Betta St. John
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 26, 1929, Hawthorne, California, USA
- Died
- June 23, 2023
- Movies
- 20
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Betta St. John (born Betty Jean Striegler, November 26, 1929 – June 23, 2023) was an American actress, singer, and dancer who worked on Broadway, the West End, and in Hollywood films. She started her career aged 10 as a child actress in uncredited movie parts in her native USA. As an adult actress her first starring role was in the MGM film Dream Wife opposite Cary Grant in 1953. In 1954 she starred with Victor Mature in Dangerous Mission. After moving to England she appeared in starring roles in British films including High Tide at Noon, two Tarzan films, and the horror features Corridors of Blood with Boris Karloff and Horror Hotel with Christopher Lee.
She was an inductee into the Hawthorne Hall of Fame in 2019.[1][2] Description above from the Wikipedia article Betta St. John, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1960 | The City of the Dead | Patricia Russell |
| 1960 | Tarzan the Magnificent | Fay Ames |
| 1958 | Corridors of Blood | Susan |
| 1958 | The Snorkel | Jean Edwards |
| 1957 | High Tide at Noon | Joanna |
| 1957 | Tarzan and the Lost Safari | Diana Penrod |
| 1955 | Alias John Preston | Sally Sandford |
| 1955 | The Naked Dawn | Maria Lopez |
| 1954 | The Law vs. Billy the Kid | Nita Maxwell |
| 1954 | The Student Prince | Princess Johanna |
| 1954 | The Saracen Blade | Lady Iolanthe Rogliano |
| 1954 | Dangerous Mission | Mary Tiller |
| 1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Native girl |
| 1953 | The Robe | Miriam |
| 1953 | Dream Wife | Tarji |
| 1952 | South Pacific | Liat |
| 1943 | Jane Eyre | Girl |
| 1941 | Lydia | Blind Girl |
| 1940 | Waldo's Last Stand | Tap Dancer |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again | Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited) |
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