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Esther Fay Reding (November 28, 1935 – September 16, 2021), better known as Juli Reding, was an American actress and model, best known for her role in the horror film, Tormented (1960). 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 (1960), and murder mystery Mission in Morocco (1959). She held various beauty queen titles and also appeared on the covers and in pin-up pages of magazines including Scamp, Escapade, Fling, Vagabond, Vue, and Foto-Rama. 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. She died in Springfield, Missouri on September 16, 2021, at the age of 85.