Ann Jillian Biography

Fast Facts

• Is an advocate for cancer prevention and research
• When she was six years old, her family moved to Los Angeles to help her pursue her dream of becoming an actress
• Has found success as an actress, singer and motivational speaker and moves between drama, comedy and music without being tied into any one role
• Often performed with Bob Hope, both on his television specials and in his USO shows
• Fought a successful battle against breast cancer, which she later recounted in an autobiographical television film
• Her parents fled from Lithuania during the second Soviet occupation in 1944 on bicycles, and she can speak fluent Lithuanian