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{{short description|American actress}} {{short description|American actress (1929–2023)}}
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| name = Betta St. John | name = Betta St. John
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| caption = with ] (right) in ''Dream Wife'' | caption = with ] (right) in ''Dream Wife''
| birth_name = Betty Jean Striegler | birth_name = Betty Jean Striegler
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| birth_place = ], U.S. | birth_place = ], U.S.
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| death_place = | death_place = ], England
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer|dancer}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer|dancer}}
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] as Bloody Mary singing "]", Betta St. John as Liat, and William Tabbert as Lt. Cable in the original Broadway cast of '']'' (1950) </center>]] ] as Bloody Mary singing "]", Betta St. John as Liat, and William Tabbert as Lt. Cable in the original Broadway cast of '']'' (1950)}}]]
'''Betta St. John''' (born '''Betty Jean Striegler'''<ref name="hc">{{cite book |last1=Maxford |first1=Howard |title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476629148 |page=708 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Betty+Jean+Striegler%22&pg=PA708 |accessdate=26 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>) is a former American actress, singer, and dancer. She worked on Broadway and in Hollywood films. She later appeared in British films including '']'', two Tarzan films, and the horror features '']'' with ] and '']'' with ]. '''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 ] in uncredited movie parts in her native USA. As an adult actress her first starring role was in the ] film '']'' opposite ] in 1953. In 1954 she starred with Victor Mature in Dangerous Mission. Later residing in England she appeared in starring roles in ] including '']'', two ] films, and the horror features '']'' with ] and '']'' with ].

She was an inductee into the Hawthorne Hall of Fame in 2019.<ref name="tn">{{cite web|url=https://thenews.com.pk/latest/1088478-betta-st-john-passes-away-tarzan-and-horror-hotel-actress-was-93|title=Betta St. John passes away:'Tarzan' and 'Horror Hotel' actress was 93|date=8 July 2023 |website=thenews.com.pk |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="The Times" />


==Biography== ==Biography==
⚫ Betty Jean Striegler<ref name="hc">{{cite book |last1=Maxford |first1=Howard |title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476629148 |page=708 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Betty+Jean+Striegler%22&pg=PA708 |accessdate=26 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> was born in ],<ref name=ggss/> on November 26, 1929.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjZKjHXEj-YC&dq=betta+st+john+1929&pg=PA230 | isbn=9780819603081 | title=Screen World 1967 | date=June 1983 | publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers }}</ref> St. John, alongside ], was part of the ] troupe of actors, singers, and dancers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Show Business Won't Let Betta St. John Open Eyes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31961882/betta_st_john/ |accessdate=27 May 2019 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=August 1, 1953 |location=Canada, Ottawa, Ontario |page=15|via = ]}}</ref>

⚫ St. John made her film debut at age ten in an uncredited part in '']'' (1939) starring ] and ]. She then played an orphan in '']'' (1943), starring ] and ], also uncredited.<ref name=ggss></ref>

⚫ St. John played a small role in the ] ] musical '']'' from 1945 until 1947. She was a member of the show's touring company until 1949. Later that year, she created the role of Liat in the musical '']'', first on ]<ref>{{cite web|title=("Betta St. John" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?shows=on&people=on&theatres=on&q=Betta+St.+John&qasset=00000150-ac81-d16d-a550-ecbfaa530004|website=Playbill Vault|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref> and then London.


⚫ St. John appeared in the 1953 films '']'', '']'', and '']'', as well as 1954's '']''.<ref></ref>
===Early life===
⚫ Born in ],<ref name=ggss/>, St. John, alongside ], was part of the ] troupe of actors, singers, and dancers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Show Business Won't Let Betta St. John Open Eyes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31961882/betta_st_john/ |accessdate=27 May 2019 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=August 1, 1953 |location=Canada, Ottawa, Ontario |page=15|via = ]}}</ref>


Betta St. John starred in two Tarzan films the first in 1957 '']'' which was the first Tarzan film to be filmed in colour, she returned to the franchise in '']'' in 1960.<ref name="tn" />
===Early Film===
⚫ St. John made her film debut at age ten in an uncredited part in '']'' (1939) starring ] and ]. She then played an orphan in '']'' (1943) starring ] and ], also uncredited.<ref name=ggss></ref>


She continued to act in films and appear in TV series until 1965 before leaving the entertainment industry
===Stage===
She was discovered by ] and played a small role in their ] musical '']'' from 1945 until 1947. She was a member of the show's touring company until 1949.
⚫ In 1949, she created the role of Liat in the musical '']'', first on ]<ref>{{cite web|title=("Betta St. John" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?shows=on&people=on&theatres=on&q=Betta+St.+John&qasset=00000150-ac81-d16d-a550-ecbfaa530004|website=Playbill Vault|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref> and then London.


