Robert Wagner shoot in Los Angeles between Jill St. John and Lana Wood, both of whom appeared in the James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971). When photographer Annie Leibovitz asked for a picture of Jill St. John and Wood together, St. John was so adamantly opposed to the idea that it reduced Wood to tears. Her publicist, however, said it was Wagner who vetoed the photo: "I know [the Wagner family] would rather not have the current Mrs. Wagner shot with Natalie's sister". In November 2011, thirty years after Natalie Wood's death, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reopened its investigation
Jill St. John John played Mrs. Claus in the made-for-TV movie "Northpole" alongside Wagner, who played the part of Santa Claus. The film marked her first acting role after a twelve-year absence from the screen. In 1972, St. John largely left Hollywood behind and moved to Aspen, Colorado, where she focused on personal interests and cooking. She eventually developed her interest in cooking into becoming a culinary personality, appearing in monthly cooking segments on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" and with a column in "USA Weekend" magazine through the 1980s. This culminated in authoring "The Jill St. John Cookbook" (1987), a healthy, but not