Ketty Lester
Born: 1938-08-16 in Hope, Arkansas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ketty Lester (born Revoyda Frierson; August 16, 1934) is an American singer and actress known. Her 1961 hit single "Love Letters" reached the top 5 of the charts in the U.S. and the UK. She is also known for her role as Hester-Sue Terhune on the American television series Little House on the Prairie. Lester appeared in guest roles in dozens of other shows as well as films such as Blacula (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1973), and House Party 3 (1994).
Filmography
2021
- The Wonder Years as Sister Henderson
2014
- Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas as Hester-Sue Terhune
1997
- Runaway Car as Willie Mae
1994
- Jack Reed: A Search for Justice as Barbara
- House Party 3 as Aunt Lucy
1993
- Street Knight as Lucinda
- Percy & Thunder as Grandma Kate
1989
- Quantum Leap as Myrtle
1986
- L.A. Law as Margaret Wallace
1985
- The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe as Satn (voice)
- Handsome Harry's as Pearline Simms
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Mrs. Callan
1980
- The Night the City Screamed as Mrs. King
1978
- Cops and Robin as Secretary
- Battered as Helen
- Peeping Times as Nutritionist
1975
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Unemployment Clerk
- All Day Long as Gloria
1974
- Little House on the Prairie as Janie Kagan
- Salty as Maggie Brown
- Uptown Saturday Night as Irma
- It's Good to Be Alive as Roy Campanella's Mother
1972
- The Rookies as Tina
- Temperatures Rising as Nurse Ferguson
- Blacula as Juanita Jones
1969
- Love, American Style as Martha
1968
- Uptight as Alma
1966
1963
- Just for Fun as Self