Jill St. John

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Jill St. John (* 19th August 1940 as Jill Arlyn Oppenheim in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actress .

Career

St. John began performing on stage and on the radio when he was five. In 1949 she had her first role in a television production. 1958, at the age of 18, she signed a contract with Universal Pictures and made her film debut in a supporting role in Summer Love alongside John Saxon . Various film roles followed, including the lead female role in Sunken World alongside Michael Rennie and Claude Rains .

She was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1964 for her role in the Oscar- nominated film If My Bedroom Could Talk , as did her co-stars Lee J. Cobb and Frank Sinatra . By the end of the 1960s she played various film roles, including the female lead in L - The Silent with Rod Taylor and The Snoop with Frank Sinatra. In 1971 she was the Bond girl Tiffany Case in Sean Connery's last official James Bond film, Diamond Fever , and the following year she played the lead role in Crimson Morning alongside Oliver Reed .

This was also her last major film role. As a result, she appeared almost exclusively in guest roles in various television series , including Hart but cordially , Magnum and Love Boat . With Robert Wagner , to whom she has been married since 1990, she toured in the late 1990s with the two-person play Love Letters . She had her last film appearance in 2002 in an unnamed supporting role in The Calling , in which her husband played the lead role. In addition, St. John has published several cookbooks and columns in USA Weekend magazine.

Private life

Jill St. John was married four times, from 1957 to 1958 with Neil Durbin, from 1960 to 1963 with the Formula 1 - racer Lance Reventlow , 1967-1969 with the singer Jack Jones , and from 1990 with Robert Wagner .

Filmography

Movies

  • 1949: The Christmas Carol (short film)
  • 1952: Thunder in the East
  • 1958: Summer Love
  • 1959: The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
  • 1959: Holiday for Lovers
  • 1960: The Lost World (The Lost World)
  • 1961: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
  • 1961: Tender Is the Night ( Tender is the Night )
  • 1963: The shop keeper (Who's Minding the Store?)
  • 1963: If My Bedroom Could Talk (Come Blow Your Horn)
  • 1963: Who slept in my bed? (Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?)
  • 1964: Hotel for lovers (Honeymoon Hotel)
  • 1965: L - Der Lautlose (The Liquidator)
  • 1966: ... because nobody is without guilt (The Oscar)
  • 1966: Fame Is the Name of the Game (TV movie)
  • 1967: The Mysterious Third ( How I Spent My Summer Vacation , Movie made for TV)
  • 1967: $ 25,000 for a man (Banning)
  • 1967: The Snoop (Tony Rome)
  • 1967: Eight on the Lam
  • 1967: The King's Pirate
  • 1969: Secret agent John Smith: Blackmailed into espionage ( The Spy Killer , TV movie)
  • 1970: Secret Agent John Smith: Spy on Exchange ( Foreign Exchange , TV movie)
  • 1971: Decisions! Decisions! (TV movie)
  • 1971: Diamonds Are Forever (Diamonds Are Forever)
  • 1972: Blood Red Morning (Sitting Target)
  • 1973: Saga of Sonora (TV movie)
  • 1973: Old Faithful (TV movie)
  • 1976: Brenda Starr (TV movie)
  • 1977: The Killer Must Wait ( Telethon , TV movie)
  • 1982: Rooster (TV movie)
  • 1982: Girl Behind Bars (The Concrete Jungle)
  • 1984: Tricked (The Act)
  • 1992: The Player
  • 1995: Aliens, Accordions and Lots of Trouble ( Out There , TV movie)
  • 1998: Something to Believe In
  • 2002: The Trip - Raising Helen (The Trip)
  • 2002: The Calling

TV Shows

  • 1949: Sandy Dreams
  • 1951–1952: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (three episodes)
  • 1952: Sky King (an episode)
  • 1953: Fireside Theater (an episode)
  • 1954: Cavalcade of America (one episode)
  • 1957: The Christophers (an episode)
  • 1957: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (an episode)
  • 1957: The DuPont Show of the Month (one episode)
  • 1963–1965: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater (three episodes)
  • 1964: The Seaview ( Voyage to the bottom of the sea , an episode)
  • 1964: Amos Burke ( Burke's Law , an episode)
  • 1965: Crooks Against Crooks ( The Rogues , an episode)
  • 1966: Batman (two episodes)
  • 1966: Big Valley (an episode)
  • 1969: The Name of the Game (an episode)
  • 1971: The Red Skelton Show (an episode)
  • 1979: Hart to Hart ( Hart to Hart , an episode)
  • 1979–1982: Love Boat ( The Love Boat , four episodes)
  • 1980: Vegas ( Vega $ , an episode)
  • 1981–1982: Fantasy Island (two episodes)
  • 1982: Magnum ( Magnum, pi , one episode)
  • 1982: Matt Houston (an episode)
  • 1983–1984: Emerald Point NAS (19 episodes)
  • 1986: Dempsey and Makepeace (two episodes)
  • 1988: JJ Starbuck (an episode)
  • 1989-1990: In 80 days around the world ( Around The World In 80 Days , three-piece, three episodes)
  • 1997: Seinfeld (an episode)

Awards

  • 1964 - Golden Globe nomination for If My Bedroom Could Talk

Trivia

  • In the sixth episode of the tenth season of the TV series The Simpsons , Jill St. John briefly appears with Bob Hope in an instructional video about hippies.

Web links

Commons : Jill St. John  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME St. John, Jill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oppenheim, Jill Arlyn (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States