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Jill Foster Abbott
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| Jill Chancellor Foster Abbott | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Jess Walton as Jill Foster Abbott |
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| The Young and the Restless | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Brenda Dickson (1973-1980; 1983-1987) Bond Gideon (1980) Deborah Adair (1980-1983) Jess Walton (1987-) |
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| First appearance | 16 March 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 29, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Currert CEO of Jabot Cosmetics Former second-in-command at Jabot Cosmetics Former CEO of Jabot Cosmetics Former Executive at Jabot Cosmetics; Head of Mens Line Former Liaison to Photo Studio at Jabot Cosmetics Former Management Trainee Former Manicurist at Derek's Salon Former Paid Companion of Katherine Chancellor Former Shampoo Girl and Manicurist |
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| Residence | 250 Foothill Rd. Genoa City, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jill Chancellor Foster Abbott (formerly Reynolds, Chancellor, Thurston, Brooks and Sterling ) is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. In fact, Jill is the only original character remaining since the premiere of the series in 1973. The role was originated by Brenda Dickson, who played the role for seven years. After she left in 1980, Bond Gideon played the role briefly, before Deborah Adair took over for three years. In 1983, Dickson reprised the role and played it until 1987, when she was replaced by Jess Walton, who continues to play the role to this day. Jill was also played by Judith Chapman (who now plays Gloria on the show) for a few days when Walton was ill in the late 1980s.
Jill is the former CEO of Jabot Cosmetics (formerly the head of Jabot's Men's Line), ex-wife of multi-millionaire John Abbott (Jerry Douglas) and mother of Billy Abbott (Scott Seymour). For decades, Jill also believed that she was the biological mother of the now-deceased Phillip Chancellor III (Thom Bierdz), but she has recently learned that Phillip III was secretly given to her after her true son was stolen shortly after birth. Jill is an ambitious and driven woman who has taken herself from the wrong side of the tracks to the executive office of one of Genoa City's most prestigious corporations.
Jill started off as a hairdresser who became friends with Katherine "Kay" Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper). Katherine, an alcoholic, was in an unhappy marriage to Phillip Chancellor II (Donnelly Rhodes). Jill and Phillip fell in love and Jill became pregnant with Phillip's child. Phillip was subsequently killed in a car crash caused by a drunken Kay, marrying Jill on his deathbed. However, Phillip's divorce from Kay was declared invalid and Jill was left nothing from Phillip's estate. The rivalry between Katherine and Jill became one of the core elements of the show for many years to come.
Jill, at times, has been a promiscuous woman and has had affairs with numerous male characters, notably Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), Blade Bladeson (Michael Tylo), Rex Sterling (Quinn K. Redeker), Larry Warton (David "Shark" Fralick), Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), John Silva (John Castellanos), Keith Dennison (Granville Van Dusen), and Sean Bridges (David Lee Russek). Jill even married her mother's lover, Stuart Brooks.
Katherine and Jill were mortified when, in 2003, they discovered that they were in fact mother and daughter. The revelation caused Katherine to have a stroke. Yet there was a greater sadness attached to this newly-revealed family connection. For years, Jill's son Billy Abbott (then played by Ryan Brown) and Katherine's granddaughter Mackenzie Browning (then played by Kelly Kruger) had been in love. Finally, the two were married. However, the mother-daughter connection between Katherine and Jill meant that Mackenzie and Billy were first cousins. A horrified Jill managed to inform the newlyweds of the shocking news before the marriage was consummated. Heartbroken, Billy and Mackenzie had their union annulled, and the two separately left town.
Jill was engaged to Ji Min Kim (Eric Steinberg), a man she met when the House of Kim CEO briefly owned Jabot. Little did Jill know in the beginning that House of Kim was just a front for Jack Abbott's ownership of Jabot, an ownership he had to give up due to a skin cream contamination scandal. She had been seeing William Bardwell (Ted Shackelford), the District Attorney, who had just inherited a fortune from his late uncle, however, Gloria Fisher (Judith Chapman), also had her eye on him. Gloria won out in the end by drugging Ji Min and Jill with libido pills while the two discussed business in the conference room. She then set it up for William to walk in on Jill and Ji Min pawing at each other. A broken-hearted William eventually married Gloria.
In early 2007, it was revealed that an infuriated Kay had switched Jill's son Phillip at birth more than thirty years ago, but had blocked the memory from her mind until recently. Jill and Kay have recently tracked down Jill's real son, Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard), who has recently moved to the US from Australia. It was revealed in March 2007 that the DNA results proved that Cane was not her son. However, it was eventually found out at Cane and Amber's (Adrienne Frantz) wedding party that Cane is, in fact, Jill's son.
In June, scandal erupted at Extreme Catwalk, a reality based fashion show for which both Jill and Gloria served as judges, when footage aired showing a confrontation between Lily and Amber. In the footage, Lily accused Amber of sending naked pictures of herself to Lily's husband Daniel. Jill, believing her new daughter-in-law, took her side, but also agreed that it was best that she resign from the show. While Amber is facing scandal, Cane is doing well at Chancellor Industries. Yet, he is starting to become suspicious of Amber, as is everyone else in Genoa City.
In September 2007, Ji Min was found dead in his room at the Genoa City Athletic Club and left a heart-broken Jill to mourn him while the investigation into his death continues.
- Brenda Dickson
- Contract: 1973-1980, 1983-1987
- Bond Gideon
- Contract: 1980
- Deborah Adair
- Contract: 1980-1983
- Melinda Fee
- Temporary replacement: 1984
- Jess Walton
- Contract: June 1987 to present
- Judith Chapman
- Temporary replacement: Early 1990s