Jill, pictured here with her mother Liz, started out as the wealthy Katherine Chancellors manicurist. Murphy later returns to Genoa City alone, revealing Katherine died while they were away. She later rejected the offer and had the money returned after giving birth to her son, Phillip Chancellor III in 1976. Due to the Abbott family and Jeff and Gloria Bardwell, Chancellor lost control of Jabot, resulting in the firings of Jill and Cane. Thus, it became apparent that Phillip was Jill's biological son not Cane and that Cane was a fraud. "[50], In 2008, Tommy Garrett of Canyon News awarded Walton a "Daytime Gold Standard" for her portrayal. Jill reunited with her adoptive brothers Greg and Snapper who returned to town. I have a wonderful job and I really think I owe it to myself and my family to continue on. [40] The sisters were initially bitter towards each other having to share half of the Fenmore Boutique, but have since gotten closer. The couple held their wedding on May 20, 1972, and divorced in 1973. WebSince their introduction in 1973, the family has mainly been represented by Katherine Chancellor ( Jeanne Cooper) and her feud with her husband Phillip II ( Donnelly Rhodes )'s young mistress Jill Foster ( Jess Walton ). Phillip was rushed to the hospital where, on his deathbed, he married Jill. After she became pregnant, he urged her to have an abortion because he was too old to become a father, but she refused. In 2003, Jill's birth certificate confirmed the year of her birth as September 29, 1957. She was a really successful businesswoman. She later romanced David Mallory, Derek Thurston, and Stuart Brooks. With the truth about her barrenness about to surface, Charlotte went to the Chancellor Estate and confronted Katherine on May 20, 2003. "[40] Borden also noted that Jill always wanted a sense of belonging, which prompted her to legally change her name to Jill Fenmore. Besides, it's all so easy. [3] While Jill, still portrayed by Dickson, was in a middle of a custody battle for her son, John Goudas of The Miami News said: "Jill is hot again this winter. Liz worked hard in a menial factory assembly line job at Chancellor Industries ever since her husband Bill [11] She later clarified her departure as having to do with "family and this economy". "[36] In 1993, Katherine was diagnosed with breast cancer and shared several tender scenes with Jill. You wanna go broke? Colin eventually came to clean to Jill, and she agreed to help him. WebMary Jesse Walton is an American actress, best known for her role as Kelly Harper in CBS soap opera Capitol and as Jill Abbott on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless. She was around Katherine with her rich society country club friends, and she had this deep feeing of inadequacy, and that is where I think it all stems up. She was born September 29, 1957, the same day as Tucker McCall, the son of Katherine Chancellor Murphy. She also asks them to throw a party and celebrate, which they do. Neil Winters and Malcolm Winters brought Sofia Dupre Winter to the coffeehouse after visiting the hospital and, when they ran into Colin and Jill, Colin realized Blake was responsible for Sofia's injuries. Jill hired a former con man Rex Sterling (Quinn Redeker) to seduce Katherine. The news devasted Jill but she decided to still accept Cane as her son. Rex Sterling soon got annoyed by Katherine Chancellor's behavior. Jill had aspirations of being a model. Lily completely ignored his feelings on the IPO (and the threat presented by the IPO) and Chancellor isnt her company, but Jills. Despite Michael Baldwin's attempts to get them to at least talk, Lauren had no intention of ever accepting Jill as a sister. "[38] Of the storyline where she returned to Jabot Cosmetics, Cooper stated: "Since I went back into the business of business, I've been taking away some of Jill's power. Jill eventually remarried when she wed John Abbott (Jerry Douglas), another much older, wealthy man and she had his son, Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson). He is murdered in September by David Chow, devastating Jill. However, the true victim was her look-a-like Marge Cotroke. Unaware that they were supposedly blood relatives, the young couple was married while a paralyzed Katherine could do nothing but watch. Critics have described her as both vindictive and a vixen. [31] Lydna Hirsch of Sun Sentinel noted that after the affair, John threw Jack out of the house and divorced Jill; he forgave them years later but it took "Jack being paralyzed and Jill dealing with the death of her son Philip to get him to come around". Now I just roll with the punches. I'm having too