Loretta King Hadler
Born
Loretta King

(1917-08-20)August 20, 1917
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
DiedSeptember 10, 2007(2007-09-10) (aged 90)
Century City, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Spouse
Herman Hadler
​
(m. 1970)​

Loretta King Hadler (August 20, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress, best known for the brevity of her career and her work with director Ed Wood.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she performed in Mister Roberts at the Sombrero Playhouse during March 1954 with Don Taylor and Marshall Thompson.[3]

She then starred in Wood's 1955 Bride of the Monster[4] and, during the 1970s, she appeared in two movies by director Horace Jackson, Johnny Tough and Joey, under the name Loretta Hadler. In 2007, she died of natural causes in Century City, California at age 90, and was survived by her husband, Herman Hadler.

Legacy

King was portrayed by Juliet Landau in the 1994 Tim Burton bio-pic Ed Wood.[5]

Filmography

  • Dr. Harvey W. Wiley (1955) (TV) as Woman
  • The Pirate and the Lawyer (1955) (TV) as Louise Livingston
  • Bride of the Monster (1955) as Janet Lawton
  • Tough (1974) as Teacher
  • Joey (1977)

References

  1. ↑ Rhodes, Gary D.; Weaver, Tom. Ed Wood and the Lost Lugosi Screenplays. BearManor Media. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Umland, Samuel J. (28 September 2015). The Tim Burton Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8108-9201-9. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Windsor, Merrill (March 2, 1954). "Expert Casting By Sombrero Boosts 'Mr. Roberts' Here". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Rausch, Andrew J.; Jr, Charles E. Pratt. The Cinematic Misadventures of Ed Wood. BearManor Media. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Jones, Stephen (4 August 2011). The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-84901-538-7. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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