- Born
- Birth nameRevoyda Frierson
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Ketty Lester was born on August 16, 1934 in Hope, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress, known for Blue Velvet (1986), Killing Them Softly (2012) and Little House on the Prairie (1974).
- SpouseBill Buckley(1966 - ?) (his death, 1 child)
- Had a #5 U.S. pop hit/#2 U.S. R&B hit with "Love Letters" in 1962. The artist and her recording were also nominated for a Grammy Award the following year.
- On TV, she is widely known for her role of Hester-Sue Terhune on the American television series "Little House on the Prairie".
- In 1962, she toured the United Kingdom as support act on the Everly Brothers tour.
- She toured Europe as a singer with Cab Calloway's Orchestra.
- She appeared as a contestant on the December 26, 1957 episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx. Lester sang "You Do Something to Me". The chosen category was "Mother Goose", a subject she admitted knowing nothing about; George Fenneman fed the correct answers to her, and she and her partner won $1,000.
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