Betta St. John

Betta St. John

Birthday: 1929-11-26

Deathday: 2023-06-23

Place of birth: Hawthorne, California, USA

Also known as: Betty Jean Striegler

imdb_id: nm0820615

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Betta St. John (born November 26, 1929, Hawthorne, California) is an American actress, singer and dancer. Born as Betty Jean Striegler, St. John made her film debut at the age of ten in Destry Rides Again (1939) and as an orphan in Jane Eyre (1944). She was discovered by Rodgers and Hammerstein and played a small role in the Broadway musical, Carousel in 1945. By 1949, she created the role of Liat in the musical South Pacific and followed the production to London. On film, she appeared in The Robe (1953), Dream Wife (1953), All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953), The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954), and The Student Prince (1954). St. John appeared in two Tarzan films and ended her career as the heroine of Horror Hotel (1960). She continued to act in films and television until 1965 when she retired. Description above from the Wikipedia article Betta St. John, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Played in movies:

Destry Rides Again

Score: 7.2

Waldo's Last Stand

Score: 7.0

The Snorkel

Score: 7.0

Jane Eyre

Score: 6.9

The Robe

Score: 6.8

Lydia

Score: 6.5

The City of the Dead

Score: 6.5

The Student Prince

Score: 6.3

The Naked Dawn

Score: 6.1

Corridors of Blood

Score: 6.1

High Tide at Noon

Score: 6.0

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Score: 5.9

Dangerous Mission

Score: 5.8

Tarzan the Magnificent

Score: 5.5

Dream Wife

Score: 5.5

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

Score: 5.4

Alias John Preston

Score: 5.4

The Saracen Blade

Score: 4.8

The Law vs. Billy the Kid

Score: 4.3

South Pacific

Score: 0.0

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