Matinee Classics - Jill St. John Biography & Filmography

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JILL ST. JOHN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Jill St. John was born on August 19th, 1940 in Los Angeles, California with the birth name Jill Arlyn Oppenheim, born to Edward and Betty Lou Oppenheim. From the age of five she was already involved in the entertainment industry performing on stage as well as on the radio. She attended Beverly Hills High School and continued to pursue a career as an actress while receiving her education.

By her teenage years she was working on television being seen in a production of, "A Christmas Carol" and by the age of sixteen she signed a contract with Universal Studios. Soon she was appearing in such films as, "Summer Love" (1958) co-starring John Saxon, Judy Meredith, John Wilder, Molly Bee, Rod McKuen, George Winslow and Fay Wray, "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker" (1959) starring Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire and Charles Coburn, "Holiday for Lovers" (1959) also starring Clifton Webb, Jane Wyman, Gary Crosby, Paul Henreid, Nico Minardos and Carol Lynley, "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" (1963) starring with Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Martin Balsam, Louis Nye, Richard Conte, Jack Soo and Carol Burnett, "Who's Minding the Store?" (1963) starring with Jerry Lewis, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Walston and Kathleen Freeman, "Come Blow Your Horn" (1963) co-starring Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Rush and Dan Blocker and "Honeymoon Hotel" (1964) starring Robert Goulet and Nancy Kwan.

Jill was absolutely beautiful and very sexy as well. She used her appearance to her benefit in Hollywood. She continued appearing in films adding more credits to her resume such as, "Eight on the Lam" (1967) starring Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller and Jonathan Winters, "Tony Rome" (1967) starring with Frank Sinatra, Sue Lyon and Richard Conte, "Banning" (1967) co-starring Robert Wagner, Gene Hackman, Guy Stockwell and James Farentino and her most well known role in the James Bond thriller, "Diamond Are Forever" (1971) also starring Sean Connery, Bruce Cabot, Jimmy Dean and Lana Wood just to name a few.

Along with film roles she also appeared on such television shows as, "Sky King" (1952), "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1951-1952), "Burke's Law" (1964), "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963-1965), "Batman" (1966), "The Name of the Game" (1968), "The Red Skelton Hour" (1971), "Fantasy Island" (1981-1982), "Emerald Point N.A.S" (1983-1984) and "Seinfeld" (1990).

More recently she has appeared in such films as, "The Concrete Jungle" (1982) with Barbara Luna and Tracey E. Bregman, "The Player" (1992) starring Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, Greta Scacchi, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Stockwell, Sydney Pollack and Dina Merrill, "The Calling" (2002) starring Laura Harris, Richard Lintern, Francis Magee and Alice Krigeand her most recent film role in, "The Trip" (2002) starring Larry Sullivan, Steve Braun and Ray Baker.

In addition to her career as an actress she has always had a love for cooking and has written several cook books as well as appeared on the television cooking show called, "In House" as a chef.

Jill St. John has married four times throughout her lifetime. Her first husband was Neil Dubin from 1957 through 1958. She then married Lance Reventlow in 1960 however by 1963 this marriage came to an end. Her third marriage was to singer Jack Jones in 1967 but again by 1969 she had another unsuccessful marriage. Her fourth and present husband is actor Robert Wagner whom she wed in 1990. She has no biological children but is a step mother to Wagner's three children.

Filmography

2002 The Calling

2002 The Trip

1998 Something to Believe In

1997 Seinfeld

1995 Out There

1992 The Player

1989 Around the World in 80 Days

1988 J.J. Starbuck

1986 Dempsey and Makepeace

1984 The Act

1983-1984 Emerald Point N.A.S.