Juli Reding
{{Short description|American actress (1935–2021)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Juli Reding
| image = Juli Reding in Tormented (1960).jpg
| alt = A young white woman with platinum coiffed hair and dark arched eyebrows
| caption = Reding in Tormented (1960)
| birth_name = Esther Fay Reding
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|11|28|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Quanah, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|09|16|1935|11|28|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
| other_names = Juli Reding Hutner, Juli Otis
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}
| years_active = 1957–1988
| notable_works = Tormented (1960)
| spouse(s) = Phillip Carter
({{abbr|m.|married}} 1951; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 1951)
George Franklin Hildebrandt
({{abbr|m.|married}} 1951; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 19??)
Joseph Digiovanni
({{abbr|m.|married}} 1960; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 19??)
{{marriage|Reese Hale Taylor Jr.|1962|1964|reason=divorced}}
{{marriage|Herbert Hutner|1969|2008|end=died}}
| children = 2
}}
Esther Fay Reding Hutner (November 28, 1935 – September 16, 2021), better known as Juli Reding, was an American actress and model, best known for her role in the Bert I. Gordon horror film, Tormented (1960).
Early life
Esther Fay Reding{{Cite book|last=Koper|first=Richard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSCNBAAAQBAJ&dq=Juli+Reding&pg=PA281|title=Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens|date=2010-03-31|publisher=BearManor Media|isbn=978-1-59393-521-4|pages=281|language=en}} was born in Quanah, Texas on November 28, 1935,The year 1935 is usually given as Reding's birth year in biographical sources; however, she was listed as a ten-year-old in the 1940 United States census. When she married in 1951, she gave her age as 21, which would also suggest an earlier birth year. and raised in Branson, Missouri,{{Cite news|date=1958-03-04|title=Paris Fashion Look Championed by Starlet|pages=7|work=The Knoxville Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90108755/paris-fashion-look-championed-by-starlet/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} one of seven children born to Roy Reding and Ruth Wallace Reding.{{Cite news|date=2021-09-26|title=Juli Reding Hunter (obituary)|pages=B6|work=The Springfield News-Leader|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90108479/juli-reding-hunter-obituary/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} Her parents owned an antique shop in Branson.{{Cite news|last=Buckstaff|first=Kathryn|date=2000-10-16|title=Gazebo Reflects Generosity of Former Branson Resident|pages=9|work=The Springfield News-Leader|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90110238/gazebo-reflects-generosity-of-former/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|date=1999-04-01|title=Obituary for Roy Reding, 1904-1999 (Aged 94)|pages=16|work=The Springfield News-Leader|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90114838/obituary-for-roy-reding-1904-1999/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}}
Career
Reding, usually presented as a curvaceous platinum blonde starlet,{{Cite news|last=Lane|first=Lydia|date=1958-08-24|title=Juli Reding Gives Formula for her 'Wide-Eyed Look'|pages=32|work=Abilene Reporter-News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90108129/juli-reding-gives-formula-for-her/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=Vernon|date=1961-01-17|title=Starlet Walks as her Car Cavorts|pages=9|work=News-Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90108979/starlet-walks-as-her-car-cavortsvernon/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} won a Warner Brothers contract in a publicity contest in the 1950s. She appeared in several films, most notably the horror film Tormented (1960),{{Cite book|last1=Orwig|first1=Gail|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OKNGDwAAQBAJ&dq=Juli+Reding&pg=PA293|title=Where Monsters Walked: California Locations of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 1925-1965|last2=Orwig|first2=Raymond|date=2018-01-23|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-6840-6|pages=293|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Senn|first=Bryan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvaKDwAAQBAJ&dq=Juli+Reding&pg=PA185|title="Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills!": Horror and Science Fiction Double Features, 1955-1974|date=2019-02-28|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-3571-2|pages=185–186|language=en}} and murder mystery Mission in Morocco (1959).{{Cite book|last=Shaheen|first=Jack G.