Valora Noland

Valora Noland (born December 8, 1941) is an American retired actress, notable for her 1960s movie and television work.[1]

Valora Noland
Valora Noland in 1967, age 25
Born (1941-12-08) December 8, 1941
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
OccupationFilm, television actress
Years active1961–1967

Biography

Valora Noland was born in Seattle, Washington, as Valor Baum, on December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor. Her mother named her "Valor", inspired by a speech by Winston Churchill. 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."[2] 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 the island of 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 has been active as a photographer[3] and, as Valora Tree, has authored the books "Horse Stories",[4] and Water Lily Ponds, a volume of poetry.

Characters
  • Clare in The Rifleman episode, "The High Country" (1961)
  • Vickie in Sex and the College Girl (1964)
  • Duchess Vicky in The Man from U.N.C.L.E episode, "The Round Table Affair" (1966)
  • Amanda Harley in The Virginian episode, "Girl on the Pinto" (1967)
  • Daras in Star Trek episode, "Patterns of Force" (1968)

Filmography

References
  1. Lisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-In Dream Girls. pp. 296–99. ISBN 0-7864-1575-4.
  2. "The Rifleman, High Country". YouTube. 1961. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  3. Valora Tree Photography
  4. "Amazon.com: Valora Tree: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
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