Jill Whelan
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Jill Whelan 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 short-lived TV series Friends (a little-known 1979 series). 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 by Gavin MacLeod
). After the show was canceled in 1986, she worked on an album titled Our Time.
During the early 1980s, Whelan served as a national spokesperson for First Lady
Nancy Reagan's
Just Say No
anti-drug campaign.
Whelan graduated from the The Buckley School
in Sherman Oaks, California and continued on to college in England at Guildford College
.
After returning to the United States, Whelan moved to New York City
and acted in several Off-Broadway
productions before leaving the stage to work as an event producer at Madison 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's KCOP 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 on July 1, 2006.
She lives in Yardley, Pennsylvania
and hosts a Sunday afternoon radio show on WPHT
1210AM in Philadelphia. The show airs Sunday from 3 pm-4 pm EST
. Additionally, Jill teaches acting to children and teens.
On Friday September 10, 2008 Whelan appeared with several other castmembers from the movie Airplane!
in a reunion segment on NBC's the Today Show.
In October, 2008, Whelan made her New York City cabaret debut with her one-woman show, Jill Whelan: An Evening In Dry Dock at The Metropolitan Room.
From September to November, 2011, Whelan appeared in the British farce Move Over Mrs. Markham at Stage West Theatre Restaurant in the Toronto, Ontario area.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress.
Whelan was born in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. After attending summer acting camp at age 7, Whelan landed a series of commercials. At age 11, she was cast in the short-lived TV series Friends (a little-known 1979 series). Later that year, Whelan played the role of Lisa Davis, the sick girl, in Airplane!
Airplane!
Airplane! is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures...
She is probably best known for her role in the hit television series The Love Boat
The Love Boat
The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
. In the series she played Vicki Stubing, the daughter of Capt. Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod is an American actor most notable for playing Happy Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat...
). After the show was canceled in 1986, she worked on an album titled Our Time.
During the early 1980s, Whelan served as a national spokesperson for First Lady
First Lady
First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...
Nancy Reagan's
Nancy Reagan
Nancy Davis Reagan is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989....
Just Say No
Just Say No
"Just Say No" was an advertising campaign, part of the U.S. "War on Drugs", prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s, to discourage children from engaging in recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no. Eventually, this also expanded the realm of "Just Say No" to violence and...
anti-drug campaign.
Whelan graduated from the The Buckley School
The Buckley School
The Buckley School is a college preparatory day school, founded in 1933 by Isabelle Buckley. It is located in Sherman Oaks, in the San Fernando Valley portion of the Los Angeles, California...
in Sherman Oaks, California and continued on to college in England at Guildford College
Guildford College
Guildford College of Further and Higher Education in Guildford, Surrey caters for students of age 16+ in full-time and part-time study. It has three campuses, one at Stoke Road, adjacent to Stoke Park in Guildford; the second at Merrist Wood near Worplesdon and the third Farnham College...
.
After returning to the United States, Whelan moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and acted in several Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
productions before leaving the stage to work as an event producer at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
. 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
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
. She then left acting and started working as an investigative producer at LA's KCOP 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 on July 1, 2006.
She lives in Yardley, Pennsylvania
Yardley, Pennsylvania
Yardley is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The small community of Yardley is bordered by the Delaware River and Ewing, New Jersey on the east, and by Lower Makefield Township on the north, west, and south...
and hosts a Sunday afternoon radio show on WPHT
WPHT
WPHT is a CBS Radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadcasting on 1210 kHz. A 50,000-watt clear-channel station, it broadcasts in an omnidirectional pattern that allows it to cover most of the eastern half of North America at night. It uses the nickname "Talk Radio 1210 WPHT." The...
1210AM in Philadelphia. The show airs Sunday from 3 pm-4 pm EST
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
. Additionally, Jill teaches acting to children and teens.
On Friday September 10, 2008 Whelan appeared with several other castmembers from the movie Airplane!
Airplane!
Airplane! is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures...
in a reunion segment on NBC's the Today Show.
In October, 2008, Whelan made her New York City cabaret debut with her one-woman show, Jill Whelan: An Evening In Dry Dock at The Metropolitan Room.
From September to November, 2011, Whelan appeared in the British farce Move Over Mrs. Markham at Stage West Theatre Restaurant in the Toronto, Ontario area.