JILL ST. JOHN | 81

In the ’50s, securing a Universal Pictures contract as a teenager was almost unheard of. However, Jill St. John managed to achieve exactly that, landing a seven-year contract that helped her earn $200 a week! At only six years old, St. John started acting, and later made her first full-length TV movie debut at the age of 9 in the movie The Christmas Carol. Having gathered experience as a child actress, she featured in a major film the next year alongside John Saxon in Summer Love. The American actress is, however, is best known for playing Tiffany Case in the Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever.

St. John’s personal life hasn’t been as rosy as her career, but she did find her happily ever after with fellow actor Robert Wagner. Given that they are both advanced in age, we hope that both have looked into investing in their retirement so they need not worry about having to mortgage their home in the future.