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Ketty Lester Biography

Birth Name:Revoyda Frierson

Birth Place:Hope, Arkansas, United States

Profession Actress, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Attended San Francisco State College on a scholarship to study music
  • Was born Revoyda Frierson but began performing under the stage name of Ketty Lester in the early 1950s
  • Started singing at a young age in church and school choirs
  • Recorded a Christian album in 1984 titled "I Saw Him․"
  • Was featured as a contestant on the 1950s game show "You Bet Your Life․"
  • Stopped singing commercially in the late 1960s and started a career as an actress
  • Went on tour as a singer with Cab Calloway's orchestra