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Valora Noland
Noland in 1967
Born
Valor Baum

(1941-12-08)December 8, 1941
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
DiedMarch 27, 2022(2022-03-27) (aged 80)
Sebastopol, California, U.S.
Other namesValora Tree
Occupations
  • Actress
  • author
  • photographer
Years active1961–1967 (acting)

Valora Noland (born Valor Baum; December 8, 1941 – March 27, 2022) was an American actress, notable for her 1960s movie and television work, and, in her later years, photographer and author.[1]

Biography

Noland was born in Seattle, as Valor Baum, on December 8, 1941,[2] the day after Pearl Harbor. Her mother named her "Valor", inspired by a speech by Winston Churchill.[3] Her family moved from Seattle to the countryside near Santa Cruz, California in 1943. Sometime around 1959 she decided to become an actress. After graduating from Santa Cruz High School, she was accepted by the Pasadena Playhouse and, while studying there for a year and a half, settled on "Valora Noland" for her stage name and moved to Hollywood.

Valora's first job was an improvised scene with three other actors for the film Five Finger Exercise, later cut before distribution. Still, it enabled her to buy her SAG card, and somewhat larger parts in TV shows followed. She had a small role in a 1961 episode of the TV western The Rifleman entitled "High Country".

She played Vinnie in The Donna Reed Show episode entitled "Everywhere That Mary Goes."[4] Her first movie role was in Beach Party (1963), and the next year, 1964, she played a part in an independent production, Summer Children, made on Catalina Island. It was never officially released. This was followed by Muscle Beach Party and after that a film titled Sex and the College Girl, which took place on Puerto Rico. A third "island" film came in 1965 when she was chosen to play the unfaithful wife in The Passionate Strangers, a Philippine production.

Back in Hollywood, Valora joined the cast of The War Wagon for a minimal role and appeared in guest roles in television shows including The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Virginian, Star Trek, and Mannix as Cindy Gier in "Live Blueberries". Season 1 episode 7.

Noland was also active as a photographer[5] and, as Valora Tree, authored the books "Horse Stories", and Water Lily Ponds, a volume of poetry.[6]

Noland died on March 27, 2022, at the age of 80 in Sebastopol, California.[3]

Characters

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Lisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-In Dream Girls. pp. 296–99. ISBN 0-7864-1575-4.
  2. ^ "Valora Noland, 80". Classic Images. June 2022. p. 46.
  3. ^ a b "Valor Baum Obituary". Legacy. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Donna Reed Show, Everywhere That Mary Goes". IMDB. 1963. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Valora Tree Photography
  6. ^ "Amazon.com: Valora Tree: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

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