Jess Walton
Jess Walton was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States on February 18th, 1949 and is the Soap Opera Actress. At the age of 75, Jess Walton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Jess Walton (born February 18, 1949) is an American actress best known for her role as Jill Abbott on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.
In addition, she appeared in the 2018 film Christmas with a View.
Early life
Walton was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but she was raised in Toronto, Canada, where she attended Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School. At the age of 17, she left home and joined a Toronto theater company. She went to Hollywood in 1969 and moved to Universal Studios for the next year.
Personal life
Walton was married to John James, author and founder of The Grief Recovery Institute from 1980 to his death in August 2021. "Before John James, I had always gone for bohemian, rock and roll styles," Walton said in an interview. John didn't fit the picture; he was straighter. Walton and the couple had two children but they now reside in Oregon.
Walton dated one of Joni Mitchell and Crosby's managers, Stills, Nash & Young, for a brief period, and Laura Nyro and Neil Young performed with them and other musicians, including Laura Nyro and Neil Young. Walton recalled a memorable moment in which Nyro taught Walton and Mitchell how to belly dance. Walton claims that one of the houses on Joni Mitchell's Ladies of the Canyon cover belonged to her.
Walton was a good friend of her Y&R co-star Jeanne Cooper, who portrayed Jill's arch-rival Katherine Chancellor from 1973 to her death in May 2013.
Career
Walton appeared on several television shows, including Medical Center; Kojak; Marcus Welby, M.D. Ironside; The Rockford Files; Gunsmoke; Cannon; and Barnaby Jones. She co-starred in film The Strawberry Statement (1970) and portrayed the female lead roles of The Peace Killers (1971) and Monkeys in the Attic (1974). Donna Mills appeared in The Hunted Lady (1977) as Donna Mills. During that period, her social life soared, and she was briefly married to actor Bruce Davison from 1972-73; the wedding was annulled within the year. However, when she began to drink alcohol and opioids, her life spiraled out of control. She started recovering in 1980.
Walton returned to acting with Kelly Harper on the CBS daytime soap opera, Capitol. In 1987, the program was cancelled. Walton appeared in The Young and the Restless, another CBS soap opera, later this year, in the role of Jill Foster Abbott. Brenda Dickson, who died in 1980, was the role originally played by Brenda Dickson, and Deborah Adair recast it in 1981. Dickson was back in 1983, and although she said she would never leave, she was replaced by Walton in 1987. In 1997, Walton received a Daytime Emmy Award for her role as Jill in a Drama Series, and she was nominated in 1996, 2000, and 2017. Since being nominated in 1990, she received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1991.