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Jill Arlyn Oppenheim (born August 19, 1940), professionally known as, Jill St. John, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Tiffany Case, the lead Bond girl in Diamonds Are Forever.
St. John was born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Edward and Betty Lou Oppenheim. Her family was Jewish. She attended Beverly Hills High School.
St. John's television acting debut was in a production of A Christmas Carol. At age 11 she appeared in two episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and several other TV shows, which led Universal Pictures to... MORE
Jill Arlyn Oppenheim (born August 19, 1940), professionally known as, Jill St. John, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Tiffany Case, the lead Bond girl in Diamonds Are Forever.
St. John was born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Edward and Betty Lou Oppenheim. Her family was Jewish. She attended Beverly Hills High School.
St. John's television acting debut was in a production of A Christmas Carol. At age 11 she appeared in two episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and several other TV shows, which led Universal Pictures to sign her to a contract when she was 16. 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), Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963), Who's Minding the Store? (1963) and Honeymoon Hotel (1964).
St. John received a Golden Globe nomination for Come Blow Your Horn (1963). She had major film roles during the 1960s and early 1970s, including, "Jennifer Jones" in The Lost World (1960); as "Barbara Tuttle," in Jerry Lewis's Who's Minding the Store?; and a turn as Bond girl Tiffany Case opposite LESS
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