Valerie Hobson

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. Description above from the Wikipedia Valerie Hobson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Tiotal: Valerie Hobson
  • Popularity: 6.559
  • Aithnichte airson: Acting
  • Co-là-breith: 1917-04-14
  • Àite breith: Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • Duilleag-dhachaigh:
  • Cuideachd aithnichte mar: Бабетта Валери Луиза Хобсон, Валери Хобсон, Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson
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  • 1935
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    Bride of Frankenstein

    Bride of Frankenstein

    7.5 1935 HD

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  • 1949
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    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    7.668 1949 HD

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  • 1935
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    Werewolf of London

    Werewolf of London

    5.989 1935 HD

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  • 1946
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    7.3 1946 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Card

    The Card

    6.9 1952 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Rocking Horse Winner

    The Rocking Horse Winner

    6.568 1949 HD

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  • 1939
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    Q Planes

    Q Planes

    5.8 1939 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Drum

    The Drum

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  • 1936
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    Tugboat Princess

    Tugboat Princess

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Voice of Merrill

    The Voice of Merrill

    5.9 1952 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Adventures of Tartu

    The Adventures of Tartu

    6.2 1943 HD

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    The Spy in Black

    The Spy in Black

    6.4 1939 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    5.5 1935 HD

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  • 1942
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    Unpublished Story

    Unpublished Story

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  • 1940
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    Contraband

    Contraband

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  • 1946
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    The Years Between

    The Years Between

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  • 1941
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    Atlantic Ferry

    Atlantic Ferry

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  • 1935
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    Life Returns

    Life Returns

    4.2 1935 HD

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  • 1948
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    Blanche Fury

    Blanche Fury

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1939
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    This Man in Paris

    This Man in Paris

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1949
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    Train of Events

    Train of Events

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  • 1937
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    Jump for Glory

    Jump for Glory

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Interrupted Journey

    The Interrupted Journey

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  • 1936
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    August Week End

    August Week End

    5 1936 HD

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    Secret of Stamboul

    Secret of Stamboul

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Small Voice

    The Small Voice

    6.2 1948 HD

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  • 1938
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    This Man Is News

    This Man Is News

    4.7 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    Chinatown Squad

    Chinatown Squad

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Strange Wives

    Strange Wives

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1935
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    Rendezvous at Midnight

    Rendezvous at Midnight

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1952
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    Who Goes There!

    Who Goes There!

    5.7 1952 HD

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  • 1953
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    Background

    Background

    6 1953 HD

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  • 1936
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    No Exit

    No Exit

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Badger’s Green

    Badger’s Green

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Path of Glory

    The Path of Glory

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Great Impersonation

    The Great Impersonation

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1932
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    His Lordship

    His Lordship

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1954
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    Monsieur Ripois

    Monsieur Ripois

    6.1 1954 HD

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  • 1952
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    Meet Me Tonight

    Meet Me Tonight

    6.7 1952 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Silent Battle

    The Silent Battle

    1 1939 HD

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