Valora Noland
{{short description|American actress (1941-2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Valora Noland 1967.JPG
| caption = Noland in 1967
| birth_name = Valor Baum
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|12|08}}
| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|03|27|1941|12|08}}
| death_place = Sebastopol, California, U.S.
| alma_mater = Pasadena Playhouse
| known_for = {{hlist|Patterns of Force (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Beach Party}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|author|photographer}}
| years_active = 1961–1970 (acting)
| other_names = Valora Tree
}}
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.{{cite book|last=Lisanti|first=Tom|year=2003|title=Drive-In Dream Girls|isbn=0-7864-1575-4|pages=296–99}}
Biography
Noland was born in Seattle, as Valor Baum, on December 8, 1941,{{cite magazine |date=June 2022 |title=Valora Noland, 80 |magazine=Classic Images |page=46 }} the day after Pearl Harbor. Her mother named her "Valor", inspired by a speech by Winston Churchill.{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/marinij/name/valor-baum-obituary?n=valor-baum&pid=201828870|website=Legacy|title=Valor Baum Obituary|date=|access-date=April 19, 2022}} 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."{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385116/|website=IMDB|title=The Donna Reed Show, Everywhere That Mary Goes|date=1963|access-date=May 26, 2021}} 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[http://valoratreephotography.net/V.TreePhotography.pdf Valora Tree Photography] and, as Valora Tree, authored the books "Horse Stories", and Water Lily Ponds, a volume of poetry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B00NC2USZ0|title=Amazon.com: Valora Tree: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2018-06-26}}
Noland died on March 27, 2022, at the age of 80 in Sebastopol, California.
Characters
- Clare in The Rifleman episode, "The High Country" (1961)
- Vinnie in The Donna Reed Show episode, "Everywhere That Mary Goes" (1963)
- 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
- Beach Party (1963) - Rhonda
- Muscle Beach Party (1964) - Animal
- Sex and the College Girl (1964) - Vickie
- Summer Children (1965) - Diana
- The Passionate Strangers (1966) - Margaret Courtney
- The War Wagon (1967) - Kate
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American women
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses