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- Birth nameValerie Babette Louise Hobson
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Elegant, quintessentially British Valerie Hobson was the daughter of a British army officer. She studied dancing at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and appeared onstage for the first time at age 16, but she contracted a case of scarlet fever and decided to give up dancing for acting. She journeyed to Hollywood, but became disillusioned with the studio system and returned to Britain, where she was often cast in aristocratic roles.
She married producer Anthony Havelock-Allan and subsequently appeared in many of his films. They divorced in 1952. She then married politician -- and future notorious sex-and-espionage-scandal figure -- John Profumo and gave up her acting career. She stood strongly by Profumo during that distasteful period. In her later years she was devoted to charity work. She died in 1998, aged 81.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Chalybs
- SpousesJohn Profumo(December 31, 1954 - November 13, 1998) (her death, 1 child)Anthony Havelock-Allan(April 12, 1939 - July 31, 1952) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenSimon Anthony Clerveaux Havelock-AllanMark Havelock-Allan,David Profumo,
- ParentsCommander Robert Gordon HobsonViolet Hobson
- Often played the young wife of the main character
- Husband John Profumo was a British political figure who became involved in a 1963 sex scandal that brought down Britain's Conservative government. It was revealed that he was having an affair with the showgirl Christine Keeler, who was also having an affair with a Soviet military attaché named Eugene Ivanov. Hobson stood by him throughout the scandal.
- Her salary for Bride of Frankenstein (1935) was only $800, since she was a minor at the time.
- Stopped taking her medication which led to the heart attack that killed her.
- Twelve years before playing Estella in Great Expectations (1946), she filmed several scenes as Biddy in Great Expectations (1934) which were eventually cut. Francis L. Sullivan played Mr Jaggers in both films.
- She gave up her career on her 2nd marriage,.
- I have always thought that the main reason for the success of Kind Hearts and Coronets was that it was played absolutely dead straight, very seriously. It's a matter of being aware that you are playing a funny situation, yet playing it so straight that even the tongue-in-cheek doesn't show.
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - $800
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