Valerie Hobson
Valerie Hobson 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
The Bride of Frankenstein is a horror film [i] released on April 22 [i], 1935 [i], a sequel ...
with
Boris Karloff and
Colin Clive, taking over the role from Mae Clarke, who had played it in the original
Frankenstein is a novel [i] by Mary Shelley [i]. ...
. Hobson also played opposite Henry Hull that same year in
Werewolf of London was the first Hollywood [i] werewolf [i] movie, filme ...
, the first Hollywood werewolf movie, predating
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by six years.
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Valerie Hobson 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,
IrelandShe appeared as Baroness Frankenstein in
The Bride of Frankenstein is a horror film [i] released on April 22 [i], 1935 [i], a sequel ...
with
Boris Karloff and
Colin Clive, taking over the role from Mae Clarke, who had played it in the original
Frankenstein is a novel [i] by Mary Shelley [i]. ...
. Hobson also played opposite Henry Hull that same year in
Werewolf of London was the first Hollywood [i] werewolf [i] movie, filme ...
, the first Hollywood werewolf movie, predating
The Wolf Man is a 1941 [i] horror film [i] written by Curt Siodmak [i] and produced and directed by ...
by six years.
She was well-known for playing the elder Estella in
David Lean's
Great Expectations is a
Bildungsroman [i] by Charles Dickens [i] and first serialized [i] ...
. Her best-known performance was as the "good" girl in the comedy,
Kind Hearts and Coronets .
In 1952 she divorced her first husband, the film producer Sir Anthony Havelock-Allan , and married the MP
John Profumo, giving up acting shortly afterwards. 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.
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