The Brooks family desperately tried to locate Leslie, who was still tucked away as "Jane Doe" in the New York mental hospital. Lorie, however, wasn't shedding any tears for her missing sister. She was too busy making plans to marry Brad Eliot. At the New York mental hospital, Leslie's doctor accidentally ran across her photo in an old newspaper. The doctor phoned Stuart Brooks, who caught the next flight out of Genoa City. In New York, Stuart was delighted to discover that 'Jane Doe' was his daughter, Leslie.

With Leslie back in Genoa City, Brad discovered that Lorie had manipulated him into marrying her. He immediately broke off their engagement. Thanks to Brad's loving support, Leslie recovered completely from her ordeal and they made plans to marry. Leslie also arranged to buy Pierre's nightclub from Sally. She renamed it the Allegro and began performing regularly at the club.

Brad opened up to Leslie about his past life in Chicago. He'd been a neurosurgeon and had engaged in an extramarital affair with a nurse named Barbara Anderson. That affair had led to the birth of a son, who eventually died. At the time of his son's death, Brad was performing surgery on a patient. Overwhelmed by grief, Brad had given up his medical career, left Chicago and eventually ended up in Genoa City. Leslie agreed to keep Brad's secret and they married.

Katherine was devastated to discover that she and Phillip were no longer married. Putting the pieces together, Katherine realized that she had been drinking heavily on the night Phillip left for Haiti. In a drunken stupor she signed consent papers that opened the door for Phillip to divorce her.

Trying to maintain a calm exterior, a panicked Katherine met Phillip at the airport and offered him a ride home. But while they were driving, Katherine could no longer contain her false facade. She pleaded with Phillip to resume their marriage. In a heightened emotional state, Katherine lost control of the car and it careened off a cliff. They were rushed by ambulance to the hospital. Katherine sustained serious injuries and Phillip was in critical condition. Worried that she would lose Phillip, a tearful Jill kept a constant vigil at his bedside, praying for him to recover.

Meanwhile, Bill Foster arranged for Phillip and Jill to be married at the hospital. After the ceremony, Jill quickly headed home to make plans for her life with Phillip. By the time Jill returned to the hospital later that evening, Phillip had died. After Phillip's burial, Jill's grief quickly turned to open hatred against Katherine, whom she held responsible for Phillip's death.

Now that Jill was Mrs. Phillip Chancellor, and had access to everything that belonged to her dead husband, including his money and home, she devised a scheme to punish Katherine. With little notice, Jill threw Katherine out of the Chancellor estate. Jill then arranged for her family to live with her in the plush home. Initially, Jill's family felt awkward, being taken care of by servants. Eventually, they began enjoying their comfortable new life.

Meanwhile, Katherine was hell-bent on winning back her home. With that goal in mind, she devoted her time to proving that Jill and Phillip weren't legally married. In an ugly courtroom battle, Katherine testified that she had been coerced into signing the divorce papers while under the influence of alcohol.

The judge ruled in Katherine's favor, making it possible for her to regain possession of Phillip's home. Jill, who was no longer recognized as Mrs. Phillip Chancellor, realized that her son would be born illegitimate.

Although Katherine was the victor, it gnawed away at her that Jill was carrying Phillip's baby. She offered Jill a million dollars for legal custody of the unborn baby and Jill eventually accepted. But after giving birth, Jill had a change of heart and refused to turn her baby over to Katherine. Instead, she petitioned the court for part of Phillip's estate to go to her son. But the court rejected her petition.

Angered, Jill plotted revenge against Katherine. She led Katherine to believe that Phillip was still alive, and that she still suffered from a drinking problem. Although Katherine had actually gotten sober after Phillip's death, Jill deliberately left a bottle of booze where Katherine would find it. Distraught, Katherine began drinking again. When Liz realized what Jill was doing, she insisted that her daughter stop. Jill confessed her dirty scheme to Katherine, but it was too late. Katherine was already off the wagon.

Jennifer Brooks made plans to divorce Stuart and marry her former lover, Dr. Bruce Henderson. But Jennifer postponed her plans when Stuart suffered a heart attack. When Stuart recovered, Jennifer asked for the divorce and then flew to Chicago to be with Bruce. Soon after, Katherine discovered that she had breast cancer. After her mastectomy, Jennifer, abruptly broke off her relationship with Bruce, believing that no man could really love her because she was disfigured. Stuart, meanwhile, continued to love Jennifer. After dealing with her insecurities about the mastectomy, Jennifer reconciled with Stuart.

After Lorie was dumped by Brad, she fell for Jed Andrews, a married man. When that relationship ended, Lorie found herself attracted to Bruce's son, Mark. They fell in love and planned to marry. But shortly before the wedding, Jennifer revealed to Mark that he and Lorie were half brother and sister. Jennifer explained that Bruce, not Stuart, was Lorie's father. Mark quickly broke off the engagement, leaving Lorie confused. When Jennifer finally confessed the truth to Lorie, she lashed out in anger.

Brad discovered that he was going blind. Fearful that he would be a burden to Leslie, Brad deliberately began neglecting her so that she would fall out of love with him. With his eyesight nearly gone, Brad left Leslie and moved in with Lorie, who looked after him. Soon after, doctors found a cure for Brad's blindness. But by that time, irreparable damage had been done to Brad and Leslie's marriage. They divorced and Brad left town.

