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(Valerie Harrison)
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| 11 March 28 |
is born in London, England
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spends her early childhood in Spain
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attends school at Hampton Court and, later, the Malvern Girls College in Worcestershire
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is crowned "Miss Galaxy"
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her taste in food is very sophisticated, and she would happily live on caviar and champagne
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| 52 |
marries British actor-writer-producer Michael Pertwee
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joins the BBC drama department
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| c. 54 |
tests for George Cukor’s upcoming Bhowani Junction; the part will eventually go to Ava Gardner
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| October 55 |
the star of Maddalena, Marta Toren, introduces her to producer Julian Blaustein in Rome; Valerie shows her test to Max Arnow, Columbia casting director, who orders a build-up
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| November 55 |
is featured in Follies #1
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| April 56 |
dances with actor Rod Steiger
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Rod Steiger is expected to marry her when his divorce becomes final
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| August 56 |
her Jean Louis gown gets lost on her flight from New York to London, where she is to attend the premiere of Jubal
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| July 57 |
is featured in Modern Man
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| 59 |
divorces Pertwee
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| November 59 |
poses semi-nude for The Dude
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is on Broadway in Inadmissible Evidence
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| 66 |
is on Broadway in Stamp Out Marriage
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| 68 |
is off-Broadway in Harold Pinter’s Tea Party and The Basement
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| 69 |
appears nude onstage in The Mother Lover at the Booth Theater
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| 31 October 69 |
marries husband number two, actor Thayer David. He's 42; she's 41.
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| 75 |
divorces David
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| 17 July 78 |
plans to remarry David, but he suddenly dies at age 51 from a heart attack
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| 80 |
is on the New York stage in Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels
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| 81 |
is on stage in A Taste of Honey
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| 3 November 90 |
as Valerie French, she dies at age 62 in her Manhattan home from leukemia. There are no immediate survivors.
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Sources:
The New York Times, Glamour Girls by Steve Sullivan, Film Revue, Motion Picture, Movieland, Silver Screen, www.Ancestry.com |
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