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Brenda Irene Dickson (born February 3, 1949 in Long Beach, California)[1]) is an American actress who originated the role of Jill Foster Abbott on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.[2]
Work
Dickson portrayed the character Jill on The Young and the Restless from 1973 to 1980, then again from 1983 to 1987.
Apart from The Young and the Restless, 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 The Young and the Restless 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]
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] In 2009, the judgment in Weinberg v. Dickson was set aside as an appeal's 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.
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.[6][7]
External links
References
- ^ a b "Biography for Brenda Dickson". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ a b "Brenda Dickson". IMDb. Retrieved 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. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ Kobayashi, Ken (2007-06-27). "Honolulu judge frees ex-soap opera star from prison". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ a b "Awards for Brenda Dickson". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ "The Soap Opera Digest Awards 1988". Soap Opera Digest. Retrieved 2009-03-01.