Bill and Liz Foster remarried. But Bill's cancer progressed quickly. The doctors doubted that he would live out the year. Bill was eventually hospitalized and kept alive by machines. He pleaded with Liz to pull the plug. Not wanting to see her husband suffer, Liz agreed to his wishes, but she was so traumatized by the incident that she suffered a stroke and forgot her actions.

Meanwhile, Snapper was accused of killing his father. With Greg's help, Snapper was cleared of murder charges. Soon after, Jill fell for David Mallory, a young man who had been blind until a cornea transplant restored his vision. The eyes he received were from the deceased Bill Foster.

Bill Foster
Bill Foster learned he was dying from lung cancer. He and Liz renewed their wedding vows before Bill began hospital treatment which quickly started draining their bank account. Bill wanted to end his life so he began smoking again only to have Liz and her son Snapper put a stop to it. Bill became an organ donor, signed a do not resuscitate order and thanked Katherine Sterling for paying some of the hospital bills.

Bill soon found himself on life-support. In severe pain, he begged Liz to pull the plug. Liz wanted to help but taking a life was against her religion. Only God could take a life she thought. But, after careful consideration, Liz realized that God wouldn't want anyone to live a life of pain. She pulled the plug. It was an act of love.

Vanessa Prentiss

It was 1976. Vanessa Prentiss was a woman of mystery. As half owner of Prentiss Industries, she also made half of the decisions. The veil she wore across the lower part of her face covered the awful disfigurement suffered when she saved her son Lance in a fire accidentally started years ago by her other son, Lucas. From then on, Lance would belong to no one but her. Her dislike for author Lorie Brooks was classic hate, and Vanessa wanted her far away from Lance. Try as she might, Vanessa couldn't stop Lance from marrying Lorie.

In 1977, as the honeymooners looked forward to a new life together, Vanessa was plotting to destroy their marriage. She invited concert pianist Leslie Brooks into her home and made it clear that she didn't like Lorie and wished that her son had picked Leslie to marry.

Leslie defended her sister, pointing out that Lorie, in delaying the publication of her second novel, had given up fame and fortune because of what the book might do to Leslie's life. Vanessa hired a private investigator (not Paul Williams) to track down the book.

Lorie's taunts that Vanessa's veil was covering up a perfectly lovely, reconstructed face were dismissed when Vanessa lifted her veil to reveal some very ugly scars. Lorie scoffed that she had learned from Vanessa's doctor that she didn't have a heart condition as she claimed and that she could have had plastic surgery ten years ago but didn't in order to hang onto Lance.

Vanessa warned Lorie that if she ran her mouth she'd tell Lance how Lorie had written the book, In My Sister's Shadow, using her sister's misfortune to earn a fortune for herself.

Vanessa eventually devised a ploy to have Lance sent to Chicago on business. During that time she planned to kill Lorie saying she mistook her for a burglar.

On the night she set the plan in motion there were two shots. What a bummer. Vanessa shot Lance by mistake when he had come home from Chicago earlier than expected.

Plan 'B' went into effect. Lorie would take the blame provided Vanessa moved out of the house. Alas, that plan went sour too when Lance forgave Lorie but wouldn't let his mother move out.

As time moved on Lorie went to Hong Kong looking for Lucas and brought him back to Genoa City to be with his mother when she underwent surgery. It was 1978 and by now Vanessa had seen the good in Lorie. Unfortunately, Lorie's book was becoming a best-seller and would undoubtedly be the death of her marriage. Vanessa tried buying up all copies of the book but it was too late.

Lorie freaked when the book hit all the stores. She had changed all the names but everyone at home knew who she had written about and her father was pissed. At the same time Lucas was convinced that she was the girl for him. Lorie's world was in turmoil. It didn't help when Lance told her that Leslie was pregnant with his baby! This, of course, pleased Vanessa whose surgery had freed her from the veil.

Vanessa was floored when Leslie agreed to marry Lucas.

What few people knew was that Lorie had seen Lance kissing Leslie. It was a goodbye kiss, but Lorie didn't know that. When Lance got around to getting his marriage on track it was too late. Lorie went to Seattle. Lucas followed her and Lorie spilled the beans that the baby she was expecting was sired by Lance. Leslie swore she'd never tell Lance.

Besides Lucas, one of the few to know the truth about Leslie's pregnancy was Maestro Fautsch who allowed Leslie and Lucas to stay at his villa in Switzerland. It would be the perfect place to keep the baby's birthdate a secret. But before they could get out of town Vanessa found out. She promised not to say anything as if it had not been for Lucas' prodding she might never have had the surgery.

By 1979 Vanessa was back to breaking up Lorie's marriage to Lance. She called Lucas with an invitation to join Prentiss Industries knowing that Lucas would become jealous of his more successful brother. As the power struggle played out in Genoa City, Leslie was giving birth to Brooks Lucas Prentiss in Switzerland.

Vanessa got what she wanted - Lance out of the company. Lucas soon realized he couldn't run the empire and moved to Australia. From there he went to war-torn Santa Domingo when the company's office there began to falter.

Lance eventually divorced Lorie. Lucas returned and took up with Dr. Casey Reed. Furious that her sister was meddling in her life, Lorie made Leslie so whacked out she became suicidal and left town. Wandering around in a fog in a strange town, Leslie walked into a bar where the owner turned her into a piano player with a new name. Priscilla.

By the end of 1980 the Prentiss family name would become a distant memory. But the message lives on. Just because you've got a hideous face doesn't mean you have to stop being a wicked bitch.