Dickson, 58, was jailed on a contempt of court charge Feb. 6 for failure to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement in her divorce from local attorney Jan Weinberg. Wearing a green velour track suit and shackled at the wrists and ankles, Dickson appeared twice in Family Court today for hearings before Judge Darryl Choy.

Claiming that Choy's rulings had rendered her penniless and homeless, Dickson asked several times to borrow money from Weinberg's lawyer, Charles Kleintop, and even mocked Kleintop with Nazi salutes, saying to him, "Heil Hitler. Third Reich."

But Dickson ultimately said the words that Kleintop and Choy wanted to hear: that she would stop attempts to block the scheduled $1.37 million sale of a Los Angeles condominium that she and Winberg jointly own.

Featured as Jill Abbott on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" in the 1960s and '70s, Dickson said she's planning to revive her acting career. She has her own Web site, brendadickson.com, which features photographs of her with a variety of celebrities and announces, "Brenda's Back in Hollywood."

This afternoon, Dickson called her lawyers in California and instructed them to withdraw court papers blocking the sale of the condo. And she signed an affidavit, swearing under oath to vacate the condo and assist in its sale.