Jill St. John Jill St. John Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; August 19, 1940) is an American actress. She played Bond girl Tiffany Case in "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971). St. John was born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Edward (1912–1986), a prosperous restaurant owner., and Betty Oppenheim (née Goldberg, 1912–1998), who became her stage mother. St John is of the Jewish faith. As a young girl, St. John was a member of the Children's Ballet Company with Natalie Wood and Stefanie Powers. Her mother Betty changed Jill's last name to the more 'Hollywood-sounding' St. John during
Jill St. John CBS soap opera "Emerald Point N.A.S.", in which she played Deanna Kinkaid, Thomas Mallory's conniving former sister-in-law. St. John and Wagner were in "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989); "Something to Believe In" (1998); and "The Calling" (2002). They made brief cameo appearances as themselves in Robert Altman's Hollywood satire "The Player" (1992). In 1996 they started appearing together on stage in "Love Letters". In 1997, the couple appeared together at the end of "The Yada Yada" episode of the television sitcom "Seinfeld". St John appeared without Wagner in "Out There" (1995) and "The Trip" (2002). In 2014, St.