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Valda Hansen

Born
Nov 3, 1932 · Aged 60
Died
Jul 21, 1993
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Female
Movie credits
9
TV credits
1
Also known as (1)
  • Zelda

Biography

Valda Joanne Hansen was born on November 3rd, 1932, in Los Angeles. She is most known for her role as the White Ghost in Ed Wood's "Night of the Ghouls". In 1957, Valda first met Ed Wood backstage at a local theater production entitled "Accidentally Yours". Wood, impressed with her acting, asked if she would act in a TV pilot for a horror, anthology series he was working on called "Portraits in Terror". The pilot was later known as "The Night the Banshee Cried". She never acted in the pilot, but she did act in "Night of the Ghouls", even bleaching her hair for the role. Valda would go on to…