Through the help of psychic Silvia Brown whose card reading turned into a sance with Jill's dead son Phillip, Kay began to remember a ring and a scene where she was handing over a baby. * Lost her adoptive mother, Liz Foster, who confessed on her deathbed that Jill is Neil Fenmore's daughter. Then in 2010, Jill learned that her real father was Neil Fenmore, making Lauren Fenmore her sister! Colin's diplomatic immunity no longer got him off since they had discovered that his ambassadorship was phony. So, he grew up without a dad. After David was killed and Nikki was fired, Jill made Cane CEO of Jabot Cosmetics. However, she has returned on her own on a few occasions to deal with Chancellor business. Because of her heavy drinking and shame, Kay had blocked this out all these years. Jill became involved with Jack Abbott romantically once again, something they both seemed to need. The police and an ambulance arrived, and they took Colin to the hospital. But Arthur said goodbye and left town, saying that he couldn't live with the cloud of suspicion. Jill was over the moon in love again, confiding in Jack that Colin made her feel alive again, yet she knew she could never trust him. In 1980, the focus of "The Young and the Restless" shifted from core stories involving the Brooks and Foster families to core stories involving the Abbott and Newman families. It seemed that Kyle had managed to pocket a piece of bone before he had been arrested. Nina Webster got pregnant by Phillip and they married, much to both Kay and Jill's dismay. Then Derek's ex-wife Suzanne Lynch arrived in town, bent on getting Derek back. Amanda claimed that Chance had hired her after he discovered that Devons father Tucker had paid Katherines attorney David Sherman to alter 2 pages of her will to leave the bulk of her estate to Devon instead of Cane Ashby. Also, Ashland came to town, and shortly after Jabot became his target. Heather decided that she did not love Chance enough to give up her life to follow him, so they broke up. As each of them had their own memory, Jill recalled a rare occasion when they had admitted how much they cared and hugged. One of the most amazing mother and daughter reunions in daytime history, just when Jill and Katherine had put their sordid pasts behind them, in January of 2007, Jill was faced with a confession from Katherine that would change her life forever! But Lily spotted a stranger, Richard Womack, heading for the door with it under his coat. At the last minute Cane decided against the marriage, so Amber drugged him and got her friend Ali to take his place in disguise, telling him he was too drunk to remember being married the next morning. Who Is Jill Abbott's biological mother? Colin admitted that he had done it to get in on a big deal, and she tossed him out in the cold, yanking his bathrobe off as she shut the door. Later, Neil shares with everyone that Hilary was conning them all along and was still out for revenge for her mother's death. She was portrayed by Teri Garr. The time came when Blake was assigned a project that Cane was not expert enough to handle, and Sofia and Neil were ready to fire Blake. Neil says that their whole lives are in the case. Colin and Jill celebrated their victory at the bar, and Colin revealed a two million dollar windfall he had been about to use to pay off Kurtz, made necessary by Kurtz discovering that Jill's necklace Colin had given him was a fake. Jill Foster Abbott Fenmore (previously Chancellor, Reynolds, Brooks, Thurston, Sterling and Atkinson) is a fictional character on The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Jess Walton since June 1987. Devon was eventually accused of murdering her, and he worked desperately to find his wife, and clear his name. Lily arrived with Daniel, and Neil held her back as Cane jumped the pilot before he could take off with the twins in the plane. Roger left the estate, with Esther following him to the hotel where they were holding Kay. While locked in the attic, Colin found a journal of Katherine's. The next chapter in the Jill vs. Kay saga began with Jill living temporarily at the Chancellor Estate after her failed 2nd marriage to John Abbott. Jill was bequeathed only Katherine's half of the mansion "which must remain in her hands in perpetuity", and what Katherine called her most prized possession, a red music box which was given to her on October 25, 1940 - her 12th birthday. They went to court and Jills lawyer put Laurens mother, Joanna Manning, on the stand. Lily walked out the front door and saw them fighting. Despite what she feels for Neil, Hilary knows that she loves Devon. Some people are saying that Jill's biological mother could still be alive and if that is the case why don't they hire Dame Julie Andrews to come and play her biological mother. Billy renovated the place beyond recognition for himself and for visitation times with his kids. But much to Jills relief, Jack turned out not to be Philips son. A Jabot shareholders meeting was called, and to Jills shock, Gloria and Jeff Bardwell and Billy Abbott, with the majority of Jabot shares and proxies from Traci and Ashley, announced their