Biography

Jil Jarmyn was born on October 8, 1926 in Batavia, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for No Man's Woman (1955), Swamp Women (1956) and Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958). She was married to James Craig, Franklyn Fanning Powell and ? Ramsey. She died on September 28, 2024 in California, USA.

As of 2010, she was living in Santa Paula, CA.

Made much more news with her private life when she filed assault charges against Susan Hayward after she and the star went at it claw to claw in the bedroom of her former fiance, Don 'Red' Barry. Jil got the worst of it, but under pressure from Hayward's studio, she reluctantly dropped the charges.

Graduated from Batavia (IL) High School.

In December 1956 the press notes that she has modified her name from Jill Jarmon to Jill Harman to Jill Jarmyn to Jil Jarmyn.

Discovered in the early 1950's by producer Norman MacDonnell while both were eating lunch in a Los Angeles drug store across from Columbia Studios. MacDonnell was casting for several radio shows, including Suspense and Gunsmoke, and when Jarmyn asked for the salt and pepper, he introduced himself and said he liked her voice. He invited her to go back to the studio and audition, which she did that day, after which MacDonnell hired her.