
Betta St. John
- Born
- November 26, 1929 · Hawthorne, California, USA
- Died
- June 23, 2023
- Actress
- soundtrack
- Archive footage
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 · 10 credits
- 1960Tarzan the Magnificent · Actress (Fay Ames)
- 1957Tarzan and the Lost Safari · Actress (Diana Penrod)
- 1955The Naked Dawn · Actress (Maria Lopez)
- 1954The Student Prince · Actress (Princess Johanna)
- 1954Dangerous Mission · Actress (Mary Tiller)
- 1954The Saracen Blade · Actress (Lady Iolanthe Rogliano)
- 1954The Law vs. Billy the Kid · Actress (Nita Maxwell)
- 1953The Robe · Actress (Miriam)
- 1953Dream Wife · Actress (Tarji)
- 1953All the Brothers Were Valiant · Actress (Native Girl)