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MaMDAQAAQBAJ&dq=Juli+Reding&pg=PT344|title=Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People|date=2012-12-31|publisher=Interlink Publishing|isbn=978-1-62371-006-4|language=en}} She also appeared on the covers and in pinup pages of magazines including Scamp, Escapade, Fling, Vagabond, Vue, and Foto-Rama. She held various beauty titles, including "Princess Juliet of Verona",{{Cite news|date=1958-09-14|title=Juli Reding Named Festival Princess|pages=20|work=The Star Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90109141/juli-reding-named-festival-princess/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} "Miss Welder of 1960", "Miss Los Angeles Press Club", and "Miss Los Angeles Dodger". In 1970, she was president of Preservation Of Our Femininity and Finances (POOFF), a publicity effort aimed at defending the miniskirt.{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=Gay|date=1970-03-26|title=POOFF Week Brings Out the Militants|pages=11|work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90110743/pooff-week-brings-out-the-militantsgay/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}}
Later in life, Juli Reding Hutner was a socialite in Los Angeles,{{Cite news|date=1972-03-08|title=Stars Work for Charities|pages=17|work=Journal and Courier|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90111905/stars-work-for-charities/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} often photographed at charity galas.{{Cite news|last=Loper|first=Mary Lou|date=1995-10-29|title=Good and Plentiful|pages=82|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90111003/good-and-plentifulmary-lou-loper/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} She was named to the board of directors of the Hollywood Entertainment Museum in 1994."Paramount Executive Earl Lestz Named Museum Chairman and Juli Reding Hutner is New Director." PR Newswire, 27 Jan. 1994, p. 0127LA045. via Gale Academic OneFile
Personal life
Reding married five times. In 1951, she married George Franklin Hildebrandt, who was also from Missouri.{{Cite news|date=1951-08-14|title=Vital Records|pages=5|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90107973/vital-records/|access-date=2021-12-06}} She had twin sons born in the 1950s.{{Cite news|last=Adamets|first=Eleanor|date=1970-07-24|title='They Can't Make us Wear Midi!'|pages=11|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90111296/they-cant-make-us-wear-midieleanor/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|date=1958-06-04|title=Mrs. Virginia Gray and Juli Reding|pages=8|work=Springfield Leader and Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90112168/mrs-virginia-gray-and-juli-reding/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} Another husband was attorney Reese Hale Taylor Jr.; they married in 1962{{Cite news|last=Ryon|first=Art|date=1962-09-29|title=Actress Juli Reding, Reese Taylor Jr. Wed|pages=34|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90109262/actress-juli-reding-reese-taylor-jr/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} and divorced in 1964.{{Cite news|date=1964-07-14|title=Actress Juli Reding and Mate Agree to Reconcile|pages=30|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90108361/actress-juli-reding-and-mate-agree-to/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} Her last husband was executive Herbert Hutner; they were married from 1969{{Cite news|date=1969-12-05|title=Juli Reding and Banker Wed in Chapel|pages=80|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46932008/juli-reding-weds-banker/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} until his death in 2008.{{Cite news|date=2008-12-22|title=Herbert L. Hutner|pages=5|work=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90112928/herbert-l-hutner/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}} Reding died in Springfield, Missouri on September 16, 2021, at the age of 85.{{Cite web|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=2021-10-06|title=Juli Reding, Actress in the Ghostly Horror Film 'Tormented,' Dies at 85|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/juli-reding-dead-tormented-horror-film-1235026617/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}
Film and television credits
- Mr. Adams and Eve (1957, television)
- Mission in Morocco (1959)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1960, television)
- Tormented (1960)
- Why Must I Die? (1960)
- Lock-Up (1960, television)
- Sea Hunt (1961, television)
- King of Diamonds (1961, television)
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1961, television)
- Burke's Law (1964 and 1965, television)
- Dr. Kildare (1966, television)
- The Big Valley (1967, television){{Cite news|date=1967-12-03|title=Juli Reding and Fritz Weaver|pages=98|work=The Post-Crescent|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90112029/juli-reding-and-fritz-weaver/|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Newspapers.com}}
- Murder, She Wrote (1988, television)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/227/Juli+Reding/index.html Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen]
- {{IMDB name|0714915}}
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