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person_profile-Valerie Hobson

Valerie Hobson Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Valerie Hobson

Date of Birth:

Apr 14, 1917

Country of birth:

Northern Ireland

Died:

Nov 13, 1998

Biography of

Valerie Hobson

    Valerie Hobson (14 April 1917 – 13 November 1998) was a British actress who appeared in a number of British films during the 1940s and 1950s. She was born Babette Valerie Louise Hobson in Larne, County Antrim, Ireland.

    She appeared as Baroness Frankenstein in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive, taking over the role from Mae Clarke, who had played it in the original Frankenstein (1931). Hobson also played opposite Henry Hull that same year in Werewolf of London, the first Hollywood werewolf movie, predating The Wolf Man by six years.

    The latter half of the 1940s saw Hobson in perhaps her two most memorable roles: as the adult Estella in David Lean's 1946 adaptation of Great Expectations, and as the refined and virtuous Edith D'Ascoyne in the 1949 black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets.

    In 1952 she divorced her first husband, film producer Sir Anthony Havelock-Allan (1904–2003), and married MP John Profumo (1915–2006) in 1954, giving up acting shortly afterwards

    Valerie Hobson's last starring role was in the original London production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play The King and I which opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on October 8, 1953. She played Mrs. Anna Leonowens opposite Herbert Lom's King.

    After Profumo's ministerial career ended in disgrace in 1963, following revelations he had lied to the House of Commons about his affair with Christine Keeler, she stood by him, and they worked together for charity for the remainder of her life.

    Hobson's eldest son, Simon Anthony Clerveaux Havelock-Allan was born in May 1944 with Down's Syndrome. Her middle child, Mark Havelock-Allan, was born on 4 April 1951. Her youngest child is author David Profumo, (b. 16 October 1955) wrote Bringing the House Down (2006) about the scandal.

    She died of a heart attack in London in 1998 and is buried in Surrey, England.

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Filmography of

Valerie Hobson

Found 38 Movies in total

Monsieur Ripois

Catherine Ripois ( Actor )

... 1954

Background

Barbie Lomax ( Actor )

... 1953

The Voice of Merrill

Alycia Roche ( Actor )

... 1952

Meet Me Tonight

Stella Cartwright ( Actor )

... 1952

Who Goes There!

Alex Cornwall ( Actor )

... 1952

The Card

Countess of Chell ( Actor )

... 1952

The Rocking Horse Winner

Hester Grahame ( Actor )

... 1949

The Interrupted Journey

Carol North ( Actor )

... 1949

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Edith D'Ascoyne ( Actor )

... 1949

Train of Events

Stella ( Actor )

... 1949

The Small Voice

Eleanor Byrne ( Actor )

... 1948

Blanche Fury

Blanche Fury ( Actor )

... 1948

Great Expectations

Estella ( Actor )

... 1946

The Years Between

Diana Wentworth ( Actor )

... 1946

The Adventures of Tartu

Maruschuka Lanova ( Actor )

... 1943

Unpublished Story

Carol Bennett ( Actor )

... 1942

Atlantic Ferry

Mary Ann Morison ( Actor )

... 1941

Contraband

Mrs. Sorensen ( Actor )

... 1940

The Spy in Black

The School Mistress ( Actor )

... 1939

This Man in Paris

Pat Drake ( Actor )

... 1939

The Silent Battle

Draguisha ( Actor )

... 1939

Q Planes

Kay Lawrence ( Actor )

... 1939

The Drum

Mrs. Carruthers ( Actor )

... 1938

This Man Is News

Pat Drake ( Actor )

... 1938

When Thief Meets Thief

Glory Fane ( Actor )

... 1937

No Exit

Laura Anstey ( Actor )

... 1936

Tugboat Princess

Sally ( Actor )

... 1936

Secret of Stamboul

Tania ( Actor )

... 1936

August Week End

Claire Barry ( Actor )

... 1936

The Great Impersonation

Eleanor Dominey ( Actor )

... 1935

Chinatown Squad

Janet Baker ( Actor )

... 1935

Werewolf of London

Lisa Glendon ( Actor )

... 1935

Bride of Frankenstein

Elizabeth Frankenstein ( Actor )

... 1935

Rendezvous at Midnight

Sandra Rogers ( Actor )

... 1935

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Helena Landless ( Actor )

... 1935

Life Returns

Mrs. Kendrick ( Actor )

... 1935

Strange Wives

Mauna ( Actor )

... 1934

His Lordship

Last Face in Montage (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932