takeover. Although Ashley eventually learned she was fathered by someone else, she never let John know. Then Phillip dropped the bomb on Nina, telling her that another reason he was so desperate to die or to leave was that he was, and is, gay! Jill Abbott doesnt appear as often on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS as she once did, so some newer viewers might not be aware of her epic history in Genoa City. After many years, Devon finally played his piano once, revealing his musical abilities. When he confronts her about it, she breaks down and finally admits that she is still in love with him. After Jill and Larry's aborted attempts to con and steal her birth certificate from the hospital records, Jill's friend, banker Frederick Hodges, contacted a search agency. A DNA test later proved him to be the real Phillip Chancellor, son of Jill. Mark Henderson (cousin by adoption) Katherine requested that they throw a one year anniversary party, and gave detailed instructions. Hard as it was to admit to herself that Colin was a conman who continually lied to her, Jill told Colin that she loved him but realized that helping to trap him for the police was the right thing to do. Wanting to keep the family disgrace secret, John awarded Jill a hefty divorce settlement: One-fourth of Jabot, a seat on the board, and an executive job with a salary of $150,000 a year! Hilary was tying herself down to an older blind man but she refused to divorce him. Hunter King Has a Hallmark Date With Chandler Massey! Investigation by the DA's office concluded that David had been the murderer of Ji Min Kim. Katherine tried to buy him from Jill for a million dollars. Kyle moved to Italy to be with his new wife, Summer Newman Abbott (Hunter King), who has a job with an Italian design firm. The guys ended up showing up at crimson Lights as well and also heavily loaded. When a mystery blogger starts attacking the Winters family, Devon is upset over it, wondering who could be attacking his family online. Use right arrow key to move into submenus. Colin called out, and Genevieve appeared telling him that she was there for revenge and justice. Trapped alone without even his cell phone to call for help, Colin found an electrical panel and managed to set off the alarm. David Kimble They kiss again and then Devon takes her into a nearby room, where they make love for the first time. Colin gave Jill the note which contained the name Rachel Berenson. Jill and Kay confronted Arthur, but he refused to explain, saying that Bartlett had ruined his career and his life. Gloria was not totally convinced that Jeffrey wasn't lying, and flaunted her new relationship with Angelo. Mariah fought with Abby. Michael promised to find out the truth. She exhibited with the Art Association of Montreal before showing her work with the Royal Canadian . She staged power outages in their apartment and a burglary at the Chancellor Estate which eventually led Katherine to ask Amber and Cane to move into the estate. Billy went ballistic as Jill informed him that he and Cane would be Co-CEO's of Brash & Sassy until Billy could prove himself competent. Jess Walton (1987 - present) Now, since Boaz is on contract, that means theres plenty more Chance to come. Then Murphy revealed a plaque saying Chancellor Park. Colin was lured into the mansion by music that he recognized, where he found Samantha's urn on the mantel and a chalk outline on the floor covered in photos of her. Although Jill and Kay were very close, Jill ended up having an affair with Katherine's husband Phillip. Meanwhile Jill, after overhearing Colin's suspicious phone call and being warned by Cane, coaxed Colin to bed and handcuffed him, then called the police. Ji Min Kim In the waiting room were Jill, Paul, Heather, Nina, Phillip who had arrived from his home in Australia, Kay with Murphy who had just been told about Chance, and Chloe, who was told when she arrived wondering why everyone was there. On their return, Jill and Ashley asked Cane to become Jill's assistant director of marketing at Jabot, and Cane accepted. He tells the rescue team where the others are stranded and a helicopter comes and saves the rest of the group from the crash site. She returned to Genoa City in June 2022 to attend the Chancellor-Winters launch party, and encountered the recently-back-from-the-dead Diane Jenkins. Jill returned home to discover Billy and Phyllis making love. Jill left ChanceComm in the hands of Billy and Lily Winters, but wouldnt approve funding Billys attempt to take over Cyaxares. When John passed away, he was none the wiser about his daughter's true paternity. Nikki received all of Katherine's jewelry, including a family heirloom emerald and diamond ring given to Kay by her mother. This prompted Jill to give in and go say goodbye to her son Billy when, instead of going to college, he left for Louisiana to help Mac's father, Brock, build houses for the poor. Chance announced that Colin had already stolen the money out of Canes bank account. Luckily Jill had moved back into the Chancellor mansion. While Kay and Jill hugged and commiserated their loss, Colin went to the morgue to identify the body. Jill and Colin returned from the Caribbean to a letter from Katherine, written before her death. Jill was left to care for Kay who could not move or talk from the stroke. Everyone was overjoyed to see him, as Billy picked up and hugged his daughter Delia, then turned around to find Victor there as a guest. OUT: Zach Tinker on what's next after his DAYS exit, DAYS RECAPS: What you missed the Week of February 27, 2023, DAYS SCOOP! Devon leaves to see when Hilary will be discharged and Neil returns to tell Hilary the paperwork is finished. Womack was killed as he and Colin struggled over the gun. Jill divorced John and got 20% of Jabot in the settlement. Jill wanted to have a baby, though John felt he was too old. When Katherine realized that she had forgotten to go to Victor and Nikki's remarriage, she was shocked, but fearing Alzheimer's, she did her best to keep it secret. Jill decided to forgive him for the blackmail since he was doing it to buy back Chancellor for her. Jack was shocked that he had been named as Billy's healthcare power of attorney and agonized over the decision to take him off life support after conferring with his deceased father John's presence. Convinced that one of the men in the photo is his biological father, Jack showed it to Lauren Fenmore, who recognized her own dad, Neil Fenmore, in the group! Using a sexual enhancement drug to make sure that Jill and Ji Min got it on in the board room, and setting the video feed to monitor them, she and Will walked in on them, and Will dumped Jill. Although Jill did her best to stop it, her son Billy fell in love with Mac. More Profiles: Read up on dozens of other past and present Y&R characters. Together they connived to get a strand of Jills hair for another DNA test but it too proved no match to Kays DNA. It wasnt long before they were insisting on a DNA test, in hopes they could prove she was not Kays daughter. 72 years (February 3, 1949) Brenda Dickson/Age. But Sofia got Cane to admit that Blake was a fraud, and after hearing the story behind it, she agreed to help him get the blackmailers paid off to protect his family from harm. Kay didn't let Jill know she was getting better, testing her to see if just maybe she might care for her like a mother. Paul shut off the ballroom lights just as they scrambled for the gun, but Colin had caught it under his foot. * Learned that Cane is not really her son, and that Phillip sent him when he faked his death. Elliott ended up charming Jill into accepting his marriage proposal, but shortly afterward, an investigation proved that Elliott had embezzled millions. In exchange for a kiss, Colin revealed that Katherine had stuck a note in the music box for Jill to find, but Colin had removed it. Amber and Cane got cozy, and after she discovered the possible link to the Chancellor millions, she took him to Vegas to get married supposedly to keep him from being deported back to Australia. They hired JT Helstrom to try to track down the real Phillip Chancellor III, and Amber Moore also did her own research consulting tarot cards, psychics, and the Internet. * Fought with Jack Abbott over many of the dealings at Jabot. Amber continued to trick her way into Cane's heart and impending fortune. Initially, Neil is resistant to Devon's help, but this does not stop Devon from fighting for Neil. for extortion, money laundering, trafficking in stolen goods, and was involved in a motorcycle gang Federal RICO prosecution. Victoria became convinced that Billy was in trouble and unable to contact them, so she and Jill decided to go to Myanmar and find him themselves. Nothing like having two people who hate each other living under the same roof. The institution of a restraining order - the violation of which threatened to send Dru to prison - was a particular bone of contention. Lily and Cane decided to remarry with a small family wedding on Valentine's Day everyone but his mother Genevieve whom Cane had disowned. Dina left the family to travel the world when her kids were growing up but would flit in and out of their lives for years until she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and died in the care of her children in 2020. But Lauren told Jill she was not interested in welcoming her to the family, so Jill consulted a lawyer about her legal options. To everyone's surprise, Jill became a successful Jabot executive, as creator of their Men's Line. Jed Sanders Kay is Ashley's godmother and gave Ashley the middle name of Suzanne, as a tribute to the former close high school friend of theirs, whom they thought had died. Virginia informed Devon that Tyra was not biologically related to the Hamilton family, but was left with Devon's grandmother as a baby. But his love and respect for Lily helped him to see that he was back in the spiral again, gave up on revenge, and joined Lily at Chancellor as COO. Cane rescued Lily just as the mansion exploded. Jill told Billy that she was impressed with his podcasts, betting he found them cathartic. Jill gave Esther the results of Paul's investigation proving Roger was a bigamist who made a living marrying rich women, but Esther