Jill was Playmate of the Month for October 1975. Her pictorial was titled Country Girl.
Jill was born July 23, 1953, in Kankakee, IL, and was raised on her family’s flower farm near Bloomington, IL. She was a cheerleader for eight years and took piano lessons for 11 years.
In college, Jill studied elementary education at Illinois State University, managed a boutique called the Joint General Store, and did some modeling.
Jill was the first Playmate to have an autographed centerfold in the magazine. After her Playmate of the Month pictorial, Jill continued to work for Playboy. She also appeared on the cover of the March 1976 issue of Oui.
Jill was the cover model for a series of Christina’s Quest romance novels for Playboy Press.
Jill’s sole foray into film acting was a small part as a call girl in the movie “Risky Business.”
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Playboy appearances:
- Playboy’s Gifts for Dads and Grads, June 1975
- Playmate of the Month pictorial, Country Girl, October 1975
- Playboy’s Playmate Review, January 1976
- Picturing Herself, May 1976
- The Best-Kept Secret in the Caribbean, May 1976
- The World of Playboy, February 1980
- Playboy’s Playmate Reunion, April 1980
- The World of Playboy, August 1984
- Playmate News, March 1997
- Playmate News, September 1999
Covers:
NSS:
- Book of Lingerie, May-June 1999
- Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 5, 2000
- Classic Centerfolds, 1998
- Cover Girls, 1986
- Facts & Figures, 1997
- The Girls of Playboy 3, 1978
- Girls of Summer, 1983
- Love Scenes, 1976
- More Sexy Ladies, 1978
- New Holiday Album, 1981
- Newsmakers, 1985
- Playmates – The Second Fifteen Years, 1984
- Pocket Playmates 4, 1996
- Sexy Ladies, 1977
- Working Women, 1984
- Special Collector’s Edition ‘70s Playmates, July 2014
Foreign:
- Argentine edition feature, Playboy Historia, November 2010
- Brazilian edition cover, April 1977
- Brazilian edition pictorial, Jill de Vries – Se naquela capa ela fez sucesso, imagine assim…, June 1978
- Brazilian edition, pictorial, As Melhores do Ano, December 1978
- Brazilian edition pictorial, Por Que Os Homens Preferem Playboy, August 1980
- French edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, Jill au vert, October 1975
- German edition cover, January 1977
- Italian edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, …IA …IA O!, February 1976
- Italian edition pictorial, Per I Caraibi si Può Risparmiare, September 1976
- Japanese edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, November 1975
- Japanese edition feature, Meeting Jill in Japan, December 1975
- Japanese 1976 Playmate Calendar
- Japanese edition feature, Happy New Year, February 1976
- Japanese edition pictorial, Best Playmate Contest, June 1976
- Japanese edition pictorial, Best Kept Secret in the Caribbean, June 1976
- Japanese edition feature, Playmate of the Year in Japan, July 1976
- Japanese edition pictorial, Country Girls, May 1977
- Japanese NSS Playmates 312, 1980
- Japanese edition feature, Illustrated History of Playboy, July 1980
- Japanese NSS Playmates Collection 1, 1982
- Japanese edition Mandala Calendar, January 1982
- Japanese edition pictorial, All the Playmates Go Marching On!, February 1987
- Japanese edition Playmate News, June 1997
- Macedonian edition, December 2011
- Netherlands edition feature, Playboy Heritage, October 2013
- Netherlands edition feature, Playboy Heritage, November 2014
- Portuguese edition, September 2015
- Spanish edition pictorial, El Secreto Mejor Guardado del Caribe, November 1978
- Spanish edition NSS Las Chicas de Playboy, 1979
Other publications:
- 1986 Snap-On Tools Calendar
- 1987 Snap-On Tools Calendar
- Christina romance novel covers, 1970s and 1980s
- Oui magazine cover, March 1976
- VIP magazine, fall 1975
- The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds, 1996
Movies:
- Risky Business (1983) as a call girl
