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Valerie Hobson

1917 - 1998

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Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson (14 April 1917 – 13 November 1998) was a British actress whose film career spanned the 1930s to the early 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerie Hobson has received more than 1,546,658 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Valerie Hobson is the 6,950th most popular actor (down from 4,896th in 2019), the 5,026th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,802nd in 2019) and the 780th most popular British Actor.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Valerie Hobson ranks 6,950 out of 13,578. Before her are Wi Ha-joon, Susan Dey, Ester Expósito, Gertrude Lawrence, Eduardo Verástegui, and Edna May Oliver. After her are Leszek Drogosz, Bonita Granville, Richie Jen, Tulisa, Jaime Camil, and Harry A. Pollard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Valerie Hobson ranks 308. Before her are Jerry Wexler, Walter Lord, Charles Sibley, Arthur Laurents, José Magriñá, and Ottorino Volonterio. After her are Mikhail Anikushin, W. T. Tutte, Vera Zorina, Walter Munk, Merle Travis, and Denis Healey. Among people deceased in 1998, Valerie Hobson ranks 294. Before her are Tommy Flowers, James Lighthill, Hammond Innes, Dan Osman, Lalita Pawar, and E. M. S. Namboodiripad. After her are Dušan Pašek, Ran Laurie, Aleksey Spiridonov, John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Boris Tatushin, and Ardalion Ignatyev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Valerie Hobson ranks 5,026 out of 8,785. Before her are Peter Lord (1953), Samuel Plimsoll (1824), Peter Cook (1937), Gertrude Lawrence (1898), Alan Hansen (1955), and Jimmy Murray (1933). After her are Harry Ryan (1893), Davey Boy Smith (1962), Tulisa (1988), Arthur Scargill (1938), Olivia d'Abo (1969), and Michael Hordern (1911).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Valerie Hobson ranks 780. Before her are Vivien Merchant (1929), Ben Daniels (1964), Katie Johnson (1878), Wendy Barrie (1912), Peter Cook (1937), and Gertrude Lawrence (1898). After her are Tulisa (1988), Olivia d'Abo (1969), Michael Hordern (1911), Charlie Cox (1982), Bruce Robinson (1946), and Clive Standen (1981).

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Television and Movie Roles

Bride of Frankenstein
Elizabeth
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature.
Apr 20o 19357.5 / 10
Great Expectations
Estella
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Dec 26o 19467.272 / 10
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Edith D'Ascoyne
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
Jun 21o 19497.675 / 10