Jill St. John
| Jill St. John | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jill Arlyn Oppenheim August 19, 1940 Los Angeles, California, US |
| Education | Hollywood Professional School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–2002, 2014–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Neil Dubin (m. 1957; div. 1958) Lance Reventlow (m. 1960; div. 1963) Jack Jones (m. 1967; div. 1969) Robert Wagner (m. 1990) |
| Parent(s) | Edward Oppenheim Betty Lou Goldberg |
Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; August 19, 1940) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Bond girl Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
St. John was born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Betty (née Goldberg, 1912–1998) and Edward Oppenheim (1912–1986), a prosperous restaurant owner. As a young girl, St. John was a member of the Children's Ballet Company with Natalie Wood and Stefanie Powers. Her stage mother Betty changed Jill's last name to the more Hollywood-sounding St. John during her adolescence. She attended Powers Professional School and received her high school diploma from Hollywood Professional School in the spring of 1955 at age 14. At 15, St. John enrolled at UCLA's Extension School.
St. John began acting on radio at age six, and she made her screen debut in December 1949, at age 9, in the first full-length made-for-TV movie, a production of A Christmas Carol. At age 11, she appeared in two episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. In 1957, at age 16, Universal Pictures signed St. John to a contract. Her major studio film debut was in Summer Love (1958) starring John Saxon. She went on to appear in The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959), Holiday for Lovers (1959), The Lost World (1960), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), Tender Is the Night (1962), Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963), and Honeymoon Hotel (1964).
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