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
Corridors of Blood
(Susan)
Alias John Preston
(Sally Sandford)
The Robe
(Miriam)
The Snorkel
(Jean Edwards)
The Student Prince
(Princess Johanna)
Dream Wife
(Tarji)
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
(Diana Penrod)
Tarzan the Magnificent
(Fay Ames)
All the Brothers Were Valiant
(Native girl)
The Naked Dawn
(Maria Lopez)
Dangerous Mission
(Mary Tiller)
High Tide at Noon
(Joanna)
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
(Nita Maxwell)
South Pacific
(Liat)
Destry Rides Again
(Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited))
Waldo's Last Stand
(Tap Dancer)
The Saracen Blade
(Lady Iolanthe Rogliano)
Jane Eyre
(Girl)
Lydia
(Blind Girl)
The City of the Dead
(Patricia Russell)