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Betta St. John is a Actor American born on 26 november 1929 at Hawthorne (USA)
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 début at the age of ten in Destry Rides Again (1939) and as an orphan in Jane Eyre (1943). 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, 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) and 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). She continued to act in films and television until 1965 when she retired.
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Betta St. John
Birth name Betty Jean Striegler
Nationality USA
Birth 26 november 1929 at Hawthorne (USA)
Death 23 june 2023 (at 93 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 26 november 1929 at Hawthorne (USA)
Death 23 june 2023 (at 93 years)
Born as Betty Jean Striegler, St. John made her film début at the age of ten in Destry Rides Again (1939) and as an orphan in Jane Eyre (1943). 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, 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) and 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). She continued to act in films and television until 1965 when she retired.
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Filmography of Betta St. John (19 films)
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Pay or Die! (1960)
, 1h51Directed by Richard Wilson, Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Ernest Borgnine, John Arthur Kennedy, Roy Engel, Francis McDonald, Betta St. John, Zohra Lampert
Rating68%
It is a dramatization of the career of crusading New York City police officer Joseph Petrosino, a pioneer in the fight against organized crime in America. The film deals primarily with Petrosino and his Italian Squad's opposition to the extortion rackets of the Black Hand in lower Manhattan's Little Italy.
The City of the Dead (1960)
, 1h18Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Venetia Stevenson, Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Patricia Jessel, Valentine Dyall, Anne Beach
Roles Patricia Russell
Rating66%
On the recommendation of her professor (Christopher Lee), a young female student (Venetia Stevenson) travels to the fictional Massachusetts town of Whitewood to do some research into witchcraft. She finds the town occupied by the reincarnation of an infamous witch (Patricia Jessel) who was burned at the stake in the 17th century. To sustain her immortality, virgins must be sacrificed to the witch every year – and this year, the student is the chosen victim.
Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
, 1h22Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, John Carradine, Betta St. John, Al Mulock, Bud Tingwell
Roles Fay Ames
Rating63%
The Bantons (father, Abel (John Carradine) and four sons, Coy (Jock Mahoney), Ethan (Ron McDonnell), Johnny (Gary Cockrell) and Martin (Al Mulock)) rob a pay office in a settlement, killing some people. Coy Banton is tracked down to their camp and taken away by a policeman, Wyntors (John Sullivan). Taking him back to town, Wyntors is killed as two of the brothers seek to rescue Coy. Tarzan appears and kills Ethan Banton. The other brother escapes. Tarzan decides to take Coy to Kairobi for the $5000 reward so he can give it to Wyntors' widow. However, no one in the town of Mantu (same town as beginning of Tarzan's Greatest Adventure) wants to help him. The boat he is waiting for to take him and his prisoner to Kairobi is ambushed by the Bantons, who send the passengers off and destroy the boat.
Corridors of Blood (1958)
, 1h26Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie, Adrienne Corri, Francis Matthews
Roles Susan
Rating63%
An 1840s British surgeon, Dr. Thomas Bolton (Boris Karloff) experiments with anesthetic gases in an effort to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel of his peers ends in a horrific mishap with his patient awakening under the knife; he is forced to leave his position in disgrace. To complicate matters, he becomes addicted to the gases and gets involved with a gang of criminals, led by Black Ben and his henchman Resurrection Joe (Christopher Lee). Unfortunately, this shady partnership leads Bolton to further ruin, culminating in his unwitting participation in murder — for which he becomes the first victim of a blackmail scheme.
The Snorkel (1958)
, 1h14Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Peter van Eyck, Betta St. John, Mandy Miller, Grégoire Aslan, William Leo Franklyn, Marie Burke
Roles Jean Edwards
Rating66%
In the opening scene, a man seals off windows and doors in a stylish European sitting room, and attaches rubber hoses to a snorkel. He then lets gas escape through the room's lighting fixtures, allowing the gas to kill a woman lying prone on the couch while he hides under the floorboards, using the snorkel to breath while concealed. The murderer is Paul Decker (Peter van Eyck), who hides under the floor of the room as household servants discover the body of his dead wife, Madge. Since the room has been locked and sealed from the inside, it appears to the local Italian police and British Consulate Mr. Wilson (William Franklyn) to be a suicide. Madge's teenaged daughter Candy (Mandy Miller) has been traveling and arrives on the scene with her dog Toto and traveling companion Jean Edwards (Betta St. John). Candy vocally accuses her stepfather of the murder, but he has an alibi: at the time of the murder, he was just across the border in France, seeking peace and quiet at a lodging to work on a book he is writing. Candy is adamant; she is also convinced that Paul killed her father in a boating incident several years before. When Paul can produce a passport proving that he had passed into France, Candy is all the more determined to discover how her stepfather could commit the murder.
High Tide at Noon (1957)
, 1h49Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Betta St. John, William Sylvester, Michael Craig, Flora Robson, Alexander Knox, Patrick McGoohan
Roles Joanna
Rating58%
A woman named Joanna returns to an island off the coast of Nova Scotia where she was raised, and where memories immediately stir from her past.
Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
, 1h17Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Gordon Scott, Robert Beatty, Yolande Donlan, Betta St. John, Wilfrid Hyde-White, George Coulouris
Roles Diana Penrod
Rating56%
An airplane crashes in the jungle, stranding passengers Gamage Dean (Yolande Donlan), Diana Penrod (Betta St. John), "Doodles" Fletcher (Wilfrid Hyde-White), Carl Kraski (George Coulouris), and Dick Penrod (Peter Arne). Before the plane slides into a gorge the group is rescued by Tarzan (Gordon Scott), who undertakes to lead them back to civilization. Diana is kidnapped by warriors from Opar under Chief Ogonooro (Orlando Martins). The Oparians desire the strangers as sacrifices for their lion god. She is recovered by Tarzan and hunter Tusker Hawkins (Robert Beatty), whose advances Diana rebuffs. Secretly, however, Hawkins is in league with the Oparians, and plans to sell the castaways to the natives for a fortune in ivory. Tarzan, rightly suspecting Hawkins' untrustworthiness, exposes his treachery. Now openly in league with the natives, the hunter helps them take the white party captive in Tarzan's absence. The ape man returns to save them before the sacrifice can take place, aided by his chimpanzee ally Cheeta, who sets fire to the native village. He then leads them to the safety of a nearby settlement. Hawkins meets his fate at the hands of the Oparians, to whom Tarzan has signaled his double-dealing by a creative use of jungle drums.
High Tide at Noon (1957)
, 1h49Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Betta St. John, William Sylvester, Michael Craig, Flora Robson, Alexander Knox, Peter Arne
Roles Joanna
Rating58%
Les MacKenzie possèdent la plus grande partie d'une île de Nouvelle-Écosse. Lorsque Joanna, leur fille, revient du continent où elle a passé quelques années, elle se rappelle sa jeunesse. À 17 ans elle était le centre d'attention de trois garçons, Simon, agressif et brutal, Nils, qu'elle considérait comme son grand frère, et Alec qui lui lisait de la poésie. Elle finit par se marier avec Alec, mais son addiction au jeu fait perdre beaucoup d'argent au jeune ménage. De retour au pays, elle retrouve avec plaisir Nils.
Alias John Preston (1955)
, 1h6Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Betta St. John, Alexander Knox, Christopher Lee, Sandra Dorne, Patrick Holt, Bill Fraser
Roles Sally Sandford
Rating56%
The Naked Dawn (1955)
, 1h22Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Arthur Kennedy, Betta St. John, Roy Engel, Tony Martínez, Francis McDonald, Grady Sutton
Roles Maria Lopez
Rating65%
The story focuses on a poor but proud farmer named Manuel and his wife Maria. When glib-tongued drifter Santiago tries to get Manuel mixed up in a robbery, the farmer is at first resistant, but is goaded into joining Santiago. Corrupted by the prospect of untold wealth, Manuel begins plotting the murder of Santiago; meanwhile, Maria makes plans to run off with the handsome stranger.
The Student Prince (1954)
, 1h47Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Operetta films, Films about royalty
Actors Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Edmund Gwenn, S.Z. Sakall
Roles Princess Johanna
Rating64%
Young Prince Karl, of a small sub-kingdom of the German Empire, is sent off near the turn of the 20th century to get a university education in Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg. His grandfather was one of a handful of petty kings within German-speaking central Europe. Fictional Karlsburg is small, but fiercely proud of its history and traditions.
Dangerous Mission (1954)
, 1h15Directed by Irwin Allen, Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Psychologie
Actors Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, Vincent Price, William Bendix, Betta St. John, Dennis Weaver
Roles Mary Tiller
Rating57%
After a young woman, Louise Graham, witnesses the murder of a crime boss, she flees the city, deciding to hide out in Glacier National Park. She is followed by two men, Matt Hallett and Paul Adams, one of whom is a federal agent, who had sworn to protect her and bring her back as a witness, the other a ruthless killer, determined to murder her.
Dream Wife (1953)
, 1h40Directed by Sidney Sheldon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John, Eduard Franz, Les Tremayne
Roles Tarji
Rating58%
Businessman Clemson Reade (Cary Grant) breaks his engagement with workaholic U.S. diplomat girlfriend Effie (Deborah Kerr) for an adoring "old-fashioned" girl from the fictional country of Bukistan, Princess Tarji (Betta St. John). Reade wants a wife who can "just find having babies and taking care of a man" pleasurable.
The Robe (1953)
, 2h15Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Children's films
Actors Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson, Dean Jagger
Roles Miriam
Rating67%
The action takes place in Ancient Rome, Judaea, Capri, and Galilee in a time period stretching from A.D. 32 to A.D. 38
, 1h41Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth, Betta St. John, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore
Roles Native girl
Rating61%
Seafaring saga of two brothers and the woman they both love. Set against South Pacific islands, this love triangle pits the good brother against the bad as they squabble over a woman and a bag of pearls on the floor of a lagoon; the bad brother redeems himself, however, by helping fend off a mutiny.