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Full detailed profile on Katherine Chancellor Played by Jeanne Cooper on The Young and the Restless Daytime Soap Opera.
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Katherine Chancellor
Actor: Jeanne Cooper Who played Katherine Chancellor over the yearsJeanne Cooper (1973 - present) Useful information on Katherine Chancellor* Resides at the Chancellor Estate at 12 Foothill Road. |
CURRENT & PAST OCCUPATION
Current: Owner of Chancellor Industries
KATHERINE CHANCELLOR'S HISTORY
Katherine Chancellor appeared in 1973 as the wife of Chancellor Industries mogul Phillip Chancellor II. After years of feeling neglected, Katherine became an alcoholic and had repeated affairs with the help. After Kay met Jill Foster at the salon she frequented, she hired Jill to become her paid companion. Although Jill tried everything to pull Kay out of the depths of the bottle, it wasn't until Katherine found out that Jill and her husband were having an affair that she sought help. She then encouraged her son Brock to propose to Jill in order to pull her away from Phillip. However, Jill found out that she was pregnant with Phillip's child and had her marriage to Brock annulled without consummation.
When Kay refused to give Phillip a divorce, he set off to the Dominican Republic and obtained it himself. However, tragedy struck after a drunken Kay met Phillip at the airport. During the ride home, Katherine became furious when Phillip continued to push her away and ended up losing control of the car causing it to sail off of a cliff! On his deathbed, Phillip and Jill married just before he passed. From that moment forward, Kay and Jill were brutal enemies.
Katherine's next true love came after Jill hired a bum to seduce Kay, but the plan backfired when Rex Sterling, Danny Romalotti's father, really fell in love with Kay! However their love story didn't last� After Katherine's lifelong friend and maid, Esther Valentine, fell in love with a conman, Rex came upon Norman Peterson robbing Kay's safe and Norma shot Rex dead! Kay was devastated but managed to forgive Esther for bringing Norman into their lives.
Katherine's next challenge arrived after Jill found Phillip's will stating that he wanted Jill to have the Chancellor Estate! Although Kay didn't lose the property, Jill was awarded half of everything and moved into the estate, which sent Kay back to the bottle and on the hunt to find herself.
Emotionally devastated, Katherine was found wandering the streets of Genoa City by runaway Mackenzie Browning. Mac brought Kay to the GC homeless shelter and the two became close friends. After Mac shared a letter with Kay from her dad, a man Mac had never met, Katherine realized that Brock had written it and that Mac was her granddaughter! Finally having someone to live for, Kay brought Mac back to the mansion, managed to get word to Brock, and worked hard to put her new family together.
Her world took a traumatic turn in 2003, when Kay found out that Jill was her biological daughter! Not able to deal with the stress of the new revelation or with Jill's animosity that Kay had thrown her away at birth, Katherine hit the bottle again. Even though her family confronted her with an intervention, it wasn't until Kay had a dream about Rex returning from the dead to help her that Katherine finally admitted herself into a rehab to get well.
In late 2006, Katherine threw herself back into the corporate world when she bought Jabot Cosmetics just as the company was about to go belly up. Unbeknownst to her, she ended up selling the company to the House of Kim without knowing that Jack was the secret owner! Shortly after, Katherine lost her lifelong friend John Abbott to a stroke. After her grandson Billy, Jill's son, returned to GC for John's funeral, Katherine and Jill seemed to be at each other's throats. To make things worse, Kay found out that Billy had a gambling addiction and thought it best to send him off to work for the House of Kim in Hong Kong. With the help of Jack, Billy moved overseas and Jill blamed Kay for pushing him away.
During the fall of 2006, Katherine began to have nightmares about a baby exchanging hands. Thinking they had something to do with Jill as a baby, Kay and Jill had a DNA test for fear that Jill wasn't really her daughter, but the test proved that the two were mother and daughter giving them both much relief. However, the nightmares didn't stop and after taking part in a reading with world-renowned psychic Silvia Browne, Katherine put the clues together and realized that, in a drunken rage of jealousy, years and years ago, Kay had switched Jill's baby at birth, not wanting her to have anything that belonged to her beloved Phillip.
With nothing more that the knowledge that Katherine had given the child to a woman named 'Violet,' along with a very large, very exquisite diamond ring, she went on the hunt to locate her daughter's real son and make up for the mistake that threatened to ruin Jill and Kay's relationship for good! Cane arrived in Genoa City looking for his biological mother and was found to be Jill's real son.
