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Janet Jones

On the cover of Playboy, March 1987

Janet-Marie Jones (born January 10, 1961 in Bridgeton, Missouri) is an American actress, dancer, and aerobics instructor, but is best known for marrying ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky.

Entertainment Career

She performed as a dancer in Annie (1982), Staying Alive (1983), and Snow White Live (1980), and had a bit role in The Beastmaster (1982). Her big break came in The Flamingo Kid (1984). Later in 1986, she appeared in American Anthem, co-starring gymnast Mitch Gaylord. In 1987, she appeared in a semi-nude pictorial in that March's Playboy. Four months before her wedding, Police Academy 5 (1988) was released. Other credits include A League of Their Own (1992), and hosting an infomercial for Jackie Chan's Cable Flex. She has produced a series of workout videos called "The Firm." She and daughter Paulina are featured in the upcoming movie Alpha Dog.

Personal Life

She was engaged to tennis star Vitas Gerulaitis for three years, before he broke the engagement. He later died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1994. She also dated actors Bruce Willis and Nels Van Patten, son of Dick Van Patten.

Jones met Gretzky when he was a judge on Merv Griffin's show Dance Fever in 1984. They ran into each other at a Los Angeles Lakers game in 1987; Gretzky told Howard Stern's radio audience that they consummated their relationship that night. On July 17, 1988 they were wed at a lavish ceremony at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton; Jones was four months pregnant with Paulina. The nuptials were dubbed "The Royal Wedding" by the press and broadcast live across Canada. Janet and Wayne have four other children: Ty, Trevor, Tristan, and Emma. Her widowed mother, Jean, has been the Gretzkys' nanny since 1988.

Link to "Tocchet-gate" scandal

On February 7, 2006, Jones and a half-dozen NHL players were among those implicated in a New Jersey-based sports gambling ring allegedly financed by Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet. Tocchet and a New Jersey state trooper were charged with promoting gambling, money laundering and conspiracy. The NHL said that the bets, which exceeded $1.7 million, were not placed on its games. Gretzky told reporters that Jones "would sit down at some point and answer questions that everybody has for her and be her own person." [1] On the matter, Gretzky stated "The reality is, I'm not involved, I wasn't involved and I'm not going to be involved. Am I concerned for both of them [Tocchet and his wife]? Sure there's concern from me. I'm more worried about them than me." But further reporting by the Newark Star-Ledger newspaper revealed on February 9, 2006 that New Jersey State Police wiretaps have Gretzky on tape speaking about the betting ring. Police sources told the Star-Ledger that there is no evidence that Gretzky made any bets, but are attempting to find out if Gretzky placed any bets through his wife. [2]


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Gretzky told reporters that Jones "would sit down at some point and answer questions that everybody has for her and be her own person." [1] On the matter, Gretzky stated "The reality is, I'm not involved, I wasn't involved and I'm not going to be involved. Wilma Morlok (sister to Helen Morlok). The NHL said that the bets, which exceeded $1.7 million, were not placed on its games. Wilma Fath (Former Nazi concentration camp guard). Tocchet and a New Jersey state trooper were charged with promoting gambling, money laundering and conspiracy. Wilma (character from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century). On February 7, 2006, Jones and a half-dozen NHL players were among those implicated in a New Jersey-based sports gambling ring allegedly financed by Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet. Wilma Flintstone (character in the animated sitcom, The Flintstones).

Her widowed mother, Jean, has been the Gretzkys' nanny since 1988. Wilma Webb (Colorado State Legislature). Janet and Wayne have four other children: Ty, Trevor, Tristan, and Emma. Sherrill (North Carolina General Assembly). The nuptials were dubbed "The Royal Wedding" by the press and broadcast live across Canada. Wilma M. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton; Jones was four months pregnant with Paulina. Wilma Pearl Mankiller (first female Cherokee Chief).

On July 17, 1988 they were wed at a lavish ceremony at St. Wilma Township, Minnesota. They ran into each other at a Los Angeles Lakers game in 1987; Gretzky told Howard Stern's radio audience that they consummated their relationship that night. Hurricane Wilma was a hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season that formed in October 2005 and made landfall in multiple countries. Jones met Gretzky when he was a judge on Merv Griffin's show Dance Fever in 1984. The male version of the name is Will, short for William. She also dated actors Bruce Willis and Nels Van Patten, son of Dick Van Patten. The name means 'Protector'.

He later died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1994. Wilma is a female first name originating as a short form of the German name Wilhelmina. She was engaged to tennis star Vitas Gerulaitis for three years, before he broke the engagement. She has produced a series of workout videos called "The Firm." She and daughter Paulina are featured in the upcoming movie Alpha Dog. Other credits include A League of Their Own (1992), and hosting an infomercial for Jackie Chan's Cable Flex.

Four months before her wedding, Police Academy 5 (1988) was released. In 1987, she appeared in a semi-nude pictorial in that March's Playboy. Later in 1986, she appeared in American Anthem, co-starring gymnast Mitch Gaylord. Her big break came in The Flamingo Kid (1984).

She performed as a dancer in Annie (1982), Staying Alive (1983), and Snow White Live (1980), and had a bit role in The Beastmaster (1982). . Janet-Marie Jones (born January 10, 1961 in Bridgeton, Missouri) is an American actress, dancer, and aerobics instructor, but is best known for marrying ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky.