JILL ST. JOHN | 79

American actress Jill Arlyn Oppenheim, popularly known as Jill St. John,, managed to have a Universal Pictures contract in the 1950s, which was rarely heard. Her seven-year contract made her earn $200 a week. As a child actress, Jill made an appearance in the 1958 movie Summer Love, alongside John Saxon. She started dancing when she was still a child and performed in Los Angeles with the Children’s Ballet Company. She went on to finish school in Hollywood Professional School and enrolled at UCLA.

However, she gained prominence when she did the Bond movie Diamonds are Forever, playing Tiffany Case’s role, and with her Golden Globe-nominated performance in Come Blow Your Horn. Opposite her successful acting career, Jill needed the help of her lawyer for going through three failed marriages. Anyhow, she got a settlement of $86,000 from her second divorce. She is now happily married to Robert Wagner.