Jilly Johnson

{{short description|British model and actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | caption = | name = Jilly Johnson | birth_name = Jilly Gosden | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|11|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Queensland, Australia | education = | occupation = Model, actress, writer | years_active = 1975–present | notable_works = | height = 1.73 m | spouse = | children = 1 | relatives = | website = | signature = }}

'''Jilly Johnson''' ({{née}} '''Gosden'''; 17 November 1953) is a British former model, actress, musical artist and Page 3 girl.

== Biography == Johnson was born Jilly Gosden on 17 November 1953 in Australia. Her family moved back to Surrey, England when she was eight, and she attended Horsell Primary School and Sheerwater Secondary School in Woking, Surrey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2995056/My-School-Sport-Jilly-Johnson.html |work=The Telegraph |title=My School Sport: Jilly Johnson |date=20 December 2000 |accessdate=30 December 2016}}</ref>

In the 1970s and 1980s together with Nina Carter, she was in the girl group Blonde on Blonde.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dangerousminds.net/comments/blonde_on_blonde_that_time_two_topless_models_released_a_disco_cover_versio|title=Blonde on Blonde: That time two topless models released a disco cover version of 'Whole Lotta Love'|date=7 July 2016|newspaper=DangerousMinds|access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> Johnson was also featured on the album cover for the album ''Moontan'' by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring in 1973.

In 1975, she became the first model to appear topless in the ''Daily Mirror''.

She has written two novels: ''Double Exposure'' (1994) and ''Playing for Love'' (1997).<ref>{{cite news |title=Angel is a centrefold |work=The Independent on Sunday |date=26 November 2006 }}</ref>

Johnson has been married twice and has one daughter from her first marriage, to company director Brian Johnson. She is now a housewife and grandmother.{{cn|date=June 2020}} She is also noted for her love of Great Danes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmhJZMgj-4 | title=THE GREAT DANE - THE TALLEST DOG IN THE WORLD / Animal Watch - YouTube | website=YouTube | date=7 April 2018 }}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1979 | ''The Golden Lady'' | Herself | Blonde on Blonde (musical duo) with Nina Carter |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1980 | ''Star Games'' | Herself | Game show |- | 1986 | ''Auf Wiedersehen Pet'' | Model | Comedy drama |- | 1994 | ''Digging the Dancing Queens'' | Herself | Television documentary |- | 2003 | ''Loose Women'' | Herself | |- | 2006 | ''It's Me or the Dog'' |Herself | |}

==Published books== * ''Playing for Love'', published by Simon & Schuster (1997) * ''Double Exposure'', published by Smith Gryphon (1994)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name | nm0425375}}

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