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Betta St. John

Betta St. John

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

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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

Filmography
Corridors of Blood poster
Corridors of Blood
1963 • Susan
The City of the Dead poster
The City of the Dead
1960 • Patricia Russell
Tarzan the Magnificent poster
Tarzan the Magnificent
1960 • Fay Ames
The Snorkel poster
The Snorkel
1958 • Jean Edwards
High Tide at Noon poster
High Tide at Noon
1957 • Joanna
Tarzan and the Lost Safari poster
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1957 • Diana Penrod
Alias John Preston poster
Alias John Preston
1955 • Sally Sandford
The Naked Dawn poster
The Naked Dawn
1955 • Maria Lopez
The Law vs. Billy the Kid poster
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954 • Nita Maxwell
The Student Prince poster
The Student Prince
1954 • Princess Johanna
The Saracen Blade poster
The Saracen Blade
1954 • Lady Iolanthe Rogliano
Dangerous Mission poster
Dangerous Mission
1954 • Mary Tiller
All the Brothers Were Valiant poster
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953 • Native girl
The Robe poster
The Robe
1953 • Miriam
Dream Wife poster
Dream Wife
1953 • Tarji
South Pacific poster
South Pacific
1952 • Liat
Jane Eyre poster
Jane Eyre
1943 • Girl
Lydia poster
Lydia
1941 • Blind Girl
Waldo's Last Stand poster
Waldo's Last Stand
1940 • Tap Dancer
Destry Rides Again poster
Destry Rides Again
1939 • Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)