Betty Luster
| Betty Luster | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 27, 1922 |
| Died | May 25, 2011 (aged 89) West Palm Beach, FL |
| Years active | 1938–1956 |
Betty Luster (27 April 1922 – 25 May 2011) was an American television actress, singer and dancer, whose career was active in the 1940s and 1950s. The role for which she is best remembered today was at one time her most obscure: her portrayal of Mr. B Natural in the short film of the same name, made famous after its inclusion in a 1991 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Betty Luster was the winner of the first Miss Lake Mowhawk contest in 1937.
Her earliest known stage performances were as a showgirl with the Dorchester Hale dance troupe in London in October 1938. She made a series of appearances on BBC television in 1939.
Later she was a dancing girl in the 1940 Broadway production of Irving Berlin's Louisiana Purchase. and she was a chorus girl at the Beachcomber in Miami Beach in 1946 and/or 1947. In the late 1940s, she performed on the operatic stage in Philadelphia.
Luster served as co-hostess of the 1950 CBS game show Sing It Again, a progenitor to Name That Tune, wherein contestants would attempt to identify songs from just a few notes. Her other television appearance was as a regular on the 1951 NBC variety show Seven at Eleven.
Luster again appeared on Broadway as "Sebena" in a production of The Wayward Saint. The show ran at the Cort Theatre from February 17 to March 6, 1955.
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