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Ketty Lester

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Had a #5 pop hit with "Love Letters" in 1962.
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Filmography

Hide HideActress (59 titles)
1998 Getting Personal (TV series)
Nana
 
1997 Runaway Car (TV movie)
Willie Mae
 
1995 Courthouse (TV series)
Rosetta's Mother
Fair-Weathered Friends (1995) … Rosetta's Mother
 
1994 Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (TV movie)
Barbara
 
1993 Percy & Thunder (TV movie)
Grandma Katie
 
1993 Street Knight
Lucinda
 
1991 L.A. Law (TV series)
 
1990 The New Adam-12 (TV series)
Nun
Gay Bashing (1990) … Nun
 
1990 Gabriel's Fire (TV series)
Fitzgerald
To Catch a Con: Part 2 (1990) … Fitzgerald
To Catch a Con: Part 1 (1990) … Fitzgerald
 
1990 Brewster Place (TV series)
Patience Jones
Whatever Happened to Patience Jones? (1990) … Patience Jones
County General (1990) … Patience Jones
 
1989 Quantum Leap (TV series)
Myrtle
So Help Me God - July 29, 1957 (1989) … Myrtle
 
1989 Alien Nation (TV series)
Teacher
Alien Nation (1989) … Teacher
 
1989 Heartbeat (TV series)
Olivia
Confidentially Yours (1989) … Olivia
 
1989 In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Hannah Carter
Gunshots (1989) … Hannah Carter
 
1988 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Mrs. Callan
Curtains (1988) … Mrs. Callan
 
1987 Trying Times (TV series)
Mildred
Moving Day (1987) … Mildred
 
1987 Webster (TV series)
Grace
San Francisco: Part 3 (1987) … Grace
San Francisco: Part 2 (1987) … Grace
 
1986 Hotel (TV series)
Doris
Separations (1986) … Doris
 
1986 Morningstar/Eveningstar (TV series)
Nora Blake
Episode #1.7 (1986) … Nora Blake
Episode #1.6 (1986) … Nora Blake
Episode #1.5 (1986) … Nora Blake
Episode #1.4 (1986) … Nora Blake
Episode #1.3 (1986) … Nora Blake
 
1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV series)
The Eyes Have It (1986)
 
1985 Handsome Harry's (TV movie)
Pearline Simms (as Kitty Lester)
 
1984 Rituals (TV series)
Maddie Washington #1
 
1984 This Is the Life (TV series)
 
1983 Hill Street Blues (TV series)
Mrs. Tatum
Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back (1983) … Mrs. Tatum
Life in the Minors (1983) … Mrs. Tatum
 
1977-1983 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Hester-Sue Terhune / Hester Sue / Janie Kagan
Home Again: Part 2 (1983) … Hester Sue (credit only)
Love (1982) … Hester-Sue Terhune
 
1982 Happy Days (TV series)
Annie
Southern Crossing (1982) … Annie
 
1981 Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV series)
Sister Hattie
Future City (1981) … Sister Hattie
 
1980 The Night the City Screamed (TV movie)
Mrs. King
 
1979 The White Shadow (TV series)
Mrs. Hendricks
Mainstream (1979) … Mrs. Hendricks
 
1978 Lou Grant (TV series)
Sara Marshall
Murder (1978) … Sara Marshall
 
1978 Battered (TV movie)
Helen
 
1978 Cops and Robin (TV movie)
Secretary
 
1977 The Waltons (TV series)
Mrs. Thomas
The Stray (1977) … Mrs. Thomas
 
1977 Sugar Time! (TV series)
Lillian
Fear of Heckling (1977) … Lillian
 
1976 Hunter (TV series)
Susie
Hunter (1976) … Susie (as Kitty Lester)
 
1976 Adventurizing with the Chopper (TV movie)
Cousin Bea
 
1976 Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (TV movie)
Mrs. Thomas
 
1975-1977 Days of Our Lives (TV series)
Helen Grant
 
1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Unemployment Clerk
 
1975 Harry O (TV series)
Sally Jackson
Street Games (1975) … Sally Jackson
 
1975 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
1st Prostitute
Endgame (1975) … 1st Prostitute
 
