Jill Whitlow

Acting

Jill Whitlow

Born 1963-11-11 · U.S.A.

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jill Whitlow  (born 1964) is an American motion picture and television actress who achieved her greatest recognition during the 1980s. She is best remembered by American audiences for her role in the 1986 cult horror film Night of the Creeps. She also had small roles in Porky's (1982), Mask (1985), and Weird Science (1985). She also appeared on a 1984 episode of T.J. Hooker called "The Two Faces Of Betsy Morgan". In recent years, Whitlow has developed something of a cult following and there is a web site dedicated to her. Her fans have professed she is an outstanding and beautiful actress who was never given just due for her fine performances. They have praised her portrayal of an action heroine in Night of the Creeps and pointed out that she was one of the pioneers and it paved the way for future action heroines like Linda Hamilton, Sandra Bullock, and Angelina Jolie. It has also been pointed out that Whitlow possessed a combination of assertiveness and vulnerability that made her characters sensual without being sleazy. Jill also appears in the music video "Hungry" by rock band Winger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jill Whitlow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting credits

Weird Science poster
6.5

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

Weird Science

1985

Porky's poster
6.4

In 1954 Florida, a group of high school boys head to a strip club in the Everglades in an attempt to lose their collective virginity. When the club's owner and his sheriff brother swindle them out of their money and embarrass them, the boys plan revenge.

Porky's

1981

Mask poster
7.3

A significantly deformed but highly intelligent teenage boy and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

Mask

1985

Night of the Creeps poster
6.8

In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.

Night of the Creeps

1986

Thunder Run poster
4.4

A vicious band of nuclear terrorists is threatening America's atomic weapons research. Truck jockey Charlie Morrison volunteers for a last-ditch, suicide scheme to lure them into a trap, baited with a vital shipment of bomb-grade plutonium. Soon, Charlie's high-balling it down a remote desert road with a small army of lethally equipped bandits zeroing in on him. Charlie's secret weapon? "Big Thunder", a 65-foot, 18-wheeled war wagon of merciless high-tech destruction!

Thunder Run

1985

Ghost Chase poster
5.1

In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of an old family retainer inhabits an old grandfather clock. When a movie company uses the mansion for a film, the spirit inhabits the body of an alien and persuades the two filmmakers to track down an old house that will resolve a family scandal.

Ghost Chase

1987

Twice Dead poster
5.4

The ghost of a hanged movie star helps a brother and sister rid their mansion of punks.

Twice Dead

1988

Naked Cannibal Campers poster
2.9

Jen is running from a maniac who attacked her boyfriend when she stumbles across a house. Unfortunately for her, the occupants turn out to be more dangerous -- and naked -- than the maniac.

Naked Cannibal Campers

2020