Katherine let Jill takeover the reigns at Chancellor after experiencing heart trouble. She began to write her memoirs with the help of Amber Moore. When on her way to drive Marge Cotroke to a rehab facility, they were in a car crash. Marge died, but everyone thought it was Katherine, who had really been taken in by the kindly Murphy. Katherine and Murphy fell in love, and when it was proven by DNA that she was alive, and that Jill was not her biological daughter, she finally returned home to plan her wedding to Murphy!
PAST MARRIAGES
Gary Reynolds (deceased)
Phillip Chancellor II (deceased)
Derek Thurston (divorced)
Brian Romalotti (AKA - Rex Sterling - divorced - first time)
Brian Romalotti (AKA - Rex Sterling - widowed - second time)
FLINGS & RELATIONSHIPS
John_Abbott (deceased)
Arthur Hendricks
Douglas Austin
Felipe Ramirez
Jerry Cashman (deceased)
Brent Davis (deceased)
Mitchell Sherman
Arthur Hendricks
Patrick Murphy
RELATIVES
None
CHILDREN
Brock Reynolds (son with Gary)
Mackenzie Browning (granddaughter)
PICTURES
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RELATED DAILY UPDATES
Tuesday, February 09 2010: Princess.
Katherine arrives at Tucker's office and they discuss Jabot going to Victor. Tucker remarks that it went to the highest bidder - he didn't care who it was. Kay notes that it's probably not as satisfying as he'd hoped. She informs him that the fact is she gave him away as a baby - and nothing either one of them can do can change that! Katherine says this takeover is about their history. He retorts that they don't have one! Katherine says he doesn't know much about her, but he should know that she's never been defeated, nor will she ever be! She challenges him to do his worst - and enjoy it while it lasts - because while he's been chopping away, there's one finger he hasn't chopped off yet! As she leaves, Tucker bursts into amused laughter, but later he seems thoughtful and unsettled.
Katherine meets up with Victor at Jabot. She says she's glad that the company is in good hands. He tells her it will be safe until he can return it to her. She tells him about her visit with Tucker - saying he doesn't care about her at all! Kay leaves and Gloria comes in. Victor isn't interested in hearing her ideas - she asks if he ever will be!
Amber meets with Katherine in Crimson Lights. She tells her that she's worried that she and Daniel aren't going to make it! They discuss Amber wanting children, and Katherine assures her that they have plenty of time - he may feel differently in a year or two. Amber sighs.
Jack is at the coffee house when he gets a call from someone who tells him what Victor's very high offer was for Jabot. Jack says to himself, "It doesn't make sense. Why would he do that?" He sits down with Katherine on the patio. She muses that he must be disappointed. Jack warns her that she shouldn't hold her breath waiting for Victor to return Jabot to her - he may not mean to sting her, but he will - it's his nature.
Monday, February 08 2010: Who Are You?
Katherine and Neil are at the Club. Kay tells Neil she hasn't heard anything about Jabot yet. Jill comes over, and Neil tells her they're discussing business. Katherine adds that it's not her concern - she's fired! Jill reiterates that she didn't conspire with Tucker against her, and Neil points out that doesn't explain why she stayed with him. Jill pleads with Katherine not to do this. Kay says she'll always love her down deep, but she repeatedly stabs her in the back. As Neil takes a call about Jabot, Jill storms out saying Tucker appreciated her talents more than Katherine ever did!
Neil and Katherine arrive back at the Chancellor Estate where they discuss the ramifications of Tucker selling Jabot to Victor. Chloe comes into the room and tells them about Chance being upset. Neil learns of the break-in. Katherine walks into the living room where Chance is looking at photos of the room before and after the break-in - he's certain he's missing something. Kay muses that if he's being targeted he has to let the people who love him in! Chance discusses his mistrust of the people he works with, and she says he can't go through life as an army of one. Chloe passes by, as she is taking Delia for a walk. Chance stops her and apologizes for not opening up to her. He says he's going to ask for help from Sid Meeks, and then asks to go for a walk with Chloe and Delia. Neil comes into the room after they go, and tells Katherine that his P.I. found something odd in Tucker's past - he managed a rock band and parlayed their success into a record label - all the bands he then signed skyrocketed to success - how did he pull that off? Katherine looks intrigued.
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