St. John was born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Edward (1912–1986), a prosperous restaurant owner., and Betty Oppenheim (née Goldberg, 1912–1998), who became her stage mother. St John is of the Jewish faith.\n', '

As a young girl, St. John was a member of the Children\'s Ballet Company with Natalie Wood and Stefanie Powers. Her mother Betty changed Jill\'s last name to the more \'Hollywood-sounding\' St. John during her adolescence.\n', '

St. John began acting on radio at age six, and she made her screen debut in December 1949, at age 9, in the first full-length made-for-TV movie, a production of A Christmas Carol. She was in the TV show Sandy Dreams in 1949.\n', '

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