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- Valda, the sensitive girl with the lovely smile. In the late 1950s, Valda was doing a play called "Accidentally Yours," when Ed Wood came backstage, and he considered her an ingenue. Ed originally wanted to cast Valda for the short film "The Night the Banshee Cried" (1957), but wound up casting her in her first movie Night of the Ghouls (1959); Valda said during filming that she was "sweet 16 and innocent" (so according to that, she would have been born in 1943). Ed had been impressed with the hand gestures of Bela Lugosi, and had Valda do a scene where she eerily moved her hands with her long, silver fingernails, and it was a quite striking effect. Valda also caught the attention of another famous actor-- Ed had written a zany script "Operation Salami" and Joe E. Brown, who had just finished filming "Some Like It Hot" (1959) wanted Valda for his leading lady (nothing ever came of Ed's proposed movie, and eventually Joe died in 1973). Valda would go on to appear in other movies such as "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid" and Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973), "Bikini Bandits"; "Outer Space"; "Norma"; "Outlaw Riders" and others. Valda retired from acting in the late 1970s, and died in Hollywood in 1993. Valda is still fondly remembered by fans as one of the nicest, sweetest members of Ed Wood's circle of actors.
- Sound Department
Robert Glass was born on 4 December 1939 in Barre, Vermont, USA. He is known for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Sorcerer (1977). He died on 21 July 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
- Producer
- Actress
Despite her wholesome appearance, Hildegarde Stadie led a colorful, bizarre and unpredictable life. She was the niece of a patent-medicine peddler, and as a little girl she traveled with him all over the United States, selling their cure-all, Tiger Fat. Part of the presentation involved the preteen Hildegarde appearing fully nude with a python draped around her shoulders. Though she did not draw upon this particular anecdote, her experience with her uncle greatly influenced her script for Narcotic (1933). In 1920 she married Dwain Esper, who would later become a notorious exploitation film producer. When Dwain assumed ownership of a small studio facility in Los Angeles, California in 1930, they began producing films from scripts she wrote. The couple cranked out several low-budget pictures. Some of them, such as "Maniac" (1934) and "Marihuana" (1936) remain so bizarre and prurient that it is had to imagine a husband and wife with two children producing them. Besides making films for the exploitation market, Hildegarde and Dwain imported and reissued older films, such as Tom Browning's cult-classic "Freaks" (1932) and the Danish film "Man's Way With Women" (1934). Hildegarde usually managed relations with state censorship boards when their films came under criticism from the local morality squad, something she undoubtedly regarded as a necessary irritation. Suriving regional censorship documents are sometimes addressed to "Mr. Hildegarde Esper"!- William D. Byrd was born on 3 May 1966 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Children of a Lesser God (1986), A Man Called Hawk (1989) and Beauty and the Beast (1987). He died on 21 July 1993 in Inglewood, California, USA.
- Barbara Chojecka was born on 18 December 1921 in Grudziadz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for The Weather Forecast (1983), Pejzaz z bohaterem (1971) and Glód (1986). She died on 21 July 1993 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ichirô Fujiyama was born on 8 April 1911 in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Tokyo rapusodei (1936), Oka wa hanazakari (1952) and Shûdôin no hanayome (1946). He died on 21 July 1993.- Sound Department
Stephen Bass was born on 18 July 1912 in Baldwin, Kansas, USA. He is known for Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Panic in Year Zero! (1962) and Huk! (1956). He died on 21 July 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Branko Vujovic was born on 30 December 1932 in Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Bilo, pa proslo (1980), Cardak i na nebu i na zemlji (1978) and Diplomci (1971). He died on 21 July 1993 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.