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

Valerie Hobson

British actress (1917–1998) | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Great Expectations (1946), Contraband (1940)

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

Photograph of The Years Between (1946) (1) featuring Michael Redgrave and Valerie Hobson
  • 10th January, 2021
Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson
The Years Between (1946) photograph (1) | Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson
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

Select Valerie Hobson Filmography

No Exit (1936)
Laura Anstey
The Drum (1938)
Mrs Carruthers
Q Planes (1939) opening credits
Q Planes (1939)
Kay Lawrence
The Spy in Black (1939) opening credits (2)
The Spy in Black (1939)
The School Mistress
Contraband (1940) opening credits (3)
Contraband (1940)
Mrs Sorensen
Unpublished Story (1942) opening credits (2)
Unpublished Story (1942)
Carol Bennett
Great Expectations (1946) opening credits
Great Expectations (1946)
Estella
The Years Between (1946) opening credits (3)
The Years Between (1946)
Diana Wentworth
Blanche Fury (1948) opening credits
Blanche Fury (1948)
Blanche Fury
The Small Voice (1948) opening credits (9)
The Small Voice (1948)
Eleanor Byrne
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) opening credits
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Edith
Train of Events (1949) opening credits
Train of Events (1949)
Stella
Train of Events (1949) opening credits
The Interrupted Journey (1949)
Carol North
The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) opening credits (3)
The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)
Hester Grahame
Who Goes There! (1952) opening credits (3)
Who Goes There! (1952)
Alex Cornwall
The Voice of Merrill (1952) opening credits
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
Alycia Roche
Meet Me Tonight (1952) opening credits (3)
Meet Me Tonight (1952)
Stella Cartwright: Ways and Means
The Card (1952) opening credits (3)
The Card (1952)
Countess of Chell
The Card (1952) opening credits (3)
Background (1953)
Barbie Lomax
Knave of Hearts (1954) opening credits [as Monsieur Ripois]
Knave of Hearts (1954)
Catherine Ripois
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Personal Details

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

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