Valora Noland
Biography
Valora Noland was an American actress whose 1960s film and television work was followed by careers as a photographer and author. Born in Seattle in 1941, she chose acting around 1959, spent about a year and a half at the Pasadena Playhouse, where she adopted the stage name Valora Noland, and then moved to Hollywood. Her first job, an improvised scene for Five Finger Exercise, was cut before the film's release, yet it allowed her to join the Screen Actors Guild. Small television parts followed, including turns on The Rifleman and The Donna Reed Show. She made her movie debut in Beach Party (1963) and appeared in Muscle Beach Party (1964). Later credits include The War Wagon (1967) and guest roles on The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Virginian, Star Trek, and Mannix. She also worked as a photographer, wrote books and poetry, and hosted classical and jazz radio programs. She died in 2022.
80years old at death
- Born Seattle
- Died Sebastopol
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 4 years1963 to 1967
Every film, newest first
- 1967The War WagonIMDb rating 6.8
- 1964Muscle Beach PartyIMDb rating 5.2
- 1963Beach PartyIMDb rating 5.8
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About the name
Noland studied at the Pasadena Playhouse for a year and a half and settled on Valora Noland as her stage name while she was there.
Behind the camera
Noland was also a photographer. Writing as Valora Tree, she authored Horse Stories and Water Lily Ponds, which is a volume of poetry.
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William Asher directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Ashley's page
Annette Funicello's page
Frankie Avalon's page
Jody McCrea's page
Morey Amsterdam's page
Dick Dale's page
William AsherDirector, 2 films, 1963 to 1964
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