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Get to know the wife of Wayne Gretzky
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4/4/2025
Get to know the wife of Wayne Gretzky.
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Let's get to know the wife of Wayne Gretzky.
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Wayne Gretzky and his wife, Janet Jones, share a passion for sports, five children, and more
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than three decades of marriage.
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The couple first crossed paths at the age of 19 on the set of Dance Fever, where Jones
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was a dancer and Gretzky was a celebrity guest judge.
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However, it was during a Los Angeles Lakers game in 1987 that they truly connected, with
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Gretzky recalling in an October 2016 interview on In Depth with Graham Bensinger that,
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"...the rest is history."
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They tied the knot in 1988 in a wedding that CBC described as a celebration of royal proportions.
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Janet Jones, a Missouri native, has always had a love for sports, growing up in St. Louis.
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As a child, she frequently played baseball with her neighbors, sharing her passion for
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competition in a 2016 interview with Shatland magazine.
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Whether it's golf, horn hole, charades, bowling, or playing gin, we're very competitive, and
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we're not afraid to show it, Jones shared.
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The second youngest of seven siblings, Jones was raised by her father, Robert, who worked
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in the aviation industry.
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After her father's unfortunate death, Janet Jones turned her focus toward a career in
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show business.
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At 16, she won the Miss Dance of America contest, which led to a role on the popular 80s show
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Dance Fever.
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In the 80s, Jones expanded her career with roles in several films, including Staying
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Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, The Flamingo Kid, where she played Matt Dillon's
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girlfriend, A Chorus Line, and Police Academy 5, Assignment Miami Beach.
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More recently, in 2022, she appeared in American Siege, starring alongside her son Trevor Gretzky
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and Bruce Willis.
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Between hockey royalty and an inspiring success story in Janet, the Gretzkys are truly a family
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rooted in success.
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