Valerie Gearon
{{Short description|British actress (1937–2003)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Valerie Gearon
| image = Valerie_Gearon.jpg
| birth_name = Valerie Winifred Gearon
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|09|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|07|09|1937|09|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bath, Somerset, England
| nationality = Welsh
| occupation = Actress
}}
Valerie Winifred Gearon (27 September 1937 – 9 July 2003) was a British actress, born in Newport, Monmouthshire.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/weg/valerie-gearon|title=Valerie Gearon | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}} She was known for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Nine Hours to Rama (1963) and Invasion (1966).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f3b2bc6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022071523/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f3b2bc6|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2020|title=Valerie Gearon|website=BFI}}{{cite web|url=http://moviespictures.org/biography/Gearon,_Valerie|title=Gearon, Valerie Biography|work=123Movies}} From 1962 to 1970 she was married to British producer William Rory "Kip" Gowans, with whom she had children.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/19/archives/lee-remick-cited-in-divorce.html|title=Lee Remick Cited in Divorce|date=June 19, 1970|via=NYTimes.com}} She died in Bath, Somerset, England.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&q=valerie+gearon++%22The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA2-PA1991|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=May 16, 2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}
Filmography
=Cinema=
- Fate Takes a Hand (1961) as Peggy
- Nine Hours to Rama (1963) as Rani Mehta
- Invasion (1966) as Dr. Claire Harland
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) as Mary Boleyn
=Television=
- An Age of Kings (1960) ("Henry IV: The Road to Shrewsbury") as Lady Mortimer
- Eugénie Grandet (1965), (dir: Rex Tucker) as Eugenie
- The Nigel Barton Plays (1965) (Dennis Potter play) as Ann Barton
- Persuasion (1971) as Elizabeth Elliot{{cite web|url=http://www.janeausten.co.uk/persuasion-1971/|title=Persuasion: 1971|work=janeausten.co.uk|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- Casanova (1971) as Pauline
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0311262}}
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Category:British film actresses
Category:British television actresses
Category:Actresses from Newport, Wales
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