Valerie Hobson
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Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson was a British actress whose film career spanned the 1930s to the early 1950s. Her second husband was John Profumo, a British government minister who became the subject of
Hobson in 1934
Bride of Frankenstein
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Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American horror film as well as the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film Frankenstein. As with the first film, Bride was directed by James Whale, starring Bori
Valerie Hobson
…old, Hobson had begun to study acting and dancing at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1935, aged 18, Hobson appeared as Baroness Frankenstein in Bride of Frankenstein with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive. She played opposite Henry Hull that same year in Werewolf of London, the first Hollywood werewolf film. The latter…
Theatrical release poster
Lobby card for the 1953 re-release
Boris Karloff as the Monster in Bride of Frankenstein
The Bride's lightning-streaked hairdo is an iconic symbol of the character and the film.