Ketty Lester
Acting • Born 1938-08-16
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
32 credits
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Movie • 1975
Unemployment Clerk
Cops and Robin
Movie • 1978
Secretary
Percy & Thunder
Movie • 1993
Grandma Kate
Handsome Harry's
Movie • 1985
Pearline Simms
Blacula
Movie • 1972
Juanita Jones
The Night the City Screamed
Movie • 1980
Mrs. King
All Day Long
Movie • 1975
Gloria
Peeping Times
Movie • 1978
Nutritionist
Runaway Car
Movie • 1997
Willie Mae
It's Good to Be Alive
Movie • 1974
Roy Campanella's Mother
Uptight
Movie • 1968
Alma
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
Movie • 1976
Just for Fun
Movie • 1963
Self
Uptown Saturday Night
Movie • 1974
Irma
Battered
Movie • 1978
Helen
Street Knight
Movie • 1993
Lucinda
House Party 3
Movie • 1994
Aunt Lucy
The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe
Movie • 1985
Satn (voice)
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Movie • 2014
Hester-Sue Terhune
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Movie • 1994
Barbara
That Girl
TV • 1966
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Myrtle
The Wonder Years
TV • 2021
Sister Henderson
Temperatures Rising
TV • 1972
Nurse Ferguson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Martha
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Tina
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Janie Kagan
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Hester-Sue Terhune
Salty
TV • 1974
Maggie Brown
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Mrs. Callan
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Margaret Wallace