Jill was born into a show-biz family and raised in Hollywood in the wilds of Laurel Canyon nestled in the mountains high above Los Angeles. She has had many careers in her life including her own radio talk show and a decade as a Motion Picture ADR/Sound Effects Editor. She won an Emmy for her work on the 1984 TV Movie, The Day After. For the past 30 years she has worked, with her husband, Ben, as a Standardized Patient, also called a Medical Actor, in the Simulation Programs of three different medical schools .
Jill is now retired and lives in Oregon with two cats.