Jill Arlyn Oppenheim was born on the 19th August 1940, in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, who rose to fame after landing the role of Tiffany Case, the Bond girl in the spy film “Diamonds Are Forever” (1971). Jill St. John has been active in the entertainment industry since 1949.
How rich is the actress? It has been calculated by authoritative sources that the overall size of Jill St. John’s net worth is as much as $10 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016.
Jill St. John Net Worth $10 Million
To begin with, Jill was raised in Los Angeles in the family of the restaurant host Edward Oppenheim and his wife Betty Goldberg. The mother was responsible for Jill’s education and career opportunities, and in order to acquire a full education, Jill attended ballet school, in which she also studied with the future actresses Natalie Wood and Stefanie Powers. At age six, Jill had a role in a radio play, then at nine, she made her debut landing a role in the movie “A Christmas Carol” (1949). The same year appeared in the series “Sandy Dreams”, when her mother, caring for daughter’s career, decided that the surname Oppenheimer wasn’t suitable for the actress, thus Jill became Saint John at the age of 11. Later, Jill appeared in several episodes of the television show “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show” (1951), and being 14 years old, she graduated from Hollywood Professional School. She matriculated at the UCLA Extension School in 1955. Two years later, Jill signed a contract with the film studio Universal Pictures and decided to give up her studies, focusing on her career.
Concerning her professional career, the first film she appeared in was the comedy “Summer Love” (1958). Later, she starred in the films “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). It is worth saying that for her role in the film “Come Blow Your Horn” (1963) Jill was nominated for a Golden Globe; in this film, as well as in “Tony Rome” (1967), she played alongside Frank Sinatra. Jill’s career on the big screen was a success – she was praised by critics as well as loved by audiences, which did her net worth no harm at all.
In 1966, she starred in the television series “Batman”. In 1971, she became the first American Bond girl that played in the film “Diamonds Are Forever” opposite Sean Connery. In 1972, she left Hollywood and moved to Aspen, subsequently appearing less frequently on screens. At that time, she became interested in cooking and eventually became quite known as a lead in the section of food of television show “Good Morning America”. She published the book “The Jill St. John Cookbook”. In addition to these activities, she got engaged in gardening (cultivation of orchids) and created angora knitwear business. However, she also created roles in television series “Magnum P.I.”, “The Love Boat”, “Burke’s Law”, “Fantasy Island”, “Seinfeld” and others, but acting in her life became no longer so important and more episodic.
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, she has married four times. Her first husband was Neil Dubin (1957–1958), the second – Lance Reventlow (1960–1963), the third – Jack Jones (1967–1969) and the fourth – Robert Wagner (1990–present). She has no children of her own, but three stepdaughters.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1963)
Movies
“A Christmas Carol” (1949), “Batman” (1966), “Diamonds Are Forever” (1971), “Summer Love” (1958), “The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker” (1959), “Holiday for Lovers” (1959), “Come Blow Your Horn” (1963), “Honeymoon Hotel” (1964), “Tony Rome” (1967), “Diamonds Are Fore...
TV Shows
“The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”, “Batman”, “Good Morning America”, “Magnum P.I.”, “The Love Boat”, “Burke's Law”, “Fantasy Island”, “Seinfeld”
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Trademark
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Bikini-clad, sexpot roles
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Voluptuous figure
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Short red hair
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Quote
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[on not dating former co-star Warren Beatty] I'm probably one of the few who doesn't know him that way.
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[about her husband Robert Wagner] You can't look in those eyes and see that smile and not smile yourself.
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[asked if she and husband Robert Wagner] spend a lot of time apart] I didn't marry my husband to be away from him!
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Diamonds are forever, my youth is not.
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I love the idea of belonging to one man, and having one man belong to me.
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Sean Connery was very much like James Bond. He was very protective.
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I know who I am and those who care about me know who I am.
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I believe that personal happiness is still greater than any career.
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[in the documentary Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)] No one ever wants to give up the mantle of being a Bond girl, and if they say they do, they're lying.
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[about her marriage to Robert Wagner] We sit in bed and eat cookies just like anyone else.
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Fact
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Jill and Robert Wagner officially became an item on Valentine's Day 1982. They were together eight years before marrying.
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Jill St. John is the only actress to have appeared in a live-action Batman production and an EON-produced Bond film. She appeared in the pilot for the Batman (1966) TV series, with Adam West and in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
Recently sold her Los Angeles home, that she shares with Robert Wagner for a reported 15 million.
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It took her German Shepherd "Larry" approximately four months to bark. When Larry did, Jill and Robert Wagner jumped out of their skin.
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Has known her husband Robert Wagner since she was 14 years old.
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Has a cat named Terminator.
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Was offered the role of Plenty O'Toole in Diamonds Are Forever (1971); however, after the directors saw her, she was offered the role as the bond girl: 'Tiffany Case'.
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1958 Deb Star.
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With an IQ of 162, she studied at UCLA starting at the age of 14, leaving after two years when she signed with Universal Pictures.
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Once appeared in a production of "Annie Get Your Gun" at age 11.
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She and husband Robert Wagner have homes in Aspen and L.A.'s Pacific Palisades where Jill keeps a number of horses.
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Her stage mother changed Jill's name from Oppenheim to St. John when Jill was 11 and later gave her daughter a turned-up nose job so she would photograph better.
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She and husband Robert Wagner spend their recreational time skiing, horseback riding and golfing.
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5 February 2005 - Injured in a skiing accident and required hospitalization.
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Former daughter-in-law of Woolworth heiress, Barbara Hutton.