Betta St. John
Birthday
1929/11/26
Day of death
2023/06/23 (93 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Hawthorne, California, USA
Also know as
Betty Jean Striegler
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 t...Read more
Acting
(1958) Corridors of Blood
as Susan
(1955) Alias John Preston
as Sally Sandford
(1953) The Robe
as Miriam
(1958) The Snorkel
as Jean Edwards
(1954) The Student Prince
as Princess Johanna
(1953) Dream Wife
as Tarji
(1957) Tarzan and the Lost Safari
as Diana Penrod
(1960) Tarzan the Magnificent
as Fay Ames
(1953) All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Native girl
(1955) The Naked Dawn
as Maria Lopez
(1954) Dangerous Mission
as Mary Tiller
(1957) High Tide at Noon
as Joanna
(1954) The Law vs. Billy the Kid
as Nita Maxwell
(1952) South Pacific
as Liat
(1939) Destry Rides Again
as Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)
(1940) Waldo's Last Stand
as Tap Dancer
(1954) The Saracen Blade
as Lady Iolanthe Rogliano
(1943) Jane Eyre
as Girl
(1941) Lydia
as Blind Girl
(1960) The City of the Dead
as Patricia Russell