Get to know the wife of Wayne Gretzky.
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00:00Let's get to know the wife of Wayne Gretzky.
00:02Wayne Gretzky and his wife, Janet Jones, share a passion for sports, five children, and more
00:06than three decades of marriage.
00:07The couple first crossed paths at the age of 19 on the set of Dance Fever, where Jones
00:11was a dancer and Gretzky was a celebrity guest judge.
00:14However, it was during a Los Angeles Lakers game in 1987 that they truly connected, with
00:19Gretzky recalling in an October 2016 interview on In Depth with Graham Bensinger that,
00:24"...the rest is history."
00:25They tied the knot in 1988 in a wedding that CBC described as a celebration of royal proportions.
00:31Janet Jones, a Missouri native, has always had a love for sports, growing up in St. Louis.
00:36As a child, she frequently played baseball with her neighbors, sharing her passion for
00:39competition in a 2016 interview with Shatland magazine.
00:43Whether it's golf, horn hole, charades, bowling, or playing gin, we're very competitive, and
00:48we're not afraid to show it, Jones shared.
00:50The second youngest of seven siblings, Jones was raised by her father, Robert, who worked
00:54in the aviation industry.
00:56After her father's unfortunate death, Janet Jones turned her focus toward a career in
00:59show business.
01:00At 16, she won the Miss Dance of America contest, which led to a role on the popular 80s show
01:05Dance Fever.
01:06In the 80s, Jones expanded her career with roles in several films, including Staying
01:10Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, The Flamingo Kid, where she played Matt Dillon's
01:15girlfriend, A Chorus Line, and Police Academy 5, Assignment Miami Beach.
01:19More recently, in 2022, she appeared in American Siege, starring alongside her son Trevor Gretzky
01:25and Bruce Willis.
01:26Between hockey royalty and an inspiring success story in Janet, the Gretzkys are truly a family
01:31rooted in success.