would not believe it. Kay sustained serious injuries, and Phillip was in critical condition. Eventually Jill forgave Colin, and they left together on a trip. Murphy later delivered letters from Katherine to each of her loved ones. But he also heard the rumor that it was Marge who was killed, and that Kay was trying to convince everyone that she was still alive, so he instructed his cohort Roger Wilkes to woo Esther and marry her as fast as possible or he may have to do something to keep Kay from "coming back from the dead". Elena became very insecure and felt like she was still competing with Hilary's ghost, albeit a different version. He was adopted and is being raised by Victoria. Her step-children Gina and Danny received a one-half of one percent in cash. Deborah Adair (1980 - 1983) Jack told Ashley not to worry, once Katherine was proven alive she would reinstate them, and with the help of Jack's new PR person Mary Jane, Kay did make Jack CEO of Jabot again. Afterward they put a flower on the altar next to Katherine's urn. Jill and Katherine encouraged him to stay and claim his legacy as both a Chancellor and an Abbott by learning the business of Chancellor Industries and Jabot Cosmetics. Tucker thought they had tricked him, and prepared to sell all the Chancellor assets within the thirty days before sale closed. Is B&B prepping to revisit the Carter/Katie romance that almost was? How old is Brenda Dickson? Hapless Jill, no more than shared her elation at the prospect with Jack, than Victor let her know that she was just a fling, and he had no real intentions where she was concerned. Jill threw the music box in the trash at home, but it returned again wrapped as a gift under the tree by Chloe. Jill came on hot & heavy to the newly divorced Jeff, seducing him in her office chair, but it wasn't long before he finally realized that the woman he wanted was Gloria. So they concocted the plan to give Jill and Kay a new son in Cane, making them all happy. The test proved that Jill was not a match to her either, but when Brock arrived a blood test proved he was Kay's son, which ultimately meant that Jill was not Katherine's daughter after all. Jill next set her sights on wealthy older man, John Abbott. Kay and Tucker got close, and Kay talked him into selling her 51%. Not knowing about Marge's reappearance, they assumed it was Kay's body. Sean moved in to the Chancellor Estate and lived with Jill. Katherine's book of memoirs "Live Until I Die" came out in time for Christmas 2008. Sad that it meant his friend Marge was probably dead instead, he agreed to accompany her to the mansion. Family Trees: Scan the many branches of the Foster family tree. So Tuckers first steps were to hire Adam Newman, JT Hellstrom, and Kevin Fisher, dump Jill as a lover, and sell Jabot. Meanwhile back at the Chancellor Estate, Lily was crushed that Cane had lied to her for years, Neil told him to stay away from Lily, and Billy arrived in time to punch him out. Stubborn Jill, refused to write anything on the paper. John_Silva Murphy admitted that the doctors had told Katherine that she did not have long live, so she had decided to take the trip. Part of the a360media Entertainment Group.Copyright a360media 2023. Colin went to Devon and told him he wants to look out for Neil. They were able to arrange a meeting between Jill and her birth mother, the always-tipsy, crusty, down-on-her-luck, Charlotte Ramsey. To get the money to buy it back from Jack, Jill offered Brash & Sassy for sale to Billy, Cane and Victoria. * Fell out with Katherine when it was revealed that they're not actually related. Lily smashed a vase over the thief's head, causing him to drop the necklace and flee. Chairs were cleared for a reception where everyone put marital advice on cards in a pretty glass box. He takes Neil home where Hilary is. Living there gave Jill flashbacks to her early days of love with Phillip, which prompted her to rummage in boxes in the Chancellor attic. Katherine had another mini-stroke and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Each one read their fortunes, and Jill's was "Do not fear the unknown, ask the right question, the answer is worth knowing.". Jill conned Colin into going into the attic, then locked him inside unless he signed a document giving her a divorce and laying no claim to her money. Family patriarch and cosmetics mogul John Abbott led Genoa City's Abbotts for years until his untimely death in 2006, per Soaps.com. Brenda Dickson (1973 - 1980, 1983 - 1987). Neil trudges through the snow trying to find help, while everyone else waits at the crash site and worries for his safety. Sharon quickly decided to go to Crimson Lights instead. Cane was doing such a good job running the company, that it was chosen as one to watch for the new year. He apologized to his son, saying that because of him, both his son and his daughter had been gunned down in the street. * Paid Mamie Johnson one million dollars to leave town. Jill went to Australia for a time to help Phillip, and returned at the behest of Tucker McCall, who was concerned about Katherine's plans to begin working full-time again running Chancellor.