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name: "Jill St. John"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 August 1940"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T11:19:29.565704+00:00"
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# Jill St. John

Actor. Born 19 August 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 August 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Jill Arlyn Oppenheim, Jill Oppenheim, Jill Openheim, Jill St.John
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_St._John, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238008, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10190

## Biography

Jill St. John is an American actress. Born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim on 19 August 1940 in Los Angeles, California, she began performing on stage and radio as a child and made her film debut in the late 1950s.

She is best known for playing Tiffany Case in the James Bond film *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), the first American Bond girl. Other film roles include *The Lost World* (1960), *Come Blow Your Horn* (1963), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, and *The Player* (1992). On television she has appeared in series including *Batman* (1966), *The Love Boat*, *Fantasy Island*, *Magnum, P.I.* and *Seinfeld*.

St. John is married to actor Robert Wagner. They have collaborated on nearly a dozen screen and stage productions, including the 1989 miniseries *Around the World in 80 Days*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Fi1m 58, as Tiffany Case — [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Northpole* (2014), as Mrs. Claus
- *The Calling* (2003), as Elegant Lady
- *The Trip* (2002), as Mary Oakley
- *Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn* (2000), as Tiffany Case (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond* (2000), Acting
- *Something to Believe In* (1998), as Dr. Joanne Anderson
- *Out There* (1995), as Bunny Wells
- *The Player* (1992), as Jill St. John — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Mrs. Abbott — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1989), series, as Woman Mistaken for Princess Aouda
- *J.J. Starbuck* (1987), series, as Rachel Capstone
- *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985), series, as Mara Giardino — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/dempsey-and-makepeace.md)
- *The Act* (1984), as Elise
- *Emerald Point N.A.S.* (1983), series, as Deanna Kincaid
- *The Concrete Jungle* (1982), as Warden Fletcher
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, Acting
- *Rooster* (1982), as Joanna Van Eegan
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Jan Kona
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), as Sylvia Maxwell
- *Vega$* (1978), series, Acting
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Ellen Layton / Jane Doe
- *Telethon* (1977), as Fran Sullivan
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Mitzi De Risi, Claire Dalrymple, Laura, Sandy Wilston
- *Brenda Starr* (1976), as Brenda Starr
- *Saga of Sonora* (1973), as Molly
- *Old Faithful* (1973), as Miss Roberts
- *Sitting Target* (1972), as Pat Lomart
- *Mooch Goes to Hollywood* (1971), as Jill St. John
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), as Tiffany Case — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *Decisions! Decisions!* (1971), as Andrea Winters
- *Foreign Exchange* (1970), as Mary Harper
- *The Spy Killer* (1969), as Mary Harper
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Michelle Howell
- *Banning* (1967), as Angela Barr
- *Tony Rome* (1967), as Ann Archer
- *The King's Pirate* (1967), as Mistress Jessica Stephens
- *Eight on the Lam* (1967), as Monica
- *Bob Hope Comedy Special* (1967), Acting
- *How I Spent My Summer Vacation* (1967), as Nikki Pine
- *Fame Is the Name of the Game* (1966), as Leona Purdy
- *The Oscar* (1966), as Laurel Scott
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Molly
- *The Liquidator* (1965), as Iris MacIntosh
- *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Barbary Red
- *The Rogues* (1964), series, as Jena Tate
- *Honeymoon Hotel* (1964), as Sherry Nugent
- *Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?* (1963), as Toby Tobler
- *Who's Minding the Store?* (1963), as Barbara Tuttle
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Pinky Likewise
- *Come Blow Your Horn* (1963), as Peggy John
- *Tender Is the Night* (1962), as Rosemary Hoyt
- *The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone* (1961), as Barbara Bingham
- *The Lost World* (1960), as Jennifer Holmes
- *Holiday for Lovers* (1959), as Meg Dean
- *The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker* (1959), as Kate Pennypacker
- *Summer Love* (1958), as Erica Landis
- *DuPont Show of the Month* (1957), series, as Lois Graves
- *Thunder in the East* (1952), Acting
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Eloise
- *The Christmas Carol* (1949), as Missie Cratchit

## Gallery

- ![Jill St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1026049/gallery-e2c8c18ad085.jpg) Jill St. John — Studio Publicity, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Jill_St._John.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bob Hope and actress Jill St. John perch on jet engine before taking off from Los Angeles International Airport on a flight to Southeast Asia for the 13th annua (1964)](https://film.one/media/person/1026049/gallery-97a80d3f27fd.jpg) Bob Hope and actress Jill St. John perch on jet engine before taking off from Los Angeles International Airport on a flight to Southeast Asia for the 13th annua (1964) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Bob_Hope%2C_Jill_St._John%2C_and_others.jpg/1280px-Bob_Hope%2C_Jill_St._John%2C_and_others.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity photo for Banning (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/1026049/gallery-f9e88212d09a.jpg) Publicity photo for Banning (1967) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Jill_St._John_%26_Robert_Wagner.jpg/1280px-Jill_St._John_%26_Robert_Wagner.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jill St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1026049/gallery-8222d1703e39.jpg) Jill St. John — Image via TMDB
- ![Jill St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1026049/gallery-9817d6b63bde.jpg) Jill St. John — Image via TMDB
- ![Jill St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1026049/gallery-f85caa814bf0.jpg) Jill St. John — Image via TMDB
- ![Jill St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1026049/gallery-02a87a5f3666.jpg) Jill St. John — Image via TMDB
- ![Jill St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1026049/gallery-a171e999aaa0.jpg) Jill St. John — Image via TMDB
- ![Jill St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1026049/gallery-44c2c9e2ba27.jpg) Jill St. John — Image via TMDB

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