Brenda Dickson
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Brenda Dickson Oscar Party 2014
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Brenda Irene Dickson February 3, 1949 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.
Dickson was born in Long Beach, California. As a teenager, she toured Southeast Asia singing and dancing for the armed forces with Bob Hope. 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.
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. 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 1973-80, then again from 1983-87. Dickson was fired from the show in 1987. She filed a $10 million lawsuit against Columbia Pictures in an effort to be reinstated. In the lawsuit, Dickson claimed that William J. Bell blacklisted her after 15 years on the show after their secret love affair ended and that he 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 claimed to have been blocked from working ever since.
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