Soap opera legend Brenda Dickson has been arrested for battery.
A former Miss California who danced for the armed forces with Bob Hope, Dickson, 77, rose to stardom when she originated the role of Jill Foster Abbott on the beloved soap, The Young and the Restless. She starred on the series from 1973 to 1980, and then returned from 1983 to 1987.
Recent news indicates that Dickson is in a bit of trouble. TMZ.com is reporting that Dickson was arrested and booked on July 9 for misdemeanor battery on a person, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office. She was released that same day on her own recognizance. Both the identity of the victim and their relationship to Dickson were not released.
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In addition to her time on The Young and the Restless, Dickson made appearances on Love, American Style, and Falcon Crest.
Personal Struggles After Fame
Dickson wrote a book, My True Hidden Hollywood Story: My Memoir of Sexual Harassment, Blacklisting, and Love Affairs with some of the most Powerful Men in Hollywood, in which she shared that she ended up broke and homeless after being blacklisted from Hollywood by legendary daytime producer William J. Bell, the New York Post reported.
“I am fighting back,” she told The Post at the time of the book's 2013 publication.
Dickson claimed she began an affair with Bell when she was just 21 years old. She was fired 15 years later and says she has been blocked from working in the industry ever since.
Dickson claims she also had relationships with everyone from retail icon Fred Segal and Congressman Barry Goldwater to On Golden Pond playwright Ernest Thomas and The Waltons star Richard Thomas.
Soap Opera Flashback
If you need a reminder of Dickson's role as Jill Abbott on The Young and The Restless, take a look at this fun flashback that is as '80s as it gets. Watch below:
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