Jill Vertes Bio

Biographical Information

 

Gender: Female

Born: August 15th[1]

Height: 5' 5" (estimated)

Home: Pittsburgh, PA

Friends and Family

Spouse: Erno Vertes

Children: Ryleigh Vertes (daughter)

Charlotte Vertes (daughter)

Kendall Vertes (daughter)

Friends: Melissa Ziegler

Holly Frazier

Kira Girard

Jessalynn Siwa

Feuds: Cathy Nesbitt-Stein

Episode Run

Debut: Everyone's Replaceable

 

 “ This is going to cost a lot of money in therapy! ”

Jillian "Jill" Vertes is Kendall's mother. She first appeared in the second season, arriving from a different studio, with Kendall winning in auditions for an open spot at the ALDC.

 

Early in her time at Abby's, she befriended Melissa, but fought with the other moms. Upset that Abby paid insufficient respect to Kendall as a dancer, Jill abandoned the ALDC to join Cathy and Candy Apple's Dance Center; only to grow unhappy with Cathy, and return to Abby's.

 

Towards the end of the second season, Jill's personality seemed to change, and began to become more accepted by the other members of the ALDC.

 

In her role on the show, Jill has been known for giving bribes to Abby (as well as her own daughter Kendall); her bold fashion statements; her ability to put her foot in her mouth; and her eagerness to dance in public.

 

Trivia

 

Jill was very involved in dance and gymnastics as a young girl and decided to go into competitive cheerleading in high school and went on to cheer for the University of Pittsburgh,[3] where she received a Bachelor of Arts.

She has three daughters: Ryleigh, age 16; Charlotte, born May 5,1997 (age 16); and Kendall, age 9, as of June 26, 2012.Ryleigh and Kendall are enrolled in dancing at Abby's, and Charlotte plays tennis.

Jill performed for Dancing with the Celebrities of Pittsburgh in May 2013, taking first place in the competition. A video of her performance can be viewed here.

She and Kendall are left-handed.

With Christi, Jill says they are encouraged by production to provoke situations, and say things they normally never would do.

According to Barbara Schrade, Erika Schrade's mother, Jill and Kendall never left the Abby Lee Dance Company to go to Candy Apple's Dance Center; it was just a ploy by the producers to create more drama for the show.

After her first year with the show, Jill said she was surprised over how little control she had on the program; this included being dismissive when asked about actually buying a bench and masseurs for Abby and Gianna.

Her greatest regret is not having another baby when she had the chance.

In high school, she was very social, captain of the varsity cheerleading squad, and on student council.

She participated in her senior class play "Oklahoma."

According to Kendall, Jill speaks Ubbi Dubbi, which is similar in concept to Pig Latin.

Indulging in a good book and forgetting about her worries, venting to her husband, chewing gum, and taking walks are her ways to blow off steam.

Her favorite store to shop at is Nordstrom.

Spaghetti with my meat sauce, chicken and rice, grilled pork chops, blackberry and strawberry fruit smoothies and Buffalo chicken dip are her favorite family recipes.

At age eight, Jill says she dreamed big. She loved to dress up, put on makeup and sing and dance privately in her bedroom. She loved to ride horses, and loved all animals. She also loved to play house with her friends.

After college, Jill worked for ten years as a pharmaceutical sales representative.

When she first came for the audition, her hair was her natural brown color. She dyed it blonde before leaving Candy Apples, and by the middle of the third season, she dyed it back to shade a little darker than her natural color.

Jill moved to the ALDC from Studio 19 around the same time as Cindy Rohm and her daughter Elizabeth (who performed in the senior dance in Boy Crazy, Mom Crazy); it can be seen from competition results that Elizabeth Rohm was performing for the ALDC by the time of the early Season 1 episode Stealing the Show.

Jill, along with several other members of the Dance Moms cast, appeared in Todrick Hall's video "Freaks Like Me."