1973-1975 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Betty Fisher / Nurse Walsh / Thelma Walters
Public Secrets (1975) … Betty Fisher
The Fatal Challenge (1974) … Thelma Walters
A Joyful Song (1973) … Nurse Walsh
 
1974 Uptown Saturday Night
Irma Franklin
 
1974 It's Good to Be Alive (TV movie)
Roy Campanella's Mother
 
1970-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
(segment "Love and High Spirits") / Martha (segment "Love and the Champ")
Love and the Champ/Love and the Pen Pals (1970) … Martha (segment "Love and the Champ")
 
1972-1973 The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV series)
Nurse Ferguson
Panic in the Sheets (1973) … Nurse Ferguson
Witchcraft, Washington Style (1972) … Nurse Ferguson
Operation Fastball (1972) … Nurse Ferguson
 
1973 Sanford and Son (TV series)
Judy Edwards
The Infernal Triangle (1973) … Judy Edwards
 
1972 The Rookies (TV series)
Tina
Time Is the Fire (1972) … Tina
 
1972 Blacula
Juanita Jones
 
1971 Room 222 (TV series)
Mrs. Ellis
The Long Honeymoon (1971) … Mrs. Ellis
Mr. Bomberg (1971) … Mrs. Ellis
 
1970 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Johnnie Mae
A Bride for Obie Brown (1970) … Johnnie Mae
 
1969 Julia (TV series)
Ms. Rita Hopkins / Rita Hopkins
For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls (1969) … Ms. Rita Hopkins
The Undergraduate (1969) … Ms. Rita Hopkins
Love is a Many Sighted Thing (1969) … Ms. Rita Hopkins
Home of the Braves (1969) … Ms. Rita Hopkins
Matchmaker, Break Me a Match (1969) … Rita Hopkins
 
1969 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
Cathy
A Girl Named Punkin (1969) … Cathy
 
1969 That Girl (TV series)
Mrs. Ellis
The Defiant One (1969) … Mrs. Ellis
 
1969 Green Acres (TV series)
Operator / Receptionist
Retreat from Washington (1969) … Receptionist
The Birthday Gift (1969) … Operator
 
1969 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Mrs. Shepard
Eye of the Storm (1969) … Mrs. Shepard
 
1968 Uptight
Alma
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (6 titles)
2012 Killing Them Softly (performer: "Love Letters")
 
1986 Blue Velvet (performer: "Love Letters")
 
1979-1981 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
A Christmas They Never Forgot (1981) (performer: "Sweet Little Jesus Boy")
Make a Joyful Noise (1981) (performer: "Gospel Train")
Mortal Mission (1979) (performer: "Stand By Me")
 
1965 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)
Episode #1.46 (1965) (performer: "I'll Be Looking Back")
Episode #1.37 (1965) (performer: "I'll Be Looking Back")
 
1964-1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Episode #2.1 (1965) (performer: "I'll Be Looking Back")
Episode #1.8 (1964) (performer: "You Can Have Him", "Love Letters")
 
1963 Just for Fun (performer: "Warm Summer Day")
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1962-1968 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 November 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 2 July 1966 (1966) … Herself
Episode dated 11 September 1965 (1965) … Herself
Episode dated 27 August 1962 (1962) … Herself
Episode dated 20 April 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1968 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 12 March 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 16 January 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1965-1966 Where the Action Is (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 July 1966 (1966) … Herself
Episode dated 24 March 1966 (1966) … Herself
Episode dated 16 September 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1962-1965 Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)
Herself
Episode #9.11 (1965) … Herself
Episode #3.39 (1963) … Herself
Episode #3.5 (1962) … Herself
 
1965 Ready, Steady, Go! (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.14 (1965) … Herself
 
1965 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.9 (1965) … Herself
 
1965 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #1.46 (1965) … Herself - Singer
Episode #1.37 (1965) … Herself - Singer
 
1964-1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #2.1 (1965) … Herself - Singer
Episode #1.8 (1964) … Herself - Singer
 
1965 Shivaree (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 4 September 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.6 (1964) … Herself
Episode #1.2 (1964) … Herself
 
1964 The Steve Allen Playhouse (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 October 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1963 Just for Fun
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1991 Shindig! Presents Groovy Gals (video documentary)
Herself
 

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Trivia:

Had a #5 pop hit with "Love Letters" in 1962. See more »

Star Sign:

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