She attended Powers Professional School and received her high school diploma from Hollywood Professional School in the spring of 1955 at age 14. She had a small role in the film Thunder in the East (1951) and was in episodes of Sky King, Fireside Theatre, and Cavalcade of America. Also that year, she joined the cast of Sandy Dreams, a TV show for children featuring Richard Beymer.Īt age 11, she appeared in two episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. In December 1949, at age nine, she made her screen debut in The Christmas Carol, the first full-length TV movie. When she was 13, her stage mother Betty changed Jill's last name to the more marketable St. All three would later marry or co-star with actor Robert Wagner. John was a member of the Children's Ballet Company with Natalie Wood and Stefanie Powers. Her maternal grandparents were Russian, of partial Jewish descent, while her paternal great-great-grandparents emigrated from Hessen, Germany. She has no siblings, but grew up with many cousins, her mother being one of eight surviving children and her father one of three. John was born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim in Los Angeles on August 19, 1940, to Edward Oppenheim, a restaurateur from New York, and his philanthropist wife Betty (née Goldberg), from Philadelphia. They share credits on nearly a dozen screen and stage productions, notably the miniseries remake of Around the World in 80 Days. John is married to actor Robert Wagner and has known him since she was 18 years old. During her Hollywood heyday she was almost equally famous for her high-profile social life and frequent romantic associations with prominent stars. John has appeared in such top rated shows as Batman, The Big Valley, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Hart to Hart, Vega$, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Magnum, P.I. Additional performances in film include Holiday for Lovers, The Lost World, Tender Is the Night, Come Blow Your Horn, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, Who's Minding the Store?, Honeymoon Hotel, The Liquidator, The Oscar, Tony Rome, Sitting Target and The Concrete Jungle. She may be best known for playing Tiffany Case, the first American Bond girl of the James Bond film franchise, in Diamonds Are Forever. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim August 19, 1940) is an American retired actress. Natasha Gregson ( de facto stepdaughter).
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