marla adams played dina bergeron on the young and the restless.
marla adams played dina bergeron on the young and the restless.
who plays dina bergeron on the young and the restless?
marla adams
marla adams (born august 28, 1938) is an american television actress, best known for her roles as belle clemens on "the secret storm", from 1968 to 1974, and as dina abbott mergeron on "the young and the restless". as belle clemens, she was the show's reigning villainess for the last years of its run, stopping at almost nothing to destroy the life of the show's leading heroine, amy ames. like vicky and dorian later on "one life to live", the two rivals were at one time related through marriage. as dina abbott on "the young and the restless" from 1983 to 1986, in 1991 and again in 1996, she caused major disruptions in the lives of her three children and ex-husband john abbott and his wife jill. she reprised her role as dina for three episodes on "the young and the restless" in 2008 when katharine chancellor was presumed dead. in may 2017, adams returned to "the young and the restless". the following march, adams' performance garnered her an emmy nomination for best supporting actress.
marla adams
in 2017, dina decides to sell her company and meets with devon hamilton and neil winters, who are looking to buy it. neil's experience as an executive doesn't impress dina but devon's connection to katherine chancellor does because he is her grandson. ashley, still holding resentment towards her mother, hosts an abbott family dinner. tracy comes in from new york on her way to a book signing and is thrilled to see her mother after all these years. ashley still wonders if something is up with her mother's visit but can't put her finger on it. the dinner goes well and the night ends with the family taking a "selfie." graham, dina's companion, seems to be controlling of dina and it begins to bother jack and ashley. abby finally gets to meet her grandmother and confesses that she called her days ago saying she was from newman (just to hear her voice) but instead dina (not knowing who she is) tells her that she can tell victor that under no circumstances will she sell her company to him and hangs up. dina's personality has changed over the years and ashley begins to think something is up with graham and confronts him before they fly back to paris and implies that he is after her mother's money. he is appalled by the accusation and assures her he is not after her money. ashley visits her mother in her hotel room one last time before she leaves to convince her to stay but dina says she is leaving. just as ashley walks out the door, dina tells her to tell abby goodbye for her. this sets ashley off and she tells her that she doesn't have the decency to tell her granddaughter goodbye herself and is walking out of her life just like she did with her kids long ago. abby finds out through jack that dina is going back to paris and is bothered that she didn't say goodbye. she heads over to the athletic club and sees her before she leaves and ask her to stay, but dina says no, however she later reconsiders out of her love for abby.
list of the young and the restless characters (1980s)