Jill St. John Biography

Fast Facts

• At 5, she was a regular on the radio series One Man's Family
• Toured with Martha Raye in Annie Get Your Gun at 10
• Studied at the Panaieff Ballet Center in Hollywood, where classmates included Natalie Wood and Stefanie Powers
• Graduated from high school at age 14
• Was signed to a contract by Universal Studios at 16
• Married her first husband, linen heir Neil Dubin, three times because they were concerned about the legality of the marriages
• Once ran the designer-sweater business Smith-St
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• Was the first American Bond girl when she played Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• In the 1980s, she hosted monthly cooking spots on ABC's Good Morning America, wrote a monthly column for USA Weekend magazine and published several cookbooks
• Has appeared with husband Robert Wagner in six movies and a number of TV series, including the famous "The Yada Yada" episode of Seinfeld
• Has lived in Hollywood, Paris, London, Aspen and Honolulu