Betta St. John

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

Known For: Acting

Born: Hawthorne, California, USA, 1929-11-26

Died: 2023-06-23

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1939	Destry Rides Again	Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)	72
2	1940	Waldo's Last Stand	Tap Dancer	67
3	1941	Lydia	Blind Girl	65
4	1943	Jane Eyre	Girl	69
5	1952	South Pacific	Liat	0
6	1953	Dream Wife	Tarji	55
7	1953	The Robe	Miriam	68
8	1953	All the Brothers Were Valiant	Native girl	59
9	1954	Dangerous Mission	Mary Tiller	58
10	1954	The Saracen Blade	Lady Iolanthe Rogliano	48
11	1954	The Student Prince	Princess Johanna	64
12	1954	The Law vs. Billy the Kid	Nita Maxwell	43
13	1955	The Naked Dawn	Maria Lopez	61
14	1955	Alias John Preston	Sally Sandford	54
15	1957	Tarzan and the Lost Safari	Diana Penrod	54
16	1957	High Tide at Noon	Joanna	60
17	1958	The Snorkel	Jean Edwards	70
18	1958	Corridors of Blood	Susan	61
19	1960	Tarzan the Magnificent	Fay Ames	55
20	1960	The City of the Dead	Patricia Russell	64

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