Actress. Her best known role was as investigative newspaper reporter ‘Janet Lawton’ in maverick motion picture director Ed Wood's 1955 film "Bride of the Monster," with Bela Lugosi. She appeared in several episodes of Hallmark Television Playhouse the same year, but then quickly retired from film work. After her 1970 marriage to Herman Hadler, Loretta re-emerged briefly as an actress, appearing in two films under the name Loretta Hadler. Loretta King was portrayed by actress Juliet Landau in the 1994 Tim Burton bio-pic, "Ed Wood." Interviewed in the 1996 documentary, "The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr," Loretta disputed many of the anecdotes that other people had told of her Ed Wood period. She denied that she was ever allergic to water, or that she received her "Bride of the Monster" role in exchange for financing the film. Both of these allegations had been dramatized in 1994's "Ed Wood."
Actress. Her best known role was as investigative newspaper reporter ‘Janet Lawton’ in maverick motion picture director Ed Wood's 1955 film "Bride of the Monster," with Bela Lugosi. She appeared in several episodes of Hallmark Television Playhouse the same year, but then quickly retired from film work. After her 1970 marriage to Herman Hadler, Loretta re-emerged briefly as an actress, appearing in two films under the name Loretta Hadler. Loretta King was portrayed by actress Juliet Landau in the 1994 Tim Burton bio-pic, "Ed Wood." Interviewed in the 1996 documentary, "The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr," Loretta disputed many of the anecdotes that other people had told of her Ed Wood period. She denied that she was ever allergic to water, or that she received her "Bride of the Monster" role in exchange for financing the film. Both of these allegations had been dramatized in 1994's "Ed Wood."
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