Betta St. John
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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
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8115 |
| Birthday | 1929-11-26 |
| Place of Birth | Hawthorne, California, USA |
| Also Known As | Betty Jean Striegler, |
1955
Alias John Preston
5.8/9
A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression. Before long he has insinuated himself into loc...
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Alias John Preston
1958
Corridors of Blood
6.2/49
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free. Whil...
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Corridors of Blood
1953
The Robe
6.813/297
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like h...
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The Robe
1958
The Snorkel
7.108/38
On the Italian coast, writer Paul Decker has grown unhappy in his marriage and executes what appears to be a perfect murder of his wife. While Paul is...
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The Snorkel
1954
The Student Prince
6.313/16
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.
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The Student Prince
1953
Dream Wife
5.431/29
Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much...
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Dream Wife
1957
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
5.405/21
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.
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Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1960
Tarzan the Magnificent
5.889/18
After the Banton family rob a store is a small village and kill the local police constable, Tarzan captures one of them, Coy Banton. He decides to ret...
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Tarzan the Magnificent
1953
All the Brothers Were Valiant
6.111/18
In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.
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All the Brothers Were Valiant
1955
The Naked Dawn
6.2/16
Santiago, a jolly modern bandito, has just lost his partner when he happens on the isolated farm of young Manuel and Maria Lopez...
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The Naked Dawn
1954
Dangerous Mission
6/18
A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.
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Dangerous Mission
1957
High Tide at Noon
6.182/11
After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig, struggles to choose between three eligible bachelors -...
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High Tide at Noon
1954
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
5/5
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.
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The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1952
South Pacific
0/0
The professional recording of the 1952 original London production at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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South Pacific
1939
Destry Rides Again
7.2/205
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into...
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Destry Rides Again
1940
Waldo's Last Stand
7/4
The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an...
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Waldo's Last Stand
1954
The Saracen Blade
5.4/5
Based on the book of the same name by Frank Yerby. Pietro is an orphan who is raised by a family friend in 15th century Italy. When the friend is kill...
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The Saracen Blade
1943
Jane Eyre
6.9/157
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...
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Jane Eyre
1941
Lydia
6.5/13
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young...
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Lydia
1960
The City of the Dead
6.459/177
In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake. 300 years later, a college student arrives...
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