Jill St. John Movies and Career Information

Jill St. John (born August 19, 1940) 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 Betty Lou Oppenheim. She attended Beverly Hills High School. St. John's TV 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 Sean Connery, in the 1971 James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever. In 1964, she guest starred with