Occupation actress Role Actress Name Betta John | Notable work Dream Wife Years active 1939-1965 | |
 | ||
Full Name Betty Jean Striegler Born November 26, 1929 (age 95) ( 1929-11-26 ) Hawthorne, California, US Spouse Peter Grant (m. 1952–1992) Movies Dream Wife, The City of the Dead, The Robe, Tarzan the Magnificent, The Naked Dawn Similar People Robert Day, H Bruce Humberstone, Edgar G Ulmer, Richard Thorpe, Guy Green | ||
Betta st john
Betta St. John (born November 26, 1929, Hawthorne, California) is an American actress, singer and dancer.
Contents
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 (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 on Broadway 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.
Personal life
She was married to English actor Peter Grant from 1952 until his death in 1992; they had three children.
