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Home/People/Betta St. John
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Born
Nov 26, 1929Died: Jun 23, 2023
Lived 93 years
Place of Birth
Hawthorne, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

20
Movies
1
TV Shows
Also Known As
Betty Jean Striegler
IMDb Profile

Betta St. John

Acting

Biography
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
Corridors of Blood poster

Corridors of Blood

as Susan
1963
The City of the Dead poster

The City of the Dead

as Patricia Russell
1960
Tarzan the Magnificent poster

Tarzan the Magnificent

as Fay Ames
1960
The Snorkel poster

The Snorkel

as Jean Edwards
1958
High Tide at Noon poster

High Tide at Noon

as Joanna
1957
Tarzan and the Lost Safari poster

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

as Diana Penrod
1957
Alias John Preston poster

Alias John Preston

as Sally Sandford
1955
The Naked Dawn poster

The Naked Dawn

as Maria Lopez
1955
The Law vs. Billy the Kid poster

The Law vs. Billy the Kid

as Nita Maxwell
1954
The Student Prince poster

The Student Prince

as Princess Johanna
1954
The Saracen Blade poster

The Saracen Blade

as Lady Iolanthe Rogliano
1954
Dangerous Mission poster

Dangerous Mission

as Mary Tiller
1954
All the Brothers Were Valiant poster

All the Brothers Were Valiant

as Native girl
1953
The Robe poster

The Robe

as Miriam
1953
Dream Wife poster

Dream Wife

as Tarji
1953
South Pacific poster

South Pacific

as Liat
1952
Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

as Girl
1943
Lydia poster

Lydia

as Blind Girl
1941
Waldo's Last Stand poster

Waldo's Last Stand

as Tap Dancer
1940
Destry Rides Again poster

Destry Rides Again

as Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)
1939