Silver Sirens
Main title from Train of Events (1949) featuring Valerie Hobson

Valerie Hobson

British leading actress in dignified and disciplined ladylike roles

Mini Biography

Born in Larne, Northern Ireland, and raised in Hampshire, Valerie Hobson trained as a dancer and studied at RADA. At the age of 17, she signed a contract with Universal and spent two years in Hollywood before returning to England, where she was put under contract by Alexander Korda.

Latest Valerie Hobson Pictures

Background DVD from Network and The British Film
  • 10th February, 2016
Valerie Hobson
Background DVD – Network – The British Film
Main title from Train of Events (1949) featuring Valerie Hobson
  • 30th December, 2015
Valerie Hobson
Train of Events (1949) opening credits featuring Valerie Hobson
Sitting on the floor, Margaret Lockwood listens to Walter Pidgeon. Also in attendance are Michael Wilding, Jean Simmons and Valerie Hobson
  • 17th March, 2012
  • Candid
Margaret Lockwood, Walter Pidgeon, Michael Wilding, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson
Margaret Lockwood listens to Walter Pidgeon
DVD cover of Great Expectations (1946) (1)
  • 17th March, 2012
John Mills, Valerie Hobson
Great Expectations (1946) DVD cover (1)

Select Valerie Hobson Filmography

No Exit (1936)
Laura Anstey
The Drum (1938)
Mrs Carruthers
Q Planes (1939)
Kay Lawrence
Contraband (1940)
Mrs Sorensen
Carol Bennett
Estella
Diana Wentworth
Blanche Fury (1948)
Blanche Fury
Eleanor Byrne
Edith
Main title from Train of Events (1949) featuring Valerie Hobson
Stella
Carol North
Hester Grahame
Alex Cornwall
Alycia Roche
Stella Cartwright: Ways and Means
The Card (1952)
Countess of Chell
Background (1953)
Barbie Lomax
Catherine Ripois
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Personal Details

Born
Died
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Husband  m. 1939–1952 (divorced)

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