much fun with her. So, it looks like Lauren and Jill are kind of getting along okay, but there's nothing else coming up in the scripts for them yet. [26] Walton stated in an interview in 2003 that she does like portraying the "dark side" of Jill, but rather her comedic side. In early 2007, Katherine Chancellor began to have disturbing nightmares involving a baby. Both Dickson and Walton have characterized her as "manipulative". The couple held their wedding on May 20, 1972, and divorced in 1973. WebJill Foster Abbott ( Jess Walton) wanted a baby with her then-husband, John Abbott ( Jerry Douglas ). "[18] On her relationship with Lauren, Walton stated that, "Most people don't like Jill, and she hasn't particularly loved Lauren. Give him Hamilton-Winters back and deal with it. "[25] Walton has said that Jill "can be such a shrew" and "gets her happiness where she can, and she certainly is not going to contain her anger. It's impossible. Jill begins an affair with wealthy Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) and was convinced he would ask her to marry him, but he told her it was just a fling. She stated: "She gets the anvil dropped on her head and falls off the cliff. Mamie, who wants to protect John, kept an eye on Jill, who had another affair with Jack. This woman is a smart and confident CEO of a successful company. Jess was, however, raised in Toronto, Canada. Jill ended things with Colin and he was sent to jail for his crimes. She is funny and sharp and I love her. Sven kidnapped Jill and locked her in a meat freezer. Jill was curious about his intentions but gave in and allowed him to move into the Chancellor Estate. In September 2007, Ji Min Kim was murdered before he could marry Jill. Phillip turned to alcoholism, but quit with help from Jill and Katherine. Walton stated: "Liz was the dream mother for Jill. Melinda Fee served a temporary recast also in 1984, and Adair briefly reprised the role in 1986 as a fill-in for Dickson. When she was young, Jill was working as a manicurist and a hairdresser. On March 12, 2009, Kay had more people than just Amber Moore and Murphy believing in her true identity; she also has Nikki Newman who finally believed her. [52], Walton won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1997 for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Jill,[6][53] and was nominated in 1996, 2000, and 2017. Jill is later kidnapped by Colin, who is revealed to have been released from jail. WebJill is the birth daughter of Neil Fenmore and Unknown woman. ", "Y&R Day Ahead Recap: Jill struggles to accept a life-changing diagnosis", "Y&R's Jess Walton on Jill and Kay's Rivalry: "I Was The Stupid Coyote That Got an Anvil Dropped on His Head", "Campy Young and Restless Flashback: Nina vs. Cricket, Jill vs. Kay", "Young and Restless Head Writer Josh Griffith "Adores" Jess Walton and Jill Abbott! He fought his alcoholism with help from both Katherine and Jill, along with Christine Blair. "[18] Walton noted that Jill was finally happy to have a blood relative through Neil's other daughter, Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman). John and Jill continuously had arguments and she had an affair with Jed Sanders. It used to be, This month I like her this month I hate her. Now, it's more from moment to moment. Knowing she was dying, Liz told Snapper the truth about Jill's birth family. But "Upon Phillip's return from the Dominican Republic, a stone sober Katherine met him at the airport and offered to drive him home." Jill turned down Katherines offer of $1 million for her child, and gave birth to Phillip Chancellor III. Just before they married, Katherine revealed she was still alive and Jill lost Derek again. After Jill begged her, she finally opened the box to find the name JoJo Glover and flew to where her daughter was living in South Dakota. On June 14, 2010, Jill received word that Liz Foster had fallen ill on her flight to Genoa City. In October 2008, for the first time Jill had both her sons Cane Ashby and Billy Abbott at home. He further mentioned that "Along with providing us with some very emotional and dramatic episodes, the subject also gives us the opportunity to educate and highlight a very pertinent issue using characters our viewers know well. Liz Foster worked at Mr Chancellor's factory, and Jill worked at a beauty shop, to help support their family, and put her brothers through college. Phillip turned to drinking. [29], Jill is known for her feud with Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper), which took place over four decades. WebJill has been reunited with her real son, Cane Ashby, and made peace with her mother over the matter. Jill developed real feelings for Ji Min develop genuine feelings, they plan to marry. After years of feuding, Jill and Katherine form a bond and Kay becomes a mother figure to Jill, and a grandmother to Jill's sons. We wanted to get the facts in while at the same time telling a good, dramatic story."