Betta St. John

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 to London. On film, she appeared in The Robe (1953), Dream Wife (1953), All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953), The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954), and The Student Prince (1954). St. John appeared in two Tarzan films and ended her career as the heroine of Horror Hotel (1960). She continued to act in films and television until 1965 when she retired. Description above from the Wikipedia article Betta St. John, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

The Robe

as Miriam

Destry Rides Again

as Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)

The City of the Dead

as Patricia Russell

Jane Eyre

as Girl

Corridors of Blood

as Susan

The Snorkel

as Jean Edwards

Dream Wife

as Tarji

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

as Diana Penrod

All the Brothers Were Valiant

as Native girl

Tarzan the Magnificent

as Fay Ames