- Jill Whelan
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birthdate = birth date and age|1966|9|29
birthplace = Oakland, CA
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occupation = Radio Talk Show Host
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spouse = Brad St. John1993 -1996
Michael Chaykowsky2004 -Present
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website =Jill Whelan (born
September 29 ,1966 ) is an American actress.Whelan was born in
Oakland, California . After attending summer acting camp at age 7, Whelan landed a series of commercials. At age 11, she was cast in the TV show "Friends" (a little-known 1979 series, "not" the long-running NBC sitcom spanning the turn of the 21st Century). Later that year, Whelan played the role of Lisa Davis, the sick girl, in "Airplane! " She is probably best known for her role in the hit television series "The Love Boat ." In the series she played Vicki Stubing, the daughter of Capt. Stubing (played byGavin MacLeod ). After the show was canceled in1986 , she worked on an album titled "Our Time".During the early 1980s, Whelan served as a national spokesperson for
First Lady Nancy Reagan'sJust Say No anti-drug campaign.Whelan graduated from the
The Buckley School inSherman Oaks, California and continued on to college in England atGuildford College .After returning to the United States, Whelan moved to
New York City and acted in severalOff-Broadway productions before leaving the stage to work as an event producer atMadison Square Garden . It was here that she met her second husband whom she would marry over a decade later.Shortly after leaving MSG, Whelan met her first husband Brad St. John and was married, becoming pregnant soon thereafter. Moving back to her native California in preparation for the birth of her first son Harrison, Whelan soon accepted another acting role on the long-running TV soap opera "
The Young and the Restless ." She then left acting and started working as an investigative producer at LA'sKCOP television station where she remained for 4 years before moving back to the east coast to get married again.She married Michael Chaykowsky in April 2004 aboard the cruise ship "
Caribbean Princess ." It was her second marriage. Her second son, Grant, was born onJuly 1 ,2006 .She lives in
Yardley, Pennsylvania [ [http://thebigtalker1210.com/pages/22947.php WPHT - Philadelphia - Jill Whelan's "The Dirt" ] ] and hosts a Sunday evening radio show onWPHT 1210AM inPhiladelphia . The show airs Sunday from 3 pm-4 pmEST . Additionally, Jill teaches acting to children and teens.On Friday
January 4 ,2008 , Bill O'Reilly recognized Whelan as the TV Icon of the Week on hisFox News Channel show "The O'Reilly Factor ."On Friday
September 10 ,2008 Whelan appeared with several other castmembers from the movieAirplane! in a reunion segment on NBC's the Today Show.References
External links
*imdb name|id=0924038|name=Jill Whelan
*tvtome person|id=6513|name=Jill Whelan
* [http://www.jillwhelan.com Jill's Official Website]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=179379101 Jill's MySpace page]
* [http://thebigtalker1210.com/pages/22947.php Jill Whelan & Chuck Williams] at the [http://thebigtalker1210.com WPHT 1210AM] Website
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wmy3Gj7Sns Video of Jill Whelan Off-Broadway]
* [http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/26638908#26638908 Airplane movie cast reunion on the Today Show, Sept 2008]
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