[2]. It is eventually learned the Cane is not Jill's son, and that Phillip is really alive and had faked his death and told Cane to come to Genoa City and pretend to be Jill's son. Of the storyline, Walton stated: "She's [Abbott] going down a bad road. In looking back over the past 16 years, she's gone down a lot of bad roads, for a lot of different reasons. [6][54][55] She also won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1991,[6][56] after a nomination in 1990. But in 2003 it was disclosed that Jill was adopted. Ms. Dickson has studied with Lee Strasberg, and then she studied with Milton Katselas. Little did Kay know that the young woman would manage to wrest her husband from her. The three main suspects were John, Jack, and Katherine. They created a forgery to give to the guys, but they eventually found out the truth and threatened Colin. Once Jill had snagged and married John Abbott, and she could afford it, Phillip was shipped off to a Swiss boarding school. Later, she became friends with Katherine Chancellor and was employed as her paid companion. The other day, we were filming some confrontational scenes, and Jess [Walton] says, 'Doesn't it feel good?' Thus, Katherine's claim about her true identity was bolstered and it was proven conclusively that Katherine and Jill were not biological mother and daughter after all. She feeds me. Give him Hamilton-Winters back and deal with it. [44] But eventually Phillip and Jill (who was a virgin) gave into their feelings and made love. Walton said she felt Jill had been "shaken to the very foundation" upon the revelation that Katherine is her mother, stating: "A big part of who she has been all these years has to do with her anger towards Katherine. She leaves Nikki and Jill in charge of her funeral arrangements, and during this time Jill begins trying to figure out cryptic messages left by Katherine in a personal letter to her. Walton stated: "Liz was the dream mother for Jill. She is like a shot in the arm when you see her in the morning. In May 1980, Bond Gideon briefly took over before Adair portrayed the character for an additional three years, from 1980 to 1983.

Jill, pictured here with her mother Liz, started out as the wealthy Katherine Chancellors manicurist. She always shoved any feeling of love down. In late December 2008, Katherine finally regained enough memories to realize she was the real Katherine Chancellor, not Marge Cotroke. WebShe was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to her father Frank Walton, and her mother. The feud got even worse when Jill filed a lawsuit asking for a portion of the Fenmore estate. Executive producer Mal Young felt that the character of Jill was the "perfect choice to show how a woman's life can dramatically change as a result of heart disease." Yes, Katherine hired Jill as her personal assistant. She holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. And she sometimes did her hair and nails too. She also described Jill as being "so strong" and "such a survivor". For years, her son, Billy Abbott, and Katherine's granddaughter, Mackenzie Browning, had been in love in a passionate but platonic relationship. Jill convinced Rex to divorce Katherine and marry her, which he did in 1991. When Cane came to tell her that he was leaving town, Jill called Michael Baldwin to a meeting for changing her will. A broken-hearted William eventually married Gloria. However, Katherine was gone--replaced by her look-a-like Marge Cotroke. "[3] Despite this, Dickson was later replaced by Walton: first serving as a temporary replacement on June 19, 1987; then as a permanent recast airing on June 25, 1987. Footage of Dickson as Jill appears in the film Taxi Driver. Billy did not like that Jill had made Cane CEO of Jabot over him. Liz worked hard in a menial factory assembly line job at Chancellor Industries ever since her husband Bill She altered her plans when Derek told her he wanted her back. But in 2003 it was disclosed that Jill was adopted. WebShe was the mother of Snapper, Greg and Jill . The two women did a backstroke even Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps would have to admire, during their 26 years as acting partners," he wrote. Phillip divorced Katherine and planned to marry Jill. Kay had a different maid in the very beginning, but then Esther came along years later. Jill turned Colin into the police when she learned that he had blown up Genevieve's house. They become involved, but she cheated on him with his son, Jack Abbott (Terry Lester). Jill's marriage ended after Stuart found out she was never pregnant. So, that makes Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) his great-uncle. "[43] Since Phillip wanted nothing to do with his wife, Kay shamefully carried on with Jeff the stable boy, meanwhile Jill & Phillip Chancellor II were falling deeply in love, even though they were fighting their feelings for each other at every turn. Kay offered Jill $1 million for her baby, which she declined. Kay had a different maid in the very beginning, but then Esther came along years later. "All of Jill's many acts of kindness and great patience toward Katherine did not escape Phillip's notice and he became inexorably drawn to the innocent and beautiful young lady. WebShe was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to her father Frank Walton, and her mother. But [that] only means shooting here at night to fill in. Goodness knows she's been through the ringer [sic]. Ms. Dickson has studied with Lee Strasberg, and then she studied with Milton Katselas. Heartbroken, Billy and Mackenzie had their union annulled and the two separately left town. The soap opera issued a casting call for Jill, describing her as "late '50s, Caucasian, female. As Liz took a turn for the worse, she confessed to Snapper that she had been aware of the identity of Jill's biological father for quite some time (presumably con woman Charlotte Ramsey also had prior knowledge). However, Abbott family housekeeper, Mamie Johnson (Veronica Redd), seemed to be a thorn in Jill's new marriage. Jill's affair with Jed Sanders due to John's impotence caused their second divorce which resulted a bitter custody battle over Billy and a stroke for John. Little did Kay know that the young woman would manage to wrest her husband from her. Katherine left Genoa City once again when the second DNA tests came in saying she and Jill were not mother and daughter. However, his information ends up being a dead end. Devon asks Lily to take care of Hilary, and tells Neil that he is going to spend the rest of his life making this up to him. Jill became engaged to Australian businessman Colin Atkinson (Tristan Rogers). How much more moving it would have been if these two women faced Katherine's request for Jill to name her child Phillip as former adversaries trying to put the past behind them instead of as bitter enemies of days gone by. A horrified Jill and John Abbott tried to stop the wedding but they were too late. Jill's plan backfired, though, because Katherine Chancellor and Rex eventually fell in love for real. He was really in love with her mother Liz, but Jill tricked him into marriage following a one-night stand. WebHer mother Liz Foster practically raised him herself. Jill had an affair with Tucker McCall unaware that he was actually Katherine Chancellor's son (whom she gave away at birth) out for revenge. [14][15] She made her return on November 2, 2012. She was born September 29, 1957, the same day as Tucker McCall, the son of Katherine Chancellor Murphy. [39] Cooper stated: "The audience both young and old relate to the Kay/Jill relationship". Additionally, she said that once Jill "she gets a plan in her head, nothing will divert her. [29] Amid everyone telling Jill that she should stay away from Colin, Walton said: "She's only seeing the good in him. Jill begins to work for cosmetics company Jabot and its owner, John Abbott (Jerry Douglas), promotes her to head of merchandising, impressed by her work. Liz worked hard in a menial factory assembly line job at Chancellor Industries ever since her husband Bill Ms. Dickson has worked with Bob Hope, singing and dancing in his 1971 Christmas Show. After years of feuding, Jill and Katherine form a bond and Kay becomes a mother figure to Jill, and a grandmother to Jill's sons. Dickson debuted as the character on the second episode of the series. However, she never loved him. Kay showed up alive at the wedding and reclaimed her life with Derek. Jill was devastated. Jill vowed she wouldn't rest until she got control of Chancellor. She slammed her foot down on the gas pedal and the car plunged off the road and over a cliff. WebIt was always thought that Jill Foster was born the youngest child of Liz and Bill Foster. The marriage was declared invalid thanks to Katherine who then kicked the Fosters off of the Chancellor Estate. Gloria Abbott, who wanted Will for his money, drugged Ji Min Kim and Jill with libido pills and arranged for William to walk in on them.