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name: "Betta St. John"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/betta-st-john"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 November 1929"
died: "23 June 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:44:10.050769+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Betta St. John

Actor. Born 26 November 1929 in Hawthorne, California, USA. Died 23 June 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 November 1929, Hawthorne, California, USA
- **Died:** 23 June 2023
- **Also known as:** Betty Jean Striegler
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_St._John, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2475940, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106625

## Biography

Betta St. John (born Betty Jean Striegler) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was born on 26 November 1929 in Hawthorne, California, and died on 23 June 2023 in Brighton, England. She began her career as a child performer in uncredited film roles, including in *Destry Rides Again* (1939) and *Jane Eyre* (1943). On Broadway she created the role of Liat in the original production of *South Pacific* (1949) and appeared in *Carousel*.

Her film work included the role of Miriam in *The Robe* (1953), Tarji in *Dream Wife* (1953) and Patricia Russell in *The City of the Dead* (1960). After marrying British actor and singer Peter Grant in 1952, she appeared in British productions such as *High Tide at Noon* (1957), two Tarzan films and *Corridors of Blood* (1958). She retired from acting in the mid-1960s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Robe* (1953), Fi1m 48, as Miriam — [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The City of the Dead* (1960), as Patricia Russell
- *Tarzan the Magnificent* (1960), as Fay Ames
- *Corridors of Blood* (1958), as Susan
- *The Snorkel* (1958), as Jean Edwards
- *High Tide at Noon* (1957), as Joanna
- *Tarzan and the Lost Safari* (1957), as Diana Penrod
- *Alias John Preston* (1955), as Sally Sandford
- *The Naked Dawn* (1955), as Maria Lopez
- *Mark Saber* (1954), series, as Laura
- *The Law vs. Billy the Kid* (1954), as Nita Maxwell
- *The Student Prince* (1954), as Princess Johanna
- *The Saracen Blade* (1954), as Lady Iolanthe Rogliano
- *Dangerous Mission* (1954), as Mary Tiller
- *All the Brothers Were Valiant* (1953), as Native girl
- *The Robe* (1953), as Miriam — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md)
- *Dream Wife* (1953), as Tarji
- *South Pacific* (1952), as Liat
- *Jane Eyre* (1943), as Girl
- *Lydia* (1941), as Blind Girl
- *Waldo's Last Stand* (1940), as Tap Dancer
- *Destry Rides Again* (1939), as Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Betta St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1237759/gallery-39505566b9d9.jpg) Betta St. John — unknown (MGM-Photofest), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Betta_St._John%2C_1953_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Betta St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1237759/gallery-47eebe9a492b.jpg) Betta St. John — Image via TMDB
- ![Betta St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1237759/gallery-9f1185feca88.jpg) Betta St. John — Image via TMDB
- ![Betta St. John](https://film.one/media/person/1237759/gallery-333ac15d8001.jpg) Betta St. John — Image via TMDB

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