Monsieur Ripois
1954 · Movie
as Catherine Ripois
Valerie Hobson
1917-04-14
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Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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. Description above from the Wikipedia Valerie Hobson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Background
1953 · Movie
as Barbie Lomax
The Card
1952 · Movie
as Countess of Chell
The Voice of Merrill
1952 · Movie
as Alycia Roche
Who Goes There!
1952 · Movie
as Alex Cornwall
Meet Me Tonight
1952 · Movie
as Stella Cartwright
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · Movie
as Edith D'Ascoyne
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949 · Movie
as Hester Grahame
Train of Events
1949 · Movie
as Stella
The Interrupted Journey
1949 · Movie
as Carol North
Blanche Fury
1948 · Movie
as Blanche Fury
The Small Voice
1948 · Movie
as Eleanor Byrne
Great Expectations
1946 · Movie
as Estella
The Years Between
1946 · Movie
as Diana Wentworth
The Adventures of Tartu
1943 · Movie
as Maruschuka Lanova
Unpublished Story
1942 · Movie
as Carol Bennett
Atlantic Ferry
1941 · Movie
as Mary Ann Morison
Contraband
1940 · Movie
as Mrs. Sorensen
Q Planes
1939 · Movie
as Kay Lawrence
The Spy in Black
1939 · Movie
as The School Mistress
This Man in Paris
1939 · Movie
as Pat Drake
The Silent Battle
1939 · Movie
as Draguisha
The Drum
1938 · Movie
as Mrs. Carruthers
This Man Is News
1938 · Movie
as Pat Drake
Jump for Glory
1937 · Movie
as Glory Fane
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Television Demonstration Film
1937 · Movie
Tugboat Princess
1936 · Movie
as Sally
August Week End
1936 · Movie
as Claire Barry
The Secret of Stamboul
1936 · Movie
as Tania
No Exit
1936 · Movie
as Laura Anstey
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Movie
as Elizabeth
Werewolf of London
1935 · Movie
as Lisa Glendon
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935 · Movie
as Helena Landless
Life Returns
1935 · Movie
as Mrs. Kendrick
Chinatown Squad
1935 · Movie
as Janet Baker
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935 · Movie
as Sandra Rogers
The Great Impersonation
1935 · Movie
as Eleanor Dominey
Strange Wives
1934 · Movie
as Mauna
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Badger’s Green
1934 · Movie
as Molly Butler
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The Path of Glory
1934 · Movie
as Maria
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Two Hearts in Waltz Time
1934 · Movie
as Susie
His Lordship
1932 · Movie
as Last Face in Montage (uncredited)
