Valerie Taylor (actress)

{{Short description|English actress (1902–1988)}}

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File:Valerie Taylor and Harry Fowler.jpg in Went the Day Well?]]

Valerie Taylor (10 November 1902 – 24 October 1988) was an English actress who was born and died in London.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2a01cfc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811203707/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2a01cfc|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2019|title=Valerie Taylor|website=BFI}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp64318/valerie-taylor|title=Valerie Taylor – Person – National Portrait Gallery|website=npg.org.uk}}

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1922, her stage work included appearances at Stratford, as well as the original West End and Broadway productions of Berkeley Square in 1926 and 1929.{{cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/valerie-taylor/|title=Valerie Taylor – RADA|website=rada.ac.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/24q/valerie-taylor|title=Valerie Taylor – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/berkeley-square-9821|title=Berkeley Square – Broadway Play – Original – IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=ibdb.com}} She reprised her role in the 1933 Hollywood film version of the same.{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/7902|title = AFI|Catalog}} She was married to the actor Hugh Sinclair (1903–1962).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/01/06/archives/valerie-taylor-weds-english-actress-is-married-to-hugh-sinclair.html|title=VALERIE TAYLOR WEDS.; English Actress is Married to Hugh Sinclair, English Actor.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 January 1930}} Besides her acting credits, she also co-wrote the screenplay to the 1947 movie Take My Life.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/valerie-taylor-p70120|title=Valerie Taylor – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}