jess walton played jill abbott on the young and the restless.
jess walton played jill abbott on the young and the restless.
who plays jill abbott on the young and the restless?
jess walton
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jill abbott is a fictional character from the american cbs soap opera "the young and the restless". the longest-running (and only remaining original) character, jill was created and introduced by william j. bell. originally portrayed by brenda dickson, when dickson departed in 1980, the role was first recast with deborah adair. dickson returned in 1983, and although she stated that she would never leave the role again, she was replaced by jess walton in 1987, who continues in the role to present time.
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walton said that "jill is attracted to powerful men" but is a "bossy little lady" who isn't going to "buckle under" to them. she romanced many of katherine's husbands, including rex sterling (quinn redeker). walton said that their romance was "great" but "he only fell in love with her because the real katherine had been spirited away and a fake katherine was in her place". walton described jill's romance sean bridges (david lee russek), who was a young web designer, as a "boy toy". jill is known for infidelity, nekeeta borden of zap2it noted that she has slept with katherine's husbands and had an affair with jack abbott (peter bergman) while she was married to his own father, john abbott (jerry doulgas). former head writer kay alden called her affair with jack "massive" and it was "devastating to both of them" when it broke up her marriage to john. 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". several years later, walton said that john was one of the character's "best matches" because "jill had a real love and respect for him – i just don't think she had the physical passion for him so she got restless." of her relationship with ex-con larry warton (shark fralick), walton said: "larry warton was hilarious; he was really, really fun. i loved doing that, because that was almost all comedy, all the time."
jill abbott