Loretta King Hadler (August 20, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an

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, best known for the brevity of her career and her work with director

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Biography

Born in

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, she performed in '' Mister Roberts'' at the

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during March 1954 with Don Taylor and

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. She then starred in Wood's 1955 ''

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'' and, during the 1970s, she appeared in two movies by director Horace Jackson, ''Johnny Tough'' and ''Joey'', under the name Loretta Hadler. In 2007, she died of natural causes in

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at age 90, and was survived by her husband, Herman Hadler.

Legacy

King was portrayed by

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in the 1994

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''.

Filmography

*''Dr. Harvey W. Wiley'' (1955) (TV) as Woman *''The Pirate and the Lawyer'' (1955) (TV) as Louise Livingston *''

'' (1955) as Janet Lawton *'' Tough'' (1974) as Teacher *''

Joey Joey may refer to: People *Joey (name) Animals * Joey (marsupial), an infant marsupial * Joey, a blue-fronted Amazon parrot who was one of the Blue Peter pets Film and television * ''Joey'' (1977 film), an American film directed by Horace ...

'' (1977)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadler, Loretta King 1917 births 2007 deaths American film actresses Actresses from Phoenix, Arizona Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women