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Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; August 19, 1940) is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case , the first American Bond girl of the James Bond film franchise , in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever .
Brenda Starr is a 1976 American television movie based on Dale Messick's comic strip Brenda Starr, Reporter, starring Jill St. John in the title role. It was directed by Mel Stuart , and it aired on ABC on May 8, 1976.
Female lead Jill St John was under contract to Universal at the time. It was her sixth picture that year after Fame is the Name of the Game, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, The Liquidator, Eight on a Lam, and Banning. She took fencing lessons for the role. [5] Filming ended in December. [6]
The film was accompanied by a 2003 book written by John Cork and d'Abo, Bond Girls Are Forever: The Women of James Bond. The film and the book are tributes to the elite club of women who have played the role of a Bond girl .
The film starred Robert Horton, Sebastian Cabot, and Jill St. John. [2] In the following year, a sequel titled Foreign Exchange was released with the same main cast and crew. [3] Both novels were reprinted by Brash Books in September 2019 in ebook, paperback and audio editions. [4]
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Lana Wood (born Svetlana Lisa Gurdin; March 1, 1946) is an American actress and producer. [1] [2] She made her film debut in The Searchers as a child actress and later achieved notability for playing Sandy Webber on the TV series Peyton Place and Plenty O'Toole in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever.
Diane Baker was announced as her replacement, but the role eventually went to Jill St. John. [5] Background shots were filmed on location in early 1959. Most of the filming took place in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles International Airport, Lockheed Airport and Clover Field. [5]