- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 14, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Died
- November 13, 1998
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 Haveloc…
Filmography
movieMonsieur Ripois
1954 · Catherine Ripois
movieBackground
1953 · Barbie Lomax
movieThe Voice of Merrill
1952 · Alycia Roche
movieMeet Me Tonight
1952 · Stella Cartwright
movieWho Goes There!
1952 · Alex Cornwall
movieThe Card
1952 · Countess of Chell
movieThe Rocking Horse Winner
1949 · Hester Grahame
movieThe Interrupted Journey
1949 · Carol North
movieKind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · Edith D'Ascoyne
movieTrain of Events
1949 · Stella
movieThe Small Voice
1948 · Eleanor Byrne
movieBlanche Fury
1948 · Blanche Fury
movieGreat Expectations
1946 · Estella
movieThe Years Between
1946 · Diana Wentworth
movieThe Adventures of Tartu
1943 · Maruschuka Lanova
movieUnpublished Story
1942 · Carol Bennett
movieAtlantic Ferry
1941 · Mary Ann Morison
movieContraband
1940 · Mrs. Sorensen
movieThe Spy in Black
1939 · The School Mistress
movieThis Man in Paris
1939 · Pat Drake
movieThe Silent Battle
1939 · Draguisha
movieQ Planes
1939 · Kay Lawrence
movieThis Man Is News
1938 · Pat Drake
movieThe Drum
1938 · Mrs. Carruthers
movieJump for Glory
1937 · Glory Fane
Television Demonstration Film
movieTelevision Demonstration Film
1937
movieNo Exit
1936 · Laura Anstey
movieTugboat Princess
1936 · Sally
movieThe Secret of Stamboul
1936 · Tania
movieAugust Week End
1936 · Claire Barry
movieThe Great Impersonation
1935 · Eleanor Dominey
movieChinatown Squad
1935 · Janet Baker
movieWerewolf of London
1935 · Lisa Glendon
movieBride of Frankenstein
1935 · Elizabeth
movieRendezvous at Midnight
1935 · Sandra Rogers
movieThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935 · Helena Landless
movieLife Returns
1935 · Mrs. Kendrick
movieStrange Wives
1934 · Mauna
The Path of Glory
movieThe Path of Glory
1934 · Maria
Badger’s Green
movieBadger’s Green
1934 · Molly Butler
Two Hearts in Waltz Time
movieTwo Hearts in Waltz Time
1934 · Susie
movieHis Lordship
1932 · Last Face in Montage (uncredited)