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 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