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Ketty Lester
Ketty Lester

Ketty Lester

ActingBorn August 16, 1938 (age 87)Hope, Arkansas, USA

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

TV
1997
Runaway Car

as Willie Mae

Movie
1994
House Party 3

as Aunt Lucy

Movie
1993
Percy & Thunder

as Grandma Kate

Movie
1993
Street Knight

as Lucinda

Movie
1989
Quantum Leap

as Myrtle

TV
1986
L.A. Law

as Margaret Wallace

TV
1985
Handsome Harry's

as Pearline Simms

Movie
1982
St. Elsewhere

as Mrs. Callan

TV
1980Movie
1978
Battered

as Helen

Movie
1978
Cops and Robin

as Secretary

Movie
1978
Peeping Times

as Nutritionist

Movie
1975
All Day Long

as Gloria

Movie
1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue

as Unemployment Clerk

Movie
1974TV
1974
Little House on the Prairie

as Hester-Sue Terhune

TV
1974
Salty

as Maggie Brown

TV
1974Movie
1974
It's Good to Be Alive

as Roy Campanella's Mother

Movie
1972
Temperatures Rising

as Nurse Ferguson

TV
1972TV
1972
Blacula

as Juanita Jones

Movie
1969TV
1968
Uptight

as Alma

Movie
1966TV
1963Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 16, 1938
Place of BirthHope, Arkansas, USA
Popularity0.3