Janet was Playmate of the Month for December 1978. Her pictorial was titled Texas Drifter.
Janet was born on Aug. 17, 1955, in Austin, TX. She attended Travis High School in Austin.
She was one of the few Playmates who had acted in a handful of films prior to becoming a centerfold. She had uncredited bit roles in the movies “A Small Town in Texas,” “Outlaw Blues,” “Rolling Thunder” and “Semi-Tough.”
Late in 1976, Playboy announced a Playmate Photo Contest. Of 11 winning entries published, only Janet became a Playmate. She lived at Playboy Mansion West for six months. Janet was paid $10,000 for the centerfold job, then toured the country for the magazine for two years, getting $500 a day for travel expenses, according to an article in the Austin Statesman newspaper.
Janet married at least twice and had four children. She later earned a degree in cosmetology. She lived in San Diego, CA, for 28 years before returning to Texas in 2014.
As of 2016, Janet was living in a small Texas town, was working for a jewelry company in South Austin and was taking nursing classes at Austin Community College, according to the Austin Statesman. She had previously worked at MD Anderson cancer center, taking care of monkeys used in research.
Digital | Video | Publicity | Later in life
Playboy appearances:
- Playboy’s Playmate Photo Contest, August 1977
- Playmate of the Month pictorial, Texas Drifter, December 1978
- Playboy’s Playmate Review, January 1979
- Playmates’ Progress, January 1979
- Dear Playboy, March 1979
- Photography by: Ken Marcus, May 1979
- The World of Playboy, June 1979
- The World of Playboy, April 1980
- Glamourcon, March 1997
- Playmate News, May 2000
- Playmate News, December 2003
Calendars:
NSS:
- Bathing Beauties, 1989
- Book of Lingerie, 1984
- Book of Lingerie, July-August 1989
- Book of Lingerie, September-October 1989
- Book of Lingerie, January-February 1990
- Book of Lingerie, May-June 1990
- Book of Lingerie, July-August 1996
- Book of Lingerie, March-April 2000
- Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 3, 1999
- The Girls of Playboy 5, 1982
- Girls of Summer, 1983
- Midnight Playmates, 1990
- Playmates – The Second Fifteen Years, 1984
- Pocket Playmates 3, 1996
- Sporting Women, 1986
- Women on the Move, 1988
- Special Collector’s Edition Sporty Girls, October 2014
Foreign:
- Brazilian NSS As Goratas de Playboy, 1980
- French edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, December 1978
- Italian edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, Fermati Vagabonda, November 1979
- Japanese edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, Janet Lynn Quist, January 1979
- Japanese 1979 Date Calendar, February 1979
- Japanese edition cover, February 1979
- Japanese edition cover, July 1979
- Japanese edition pictorial, Playboy 1979’s Best Playmate Contest, December 1979
- Japanese NSS Playmates 312, 1980
- Japanese edition Mandala Calendar, January 1982
- Japanese NSS Playmates Collection 4, 1983
- Japanese edition pictorial, All the Playmates Go Marching On!, February 1987
- Mexican edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, December 1978
- Netherlands edition feature, World of Playboy Vintage, September 2010
- Portuguese edition, October 2015
- Slovenian edition feature, Playboy Klasika, September 2014
- Spanish edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, December 1978
- Spanish edition pictorial, Playmates del 78, January 1979
- Spanish edition feature Las Playmates un Año Despues (Playmates’ Progress), January 1979
- Spanish edition NSS Las Chicas de Playboy, 1979
Other publications:
- Hot Rod Show World, 1980
- French magazine PHOTO, July 1984
- The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds, 1996
- Inside the Playboy Mansion, 1998
- Texas Monthly cover, August 1979
Movies:
- A Small Town in Texas (1976) in an uncredited role
- Outlaw Blues (1977) in an uncredited role
- Rolling Thunder (1977) in an uncredited role
- Semi-Tough (1977) in an uncredited role
Television:
- Showtime special, Playboy’s Playmate Reunion (1982)
