Jill Foster Abbott
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| Jill Foster Abbott | |
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| First appearance | 1973 |
| Address | Chancellor Estate 250 Foothill Rd. Genoa City |
| Date of birth | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Parents | Arthur Hendricks (father) Katherine Chancellor (mother) William Foster (adoptive father) Elizabeth Foster (adoptive mother) |
| Siblings | Brock Reynolds (maternal half-brother) |
| Marriages | Brock Reynolds (invalid) Phillip Chancellor II (invalid, deceased) Derek Thurston (invalid) Stuart Brooks (divorced, deceased) John Abbott (divorced, first time, deceased) Rex Sterling (invalid) John Abbott (divorced, second time, deceased) |
| Children | Cane Ashby (son, with Phillip Chancellor II) Phillip Chancellor III (legal son, with Phillip II, deceased) Billy Abbott (son, with John) |
| Occupation | CEO of Jabot Cosmetics |
| Portrayer(s) | Jess Walton (1987-) Brenda Dickson (1973-1980, 1983-1987) Deborah Adair (1980-1983) |
Jill Foster Chancellor Brooks Abbott is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. In fact, Jill is the only original character remaining since the premiere of the series in 1973. It was originated by Brenda Dickson and she played the role for seven years. After she left in 1980, Bond Gideon played the role briefly, before Deborah Adair took over for three years. In 1983, Dickson reprised the role and played it until 1987, when she was replaced by Jess Walton, who continues to play the role to this day. Jill was also played by Judith Chapman (who now plays Gloria on the show) for a few days when Walton was sick in the late 1980s.
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CEO of Jabot Cosmetics (formerly the head of Jabot's Men's Line), ex-wife of multi-millionaire John Abbott (Jerry Douglas) and mother of Billy Abbott (Scott Seymour). For decades, Jill also believed that she was the biological mother of the now-deceased Phillip Chancellor III (Thom Bierdz), but she has recently learned that Phillip III was secretly given to her after her true son was stolen shortly after birth. Jill is an ambitious and driven woman who has taken herself from the wrong side of the tracks to the executive office of one of Genoa City's most prestigious corporations.
Jill started off as a hairdresser who became friends with Katherine "Kay" Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper). Katherine, an alcoholic, was in an unhappy marriage to Phillip Chancellor II (Donnelly Rhodes). Jill and Phillip fell in love and Jill became pregnant with Phillip's child. Phillip was subsequently killed in a car crash caused by a drunken Kay, marrying Jill on his deathbed. However, Phillip's divorce from Kay was declared invalid and Jill was left nothing from Phillip's estate. The rivalry between Katherine and Jill became one of the core elements of the show for many years to come.
Jill, at times, has been a promiscuous woman and has had affairs with numerous male characters, notably Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), Blade Bladeson (Michael Tylo), Rex Sterling (Quinn K. Redeker), Larry Warton (David "Shark" Fralick), Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), John Silva (John Castellanos), Keith Dennison (Granville Van Dusen), and Sean Bridges (David Lee Russek).
Katherine and Jill were mortified when, in 2003, they discovered that they were in fact mother and daughter. The revelation caused Katherine to have a stroke. Yet there was a greater sadness attached to this newly-revealed family connection. For years, Jill's son Billy Abbott (then played by Ryan Brown) and Katherine's granddaughter Mackenzie Browning (then played by Kelly Kruger) had been in love. Finally, the two were married. However, the mother-daughter connection between Katherine and Jill meant that Mackenzie and Billy were first cousins. A horrified Jill managed to inform the newlyweds of the shocking news before the marriage was consummated. Heartbroken, Billy and Mackenzie had their union annulled, and the two separately left town.
Currently, Jill is dating William Bardwell (Ted Shackelford), the District Attorney who had just inherited a fortune from his late uncle; however, she may end up having unexpected competition from Gloria Fisher (Judith Chapman), who also seems to have her eye on him as well.
In early 2007, it was revealed that an infuriated Kay had switched Jill's son Phillip at birth more than thirty years ago, but had blocked the memory from her mind until recently. Jill and Kay have recently tracked down Jill's real son, Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard), who has recently moved to the US from Australia. It was revealed in March 2007 that the DNA results proved that Cane is not her son. But as of March 27,2007, it was found out at Amber's wedding party that Cane is in fact Jill's son.
