---
name: "Valerie Mamches"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/valerie-mamches"
fi1m_id: "valerie-mamches"
imdb_id: "nm0541048"
tmdb_id: 565514
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 April 1941"
died: "5 November 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:30:12.848133+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Valerie Mamches

## Identity

Valerie Mamches

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/valerie-mamches
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** valerie-mamches
- **IMDb ID:** nm0541048
- **TMDB ID:** 565514
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565514

Actor. Born 25 April 1941. Died 5 November 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 April 1941
- **Died:** 5 November 2015
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565514

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Wanda*](https://film.one/film/wanda.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Valerie Mamches was an American actress. She appeared in the independent drama *Wanda* (1970), directed by and starring Barbara Loden, as the girl in the roadhouse, and in the horror film *Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things* (1972) as Val.

Mamches performed on stage at Arena Stage alongside James Earl Jones and Ronny Cox. From 1980 she worked as an acting coach and teacher in Los Angeles and Seattle, including at UCLA Extension and CalArts. She owned the Valerie Mamches professional studio and taught acting in Seattle.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wanda* (1970), Fi1m 83, as Girl in Roadhouse — [page](https://film.one/film/wanda.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things* (1972), as Val
- *Wanda* (1970), as Girl in Roadhouse — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/wanda.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/valerie-mamches