JILL ST. JOHN: One Smart Cookie

Villainess Tiffany Case is more stirred than shaken as she mixes it with “007” Sean Connery in the classic Bondian feature DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)
Michael Rennie, Jay Novello, David Hedison, Jill St. John and Claude Rains battle dinosaurs in THE LOST WORLD (1960)

Films of the Golden Age,
Issue Number 122,
Fall 2025

“My goal is to be at a point where I have so proved myself as an actress that I can be more discrminating inthe roles I choose.”

A high-quality piece of eye candy throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, ravishing redhead JILL ST. JOHN (1940- ) was confined to playing starlet parts (daughters, nieces) or ditzy party girls in the beginning despite a high IQ of 162. She side-stepped that vacant typecast to become clever, sexy love interests and femme fatales in lightweight comedy, jet-setting adventures and spy intrigue. Her best remembered role was that of villainess Tiffany Case in the James Bond classic DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971). Married to frequent TV movie co-star Robert Wagner (BANNING, HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION) .

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