• Viewers of soap operas make the most loyal fans. Having been on The Young and the Restless for more than 30 years since the show’s premiere in 1973, she appeals to several generations of fans.

• Despite the cancellation of so many soap operas, The Young and the Restless remains on the air and is a huge favorite that continues to be watched by its legions of fans.

• In her eighties, Jeanne is still acting and believes she has a lot more life left to live. She has dealt with struggles like anyone else, but it is Jeanne’s indomitable spirit and her passion for her career and living her life to the fullest that makes her a true inspiration and a role model for fans of every age.
 
 

Three or four days a week, Jeanne Cooper drives from her Hollywood Hills home to the job she’s held for the past three decades- bringing life to the character of Katherine Chancellor, the outspoken, powerful, insanely wealthy force of nature who, along with Jeanne herself, has become an iconic legend in the world of daytime television and its number one show, The Young and the Restless.

Not Young, Still Restless is the story of Jeanne Cooper’s compelling, inspiring life, before, during and away from the CBS soundstage that only houses a fraction of who she is. With her signature fearlessness, honesty and humor, Jeanne chronicles her long tenure in Hollywood. Among the highlights:

• Making her way from small-town Taft, California, to the heart of the Los Angeles movie industry

• Her career in the new phenomenon called television growing up together on such classic series as The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, Maverick, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Hawaiian Eye, and 77 Sunset Strip, while her feature film co-stars read like a Who’s Who of Hollywood’s Golden Age—Tony Curtis, Maureen O’Hara, Shelley Winters, and Glenn Ford, to name just a few

• An optimistic marriage that looked so good on paper and produced the three great loves of her life— her daughter Caren and her sons Collin and actor Corbin Bernsen—before it ended, leaving her a single working mother

• A fierce, successful battle with alcoholism while her alter-ego Katherine Chancellor continued to struggle with the same crippling addiction

• Her world-famous real-live televised facelift as part of her Young and the Restless storyline, making her, in a way, the first reality TV star in 1984

• Fighting and beating cancer, both her own and her daughter’s

• Her daytime and prime-time Emmy nominations and wins, her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the unforgettable presentation of her Lifetime Achievement Award

• Her tireless social activism and motivational speaking appearances, from the Children’s Hospital of Toronto to the National Wildlife Association to The Interval House abuse victims charity to her cherished position as the national spokesperson for The Springboard Center, a facility in Midland, Texas that offers treatment and rehabilitation for substance abusers and those who love them

• Her ability to not just survive but thrive as an octogenarian in a business too often devoted to a misguided pursuit of the youth market