Loretta King Hadler was an America

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n actress, best known for the brevity of her career and her relationship with director Ed Wood.

Career

Hadler was born in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

 as Loretta King, and under this name she starred in Wood's Bride of the Monster

Bride of the Monster

Bride of the Monster is a 1955 sci-fi horror film starring Bela Lugosi, along with Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy and Loretta King Hadler. It was produced, directed and co-written by Edward D. Wood, Jr....

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During the 1970s, under the name Loretta Hadler, she appeared in two movies by director Horace Jackson: Johnny Tough and Joey. The latter film marked the end of her career.

Death

She died of natural causes, aged 90, in Century City, California on September 10, 2007; she was survived by her husband, Herman Hadler. They had no children.

Trivia

According to the Tim Burton

Tim Burton

Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...

 film, Ed Wood

Ed Wood (film)

Ed Wood is a 1994 American comedy-drama biopic directed and produced by Tim Burton, and starring Johnny Depp as cult filmmaker Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film concerns the period in Wood's life when he made his best-known films as well as his relationship with actor Bela Lugosi, played by Martin Landau...

, based on Ed Wood's life, the director gave King the leading role only because he thought she was going to finance the movie. The movie also alleged that King was allergic to water. King denied both of these allegations in later interviews.

In Burton's film, King was portrayed by actress Juliet Landau

Juliet Landau

Juliet Rose Landau is an American actress best known for her role as Drusilla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff show Angel, the latter appearance earning her a Saturn Award nomination. She is also known for co-starring as Loretta King Hadler in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.She has appeared in a...

; Landau's father, Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Martin Landau is an American film and television actor. Landau began his career in the 1950s. His early films include a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest . He played continuing roles in the television series Mission: Impossible and Space:1999...

, portrayed actor Bela Lugosi

Béla Lugosi

Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...

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