Valerie Hobson
42 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 14, 1917
- Died
- Nov 13, 1998 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Also known as
- Бабетта Валери Луиза Хобсон · Валери Хобсон · Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson
Biography
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.
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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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Valerie Hobson: movies and TV shows
Acting (42)
- 1954 Monsieur Ripois
as Catherine Ripois
- 1953 Background
as Barbie Lomax
- 1952 The Voice of Merrill
as Alycia Roche
- 1952 Meet Me Tonight
as Stella Cartwright
- 1952 Who Goes There!
as Alex Cornwall
- 1952 The Card
as Countess of Chell
- 1949 The Rocking Horse Winner
as Hester Grahame
- 1949 The Interrupted Journey
as Carol North
- 1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets
as Edith D'Ascoyne
- 1949 Train of Events
as Stella
- 1948 The Small Voice
as Eleanor Byrne
- 1948 Blanche Fury
as Blanche Fury
- 1946 Great Expectations
as Estella
- 1946 The Years Between
as Diana Wentworth
- 1943 The Adventures of Tartu
as Maruschuka Lanova
- 1942 Unpublished Story
as Carol Bennett
- 1941 Atlantic Ferry
as Mary Ann Morison
- 1940 Contraband
as Mrs. Sorensen
- 1939 The Spy in Black
as The School Mistress
- 1939 This Man in Paris
as Pat Drake
- 1939 The Silent Battle
as Draguisha
- 1939 Q Planes
as Kay Lawrence
- 1938 This Man Is News
as Pat Drake
- 1938 The Drum
as Mrs. Carruthers
- 1937 Jump for Glory
as Glory Fane
- 1937
- 1936 No Exit
as Laura Anstey
- 1936 Tugboat Princess
as Sally
- 1936 The Secret of Stamboul
as Tania
- 1936 August Week End
as Claire Barry
- 1935 The Great Impersonation
as Eleanor Dominey
- 1935 Chinatown Squad
as Janet Baker
- 1935 Werewolf of London
as Lisa Glendon
- 1935 Bride of Frankenstein
as Elizabeth
- 1935 Rendezvous at Midnight
as Sandra Rogers
- 1935 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Helena Landless
- 1935 Life Returns
as Mrs. Kendrick
- 1934 Strange Wives
as Mauna
- 1934 The Path of Glory
as Maria
- 1934 Badger’s Green
as Molly Butler
- 1934 Two Hearts in Waltz Time
as Susie
- 1932 His Lordship
as Last Face in Montage (uncredited)