Brenda Dickson
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| Born | February 3, 1949[1] Long Beach, California[1] |
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Brenda Irene Dickson (born February 3, 1949 in Long Beach, California)[1]) is an American actress who played Jill Foster Abbott on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.[2]
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[edit] Work
Dickson portrayed the character Jill on The Young and the Restless from 1973 to 1980, then again from 1983 to 1987.
Apart from Y&R, Dickson also had roles in the dramas The Storefront Lawyers and The F.B.I., the comedies Love, American Style and Here We Go Again, and the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest.[2]
In the 1976 film Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro's character Travis Bickle is shown kicking over a television set that is playing an episode of Y&R featuring Beau Kazer as Brock Reynolds and Dickson as Jill. Both Kazer and Dickson are credited in the film as "Soap Opera Man" and "Soap Opera Woman", respectively.[3]
[edit] Personal life
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.[4] She said she was the victim and wasn't given a fair divorce hearing.[4] Released after 16 days, she was sent back to jail and eventually released after more than three months.[5]
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 1986 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Villainess in a Daytime Serial The Young and the Restless.[6]
- 1988 Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Daytime Serial The Young and the Restless.[7][6]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Biography for Brenda Dickson". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225734/bio. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
- ^ a b "Brenda Dickson". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225734/. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
- ^ Filmography From imdb.com. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
- ^ a b Kobayashi, Ken (2007-02-20). "Jailed actress says she's the victim". Honolulu Advertiser. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Feb/20/ln/FP702200345.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
- ^ Kobayashi, Ken (2007-06-27). "Honolulu judge frees ex-soap opera star from prison". Honolulu Advertiser. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jun/27/br/br2450169387.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
- ^ a b "Awards for Brenda Dickson". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225734/awards. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
- ^ "The Soap Opera Digest Awards 1988". Soap Opera Digest. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1988/index.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
