Jill St. John is an American actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case, first American Bond girl of the 007 franchise, in Diamonds Are Forever. On television, St. John has appeared in such top rated shows as Batman, The Big Valley, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and Hart to Hart.
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Jill St. John is an American actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case, first American Bond girl of the 007 franchise, in Diamonds Are Forever. On television, St. John has appeared in such top rated shows as Batman, The Big Valley, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Hart to Hart, Vega$, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Magnum, P. I. and Seinfeld. During her Hollywood heyday she was almost equally famous for her high-profile social life and frequent romantic associations with prominent public figures. St. John is married to actor Robert Wagner and has known him since she was 18 years old. They share credits on nearly a dozen screen and stage productions, notably the miniseries remake of Around the World in 80 Days. She was a member of the Children’s Ballet Company with Natalie Wood and Stefanie Powers, all three of whom would later marry or co-star with Wagner. Her mother Betty changed Jill’s last name to the more ‘Hollywood-sounding’ St John during her adolescence.
St John began acting on radio at age six, and made her screen debut in December 1949, at age nine, in The Christmas Carol, the first full-length TV movie. She also appeared on TV in episodes of The Christophers, Schlitz Playhouse, and The DuPont Show of the Month. She said her idol was Kay Kendall. She attended Powers Professional School and received her high school diploma from Hollywood Professional School in the spring of 1955 at age 14. She signed a contract at Universal Pictures when she was 16 when Universal Pictures signed her to a contract for seven years starting at USD 200 a week. Her major studio film debut was in Summer Love starring John Saxon. She followed this with a series of comedies: Who’s Minding the Store? with Jerry Lewis, Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed? with Dean Martin and Honeymoon Hotel with Robert Morse and Nancy Kwan.
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