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
Goldfinger (film) of gold-painted Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson on the cover of "Life". Many of the elements introduced in the film appeared in many of the later James Bond films, such as the extensive use of technology and gadgets by Bond, an extensive pre-credits sequence that stood largely alone from the main storyline, multiple foreign locales and tongue-in-cheek humour. "Goldfinger" was the first Bond film to win an Academy Award and opened to largely favourable critical reception. The film was a financial success, recouping its budget in two weeks. In 1999, it was ranked #70 on the BFI Top 100 British