
Betta St. John
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
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Corridors of Blood
as Susan
1963

Alias John Preston
as Sally Sandford
1955

The Robe
as Miriam
1953

The Snorkel
as Jean Edwards
1958

The Student Prince
as Princess Johanna
1954

Dream Wife
as Tarji
1953

Tarzan and the Lost Safari
as Diana Penrod
1957

Tarzan the Magnificent
as Fay Ames
1960

All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Native girl
1953

The Naked Dawn
as Maria Lopez
1955

Dangerous Mission
as Mary Tiller
1954

High Tide at Noon
as Joanna
1957

The Law vs. Billy the Kid
as Nita Maxwell
1954

South Pacific
as Liat
1952

Destry Rides Again
as Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)
1939

Waldo's Last Stand
as Tap Dancer
1940

The Saracen Blade
as Lady Iolanthe Rogliano
1954

Jane Eyre
as Girl
1943

Lydia
as Blind Girl
1941

The City of the Dead
as Patricia Russell
1960
