10 Actresses Whose Careers Didn’t Flourish After They Were Bond Girls

10. Jill St. John

Jill St. John was one of the most famous faces of the late 1960s, most notably co-starring alongside Adam West, Burt Ward and Frank Gorshin in the inaugural episodes of Batman (1966-1968).

She was often seen alongside big name stars such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Bob Hope. St. John had even briefly dated George Lazenby after he had completed On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969).

She therefore seemed a natural fit for the role of first American Bond Girl, Tiffany Case, opposite Sir Sean Connery in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Whilst her performance in Connery’s last official outing as Double-0 Seven started out strong, it sadly soon descended into parody.

After Bond, Jill St. John largely appeared mainly in television productions, often opposite her husband, Robert Wagner.

Whilst Tiffany Case remains one of her best-known performances, she is arguably just as well-known for her long-standing feud with Lana Wood, who portrayed the other main Bond Girl in Diamonds Are Forever: Plenty O’Toole.

Their disagreements started when Sean Connery dated both of them during production and became even worse when St. John married Wagner, who was previously married to Lana’s ill-fated sister, Natalie. Of course, that’s another story...