Valerie Hobson

VALERIE HOBSON d1998. British actress of the 1930-40s whose best known roles included playing Baroness Frankenstein in The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935) with Boris Karloff / Werewolf Of London (1935) / Great Expectations (1946) and Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). She divorced her first husband and married MP John Profumo in 1954 giving up acting shortly afterwards. After Profumo's ministerial career ended in disgrace in 1963 following revelations he had lied to the House Of Commons about his affair with Christine Keeler, she stood by him and they worked together for a charity for the remainder of her life.