melissa pam ordway gaston played dina abbott on the young and the restless.
who plays dina abbott on the young and the restless?
melissa pam ordway gaston
marla adams (born august 28, 1938) is an american television actress, best known for her roles as belle clemens on "the secret storm", from 1968 to 1974, and as dina abbott mergeron on "the young and the restless". as belle clemens, she was the show's reigning villainess for the last years of its run, stopping at almost nothing to destroy the life of the show's leading heroine, amy ames. like vicky and dorian later on "one life to live", the two rivals were at one time related through marriage. as dina abbott on "the young and the restless" from 1983 to 1986, in 1991 and again in 1996, she caused major disruptions in the lives of her three children and ex-husband john abbott and his wife jill. she reprised her role as dina for three episodes on "the young and the restless" in 2008 when katharine chancellor was presumed dead. in may 2017, adams returned to "the young and the restless". the following march, adams' performance garnered her an emmy nomination for best supporting actress.
marla adams
john abbott, jr. known commonly as jack, is born on june 29 (in 1953 or 1954) to dina abbott. and john abbott . he has two younger sisters, ashley and traci. dina walks out on the family when jack is only thirteen. john is left to raise their children on his own with assistance from housekeeper and nanny, mamie johnson (marguerite ray, and veronica redd). at the age of 19, jack travels to vietnam to serve in the army where he falls in love with a young vietnamese woman known as mai yun. at war's end, jack is forced to evacuate mai yun's village and loses contact with his soul mate. after graduating from college, jack attends harvard business school where he becomes captain of the debate team. jack graduates with an mba and also gains the reputation of a playboy.
jack abbott (the young and the restless)