Ruth.

Paul and Christine divorced, and Mary became intent on breaking up Paul's latest marriage, to Isabella Braña, of whom Mary did not approve. She enlisted Christine's help in breaking up the marriage, but Christine was unable to convince Paul to leave Isabella. Despite the fact that Isabella had given Mary the grandchild that she had always wanted, a boy who was named Ricardo Carl Williams, Ricardo went to live with Isabella's parents in California. Mary has not been seen on-screen since 2004. It is believed that she left Genoa City to live near Patty and Steven in Washington DC; however, prior to 2009 Patty's whereabouts have never been confirmed. Back in the 1990s, Mary received a mysterious phone call from a woman that audiences assumed was Patty during the time the character was out on the streets. In 2009, a "slowing down" Mary returned (off-screen) with her oldest son, Father Todd Williams, for Paul's nuptials to Nikki Newman. After the wedding was canceled, Mary returned to Washington, D.C. and then went on a bible retreat, presumably being kept updated on her daughter Patty's mental health. As of 2012, she is still living in Washington D.C.