Betta St. John
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Betta St. John | |
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 with Deborah Kerr (right) in Dream Wife | |
| Born | Betty Jean Striegler (1929-11-26) November 26, 1929 Hawthorne, California, US |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1939–1965 |
Notable work | Dream Wife |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Grant (m. 1952; died 1992) |
| Children | 3 |
From top: Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary singing "Happy Talk", Betta St. John as Liat, and William Tabbert as Lt. Cable in the original Broadway cast of South Pacific (1950)
Betta St. John (born Betty Jean Striegler, November 26, 1929) is an American actress, singer and dancer.
Born in Hawthorne, California, St. John made her film debut at the age of ten in Destry Rides Again (1939) and as an orphan in Jane Eyre (1943).[1] She was discovered by Rodgers and Hammerstein and played a small role in the Broadway musical Carousel in 1945.[citation needed] By 1949, she created the role of Liat in the musical South Pacific on Broadway[2] and followed the production to London.
On film, St. John portrayed a princess being courted by Cary Grant in the 1953 film Dream Wife. She also had featured roles in The Robe (1953), All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953), The Student Prince (1954), and top billing in High Tide at Noon (1957). St. John appeared in two Tarzan films and ended her career as the heroine of Horror Hotel (1960).[3] She continued to act in films and television until 1965 when she retired.
Contents
1 Personal life
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links
Personal life
She was married to English actor Peter Grant from 1952[4] until his death in 1992; they had three children.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
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| 1939 | Destry Rides Again | Singing Girl in Wagon | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Waldo's Last Stand | Top Dancer | Short |
| 1943 | Jane Eyre | Girl | Uncredited |
| 1953 | The Robe | Miriam | |
| Dream Wife | Tarji | ||
| All the Brothers Were Valiant | Native Girl | ||
| 1954 | Dangerous Mission | Mary Tiller | |
| The Law vs. Billy the Kid | Nita Maxwell | ||
| The Student Prince | Princess Johanna | ||
| The Saracen Blade | Iolanthe Rogliano | ||
| 1955 | The Naked Dawn | Maria Lopez | |
| Alias John Preston | Sally Sandford | ||
| 1957 | High Tide at Noon | Joanna | |
| Tarzan and the Lost Safari | Diana Penrod | ||
| 1958 | Corridors of Blood | Susan | |
| The Snorkel | Jean Edwards | ||
| 1960 | Tarzan the Magnificent | Fay Ames | |
| Horror Hotel | Patricia Russell |
References
^ St. John profile at Glamour Girls of the Screen website
^ "("Betta St. John" search results)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 22 December 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Fandango website
^ "South Pacific Girl Finally Gets Her 'Wonderful Guy'". Milwaukee Journal. November 27, 1952. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
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