St. John was married to English actor Peter Grant from 1952<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Uz4oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2CMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5591,5867229&dq=betta-st-john&hl=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719105553/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Uz4oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2CMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5591,5867229&dq=betta-st-john&hl=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 19, 2012|title=South Pacific Girl Finally Gets Her 'Wonderful Guy'|date=November 27, 1952|work=]|accessdate=April 14, 2011}}</ref> until his death in 1992.<!--https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2013335/ --> They had three children.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.recordgazette.net/arts_and_entertainment/bannings-betta-st-john---the-famous-movie-star-got-started-as-a-teenager/article_39dc1f32-8f79-5c06-be0e-ccf3dbdf8a3b.html | title=Banning's Betta St. John - the famous movie star got started as a teenager with Tarzan, then played many more roles | date=18 January 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/261/Betta+St.+John/index.html | title=Betta St. John - the Private Life and Times of Betta St. John. Betta St. John Pictures }}</ref>
===Film===
⚫ St. John appeared in the 1953 films ''], rant]], '']'', and ]'', as well as 1954's '']'' (1954)''.<ref></ref> She continued to act in films and television until 1965 when she retired.


Betta St. John died at an assisted living facility in ], England, on June 23, 2023, at the age of 93.<ref name="The Times">{{cite news |title=Betta Grant/St. John |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-july-7-2023-ssbbvbf2p |access-date=6 July 2023 |work=The Times |date=6 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Betta St. John, Actress in 'South Pacific' and 'Dream Wife,' Dies at 93 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/betta-st-john-dead-south-pacific-dream-wife-1235531153/ |access-date=7 July 2023 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life==
St. John was married to English actor Peter Grant from 1952<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Uz4oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2CMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5591,5867229&dq=betta-st-john&hl=en|title=South Pacific Girl Finally Gets Her 'Wonderful Guy'|date=November 27, 1952|work=]|accessdate=April 14, 2011}}</ref> until his death in 1992. They had three children.{{Citation needed |date=March 2022}}


==Filmography== ==Filmography==
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|'']''||Patricia Russell || aka '']'' |'']''||Patricia Russell || aka '']''
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American actress (1929–2023)
Betta St. John
with Deborah Kerr (right) in Dream Wife
BornBetty Jean Striegler
(1929-11-26)November 26, 1929
Hawthorne, California, U.S.
DiedJune 23, 2023(2023-06-23) (aged 93)
Brighton, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • dancer
Years active1938–1965
Known forHigh Tide at Noon
Notable workDream Wife
Spouse Peter Grant ​ ​(m. 1952; died 1992)​
Children3
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 – 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. Later residing in 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.

Biography

Betty Jean Striegler was born in Hawthorne, California, on November 26, 1929. St. John, alongside Shirley Temple, was part of the Meglin Kiddies troupe of actors, singers, and dancers.

St. John made her film debut at age ten in an uncredited part in Destry Rides Again (1939) starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. She then played an orphan in Jane Eyre (1943), starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, also uncredited.

St. John played a small role in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical Carousel from 1945 until 1947. She was a member of the show's touring company until 1949. Later that year, she created the role of Liat in the musical South Pacific, first on Broadway and then London.

St. John appeared in the 1953 films The Robe, Dream Wife, and All the Brothers Were Valiant, as well as 1954's The Student Prince.

Betta St. John starred in two Tarzan films the first in 1957 Tarzan and the Lost Safari which was the first Tarzan film to be filmed in colour, she returned to the franchise in Tarzan the Magnificent in 1960.

She continued to act in films and appear in TV series until 1965 before leaving the entertainment industry

St. John was married to English actor Peter Grant from 1952 until his death in 1992. They had three children.

Betta St. John died at an assisted living facility in Brighton, England, on June 23, 2023, at the age of 93.

Filmography

Year Title Role Note
1939 Destry Rides Again Singing Girl in Wagon Uncredited
1940 Waldo's Last Stand Top Dancer Short
1941 Lydia Blind Orphan Uncredited
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
The City of the Dead (film) Patricia Russell aka Horror Hotel

References

  1. ^ "Betta St. John passes away:'Tarzan' and 'Horror Hotel' actress was 93". thenews.com.pk. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Betta Grant/St. John". The Times. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. Maxford, Howard (2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 708. ISBN 9781476629148. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. ^ St. John profile at Glamour Girls of the Screen website
  5. Screen World 1967. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. June 1983. ISBN 9780819603081.
  6. "Show Business Won't Let Betta St. John Open Eyes". The Ottawa Citizen. Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. August 1, 1953. p. 15. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "("Betta St. John" search results)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  8. Fandango website
  9. "South Pacific Girl Finally Gets Her 'Wonderful Guy'". Milwaukee Journal. November 27, 1952. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  10. "Banning's Betta St. John - the famous movie star got started as a teenager with Tarzan, then played many more roles". 18 January 2008.
  11. "Betta St. John - the Private Life and Times of Betta St. John. Betta St. John Pictures".
  12. Barnes, Mike (7 July 2023). "Betta St. John, Actress in 'South Pacific' and 'Dream Wife,' Dies at 93". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

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