Children: Brooke Taylor

Grandchildren: Michael Blackthorne

Appearances: Season 4

Who’d Play Her: Cheryl Ladd

The Mother Who Buried the Truth: Roz Taylor was Brooke Taylor’s difficult, sharp-tongued mother, a woman whose arrival in Los Angeles immediately unsettled her daughter. While helping Brooke prepare to move into a new home, Roz discovered old photographs of Brooke as a young girl at Big Bear Lake. The nickname “Babydoll” had been written on the back—an intimate name later used by David Jennings. Rather than explain what she knew, Roz quietly sealed the photographs inside a box and announced that she was taking them home with her.

Roz strongly opposed Brooke’s developing relationship with David, but refused to give her daughter an honest reason. Her behavior appeared controlling and irrational, especially as Brooke had already endured years of romantic turmoil with James and Ethan Blackthorne. In truth, Roz knew that Brooke and David’s attraction carried a devastating secret neither of them understood.

When the man Brooke believed to be her father died, Brooke accompanied Roz to Phoenix for the funeral. David followed to support Brooke, much to Roz’s anger, while James also arrived out of concern for his former wife. Inside Roz’s home, Brooke, James, and David discovered an old photograph connecting Roz to hotel magnate Royce Jennings.

Confronted with the evidence, Roz finally admitted that she had once been involved with Royce and that he—not the man who had raised Brooke—was Brooke’s biological father. The revelation meant that Brooke and David were half-siblings, transforming their romance into a horrifying family secret. Brooke was devastated by the truth and furious that her mother had knowingly allowed the relationship to continue without explaining why she opposed it.

Roz’s drinking and evasiveness only intensified the confrontation. Brooke lashed out at her for years of deception, while James went further, ordering Roz to stay away from Brooke. Roz was left behind in Phoenix as Brooke returned to Los Angeles struggling to accept that the man she loved was actually her brother.