Brenda Dickson

Brenda Irene Dickson is an American actress who originated the role of Jill Foster Abbott on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Dickson was born in Long Beach, California. As a teenager, she toured Southeast Asia singing and dancing for the armed forces with Bob Hope. At the age of 17, she won the title of Miss California USA. This led to acting offers but Dickson decided to continue performing at USO shows while studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles.

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