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Jess Walton is a Canadian-American actress, best known for her role as Kelly Harper in CBS soap opera Capitol and as Jill Abbott on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
In 1984, Walton returned to acting with the role of Kelly Harper on the CBS daytime soap opera, Capitol. The show was cancelled in 1987. Later in that year, Walton joined the cast of another CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless, in the role as Jill Foster Abbott. The role was originally portrayed by Brenda Dickson, who departed in 1980, and the role was first recast with Deborah Adair. In 1983, Dickson returned to the role, and though she stated that she would never leave, she was replaced by Walton in 1987. Walton won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1997 for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Jill, and was nominated in 1996, 2000, and 2017. She also won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1991, after a nomination in 1990. In 2018, she starred alongside Patrick Duffy in the Netflix film, Christmas with a View.
Walton briefly dated one of the managers for Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and for a time, she associated with them and other musicians, including Laura Nyro and Neil Young. In an interview, Walton recalled a memorable occasion where Nyro taught Walton and Mitchell how to belly dance. Walton says that one of the houses featured on Joni Mitchell's Ladies of the Canyon cover belonged to her.
Walton was good friends with her Y&R co-star Jeanne Cooper, who portrayed her character Jill's arch-rival Katherine Chancellor, from 1973 until her death in May 2013.
Personal life
Walton was married to John James, an author and founder of The Grief Recovery Institute from 1980 until his death in August 2021. The couple had two children and Walton still resides in Oregon.
Filmography
1969 The Guns of Will Sonnett Abbey Garcia Episode: "Robber's Roost" 1970 The Strawberry Statement Student 1970 The Young Lawyers Clara Smith Episode: "MacGillicuddy Always Was a Pain in the Neck" 1970 Montserrat Television film 1971 The F.B.I. Mary Douglas Episode: "The Last Job" 1971 The Peace Killers Kristen 1971 Medical Center Nancy Episode: "Martyr" 1972 Young Dr. Kildare Libby Cabot Episode: "Death of Innocents" 1972 The Sixth Sense Lilly Warren Episode: "Coffin, Coffin in the Sky" 1972 The Victim Susan Chappel Television film 1972 Marcus Welby, M.D. Naomi Sobel Episode: "Unto the Next Generation" 1972–1973 Sharon McGraw Episodes: "Short Flight to a Distant Star" and "The Night Crawler" 1973 Sheila Arnold Episode: "Seed of Doubt" 1973 You'll Never See Me Again Vicki Bliss Television film 1973 Gunsmoke Patricia Colby Episode: "Patricia" 1973 Ironside Debbie Episode: "The Ghost of the Dancing Doll" 1973 Cannon Melanie Episode: "Arena of Fear" 1974 Griff Penny Coyle Episode: "All the Lonely People" 1974 Kojak Cheryl Pope Episode: "Die Before They Wake" 1974 Toma Episode: "Indictment" 1974 Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love Angelique Television film 1974 Sierra Gail Episode: "Cruncher" 1974 Monkeys in the Attic Elaine 1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. Dr. Janet Oliver Episode: "The Fatal Challenge" 1974 Ironside Jennifer Episode: "The Lost Cotillion" 1975 The Six Million Dollar Man E.J. Haskell Episode: "Taneha" 1975 Cannon Janet Coin Episode: "Missing at FL307" 1975 Movin' On Olivia Episode: "Ammo" 1975 The Rockford Files Laura Smith Episode: "The Four Pound Brick" 1975 Gunsmoke Kattalin Larralde Episode: "Manolo" 1975 S.W.A.T. Carole Ritchie Episode: "Hit Men" 1975 Cannon Janice Elder Episode: "The Victim" 1975 Starsky & Hutch Theresa Defusto Episode: "Shootout" 1976 Jigsaw John Episode: "Thicker Than Blood" 1976 Baretta Muriel Episode: "Soldier in the Jungle" 1976 The Streets of San Francisco Lois Flynn Episode: "In Case of Madness" 1977 Switch Angela Mendarez Episode: "Three for the Money" 1977 Barnaby Jones Doris Carson Episode: "The Killer on Campus" 1977 The Hunted Lady Kate Television film 1979 Mod Squad Kate Television film 1979 Mrs. Columbo Judy Arno Episode: "A Chilling Surprise" 1980 Insight Joanna Episode: "Thea" 1984–1987 Capitol Kelly Harper Series regular
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama (1986, 1988)1987–present The Young and the Restless Jill Abbott Series regular
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1997)
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1991)
Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama (1994)
Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1996, 2000, 2017)
Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1990)
Nominated — Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Actress in a Daytime Serial (1997, 2003)
Nominated — Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Daytime Serial (1998, 2009)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama (1996, 2000)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime (1989)1999 Wasted in Babylon Hellen Cook 2005 Paper Bags Margaret Rose Short film 2006 The Return of the Muskrats Soap Actress Short film 2018 Christmas with a View Jackie Haven Television film
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Categories: Living People, American Soap Opera Actresses, American Television Actresses, Actresses From Grand Rapids, Michigan, Canadian Soap Opera Actresses, Canadian Television Actresses, Canadian People Of American Descent, Daytime Emmy Award Winners, 20th-century American Actresses, 21st-century American Actresses, 20th-century Canadian Actresses, 21st-century Canadian Actresses, Year Of Birth Missing
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