Juli Reding
Esther Fay Reding Hutner, better known as Juli Reding, was an American actress and model, best known for her role in the Bert I. Gordon horror film, Tormented.
Early life
Esther Fay Reding was born in Quanah, Texas on November 28, 1935, and raised in Branson, Missouri, one of seven children born to Roy Reding and Ruth Wallace Reding. Her parents owned an antique shop in Branson.Career
Reding, usually presented as a curvaceous platinum blonde starlet, won a Warner Brothers contract in a publicity contest in the 1950s. She appeared in several films, most notably the horror film Tormented, and murder mystery Mission in Morocco. She also appeared on the covers and in pinup pages of magazines including Scamp, Escapade, Fling, Vagabond, Vue, and Foto-Rama. She held various beauty titles, including "Princess Juliet of Verona", "Miss Welder of 1960", "Miss Los Angeles Press Club", and "Miss Los Angeles Dodger". In 1970, she was president of Preservation Of Our Femininity and Finances, a publicity effort aimed at defending the miniskirt.Later in life, Juli Reding Hutner was a socialite in Los Angeles, often photographed at charity galas. She was named to the board of directors of the Hollywood Entertainment Museum in 1994.