Brenda Dickson

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Brenda Dickson
File:Brenda Dickson at Night of 100 Stars.jpg
Brenda Dickson Oscar Party 2014
Born Brenda Irene Dickson
(1949-02-03) February 3, 1949 (age 75)
Long Beach, California
Nationality American
Other names Brenda Dickson-Weinberg
Alma mater Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s) Robert Rifkin (m. 1976; div. 1983)
Jan Weinberg (m. 1997; div. 2006)

Brenda Irene Dickson (born February 3, 1949) is an American actress who originated the role of Jill Foster Abbott on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Early life and education

Dickson was born in Long Beach, California.[1] As a teenager, she toured Southeast Asia singing and dancing for the armed forces with Bob Hope.[2] At the age of 17, she won the title of Miss California USA. This led to acting offers but Dickson decided to continue performing at USO shows while studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles.[1]

Career

Dickson made her stage debut at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and went on to appear in stage roles in the Los Angeles area. She made her feature film debut in the 1972 film Deathmaster.[1] She has also appeared in guest roles on Men at Law and The F.B.I., Love, American Style, Here We Go Again, and the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest.

Dickson portrayed the character Jill Foster Abbott on The Young and the Restless from 1973 to 1980, then again from 1983 to 1987.[3] Dickson was fired from the show in 1987. She filed a $10 million lawsuit against Columbia Pictures in an effort to be reinstated.[4] In the lawsuit, Dickson claimed that William J. Bell blacklisted her after 15 years on the show after they partook in a secret love affair and that he then went on to wreak havoc on her personal and professional life by hiring "Mafia cartel judges and attorneys" to "ruin" her life. As a result, she ended up "broke and homeless" and has been blocked from working ever since.[5][6]

In 1987, Dickson released the film Welcome to My Home.[7] Described as a "vanity film",[7] Welcome to My Home showcases Dickson's lavish home and a plethora of outfits.[8] A parody published on YouTube became an Internet meme, and has since been taken down and re-uploaded several times.[9]

In May 2013, Blue Boulevard Publications released Dickson's memoir, My True Hidden Hollywood Story.[10]

Personal life

Marriages

Dickson has been married twice. Her first husband was dentist Robert Rifkin whom she married on September 30, 1976.[11] Dickson and Rifkin divorced in 1983. She married attorney Jan Weinberg on December 25, 1997.[12] They were divorced in 2006.[13]

Legal issues

In 2007, Dickson was jailed in Hawaii because of a civil contempt order stemming from a divorce judgment from her ex-husband, lawyer Jan Weinberg.[13] She said she was the victim and wasn't given a fair divorce hearing.[13] Released after 16 days, she was sent back to jail and eventually released after more than three months.[14] In 2009, the judgment in Weinberg v. Dickson was set aside as an appeals court found that the judge in the original trial had abused his discretion in not guaranteeing Dickson a fair trial and that Dickson's imprisonment had been unlawful.[15]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1971 Men At Law Episode: "One American"
1972 The F.B.I. Donna Episode: "The Set-Up"
1972 Deathmaster Rona
1973 Love, American Style Girl Segment: "Love and the Sexpert"
1973 Here We Go Again Donna Episode: "There's a Boy in My Rumaki"
1973-1980; 1983-1987 The Young and the Restless Jill Foster Abbott 156 episodes
1976 Taxi Driver Soap Opera Woman
1983 Falcon Crest Tony's Girlfriend Episode: "Maelstrom"

Awards and nominations

References

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External links

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