Valerie French

Valerie French (born Valerie Harrison; 11 March 1928 – 3 November 1990) was an English film and stage actress whose career began in 1954.

Career French was born in London to Frank Orvin Percy Harrison and Muriel Smith. Her father was an accountant who had served as a Lieutenant with the Artists Rifles regiment in the First World War.

She considered her "real start in the theatre" to have been at the Theatre Royal, Windsor in Berkshire, England.

She moved into film acting in her early twenties. Her first film appearance was in a minor role in the 1954 Italian film Maddalena. After a role in the British film The Constant Husband (1955), she moved to Hollywood. and was 58 when she died.

Filmography

Maddalena (1954) Happy Ever After (1954) The Constant Husband (1955) Jubal (1956) Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956) The Garment Jungle (1957) Decision at Sundown (1957) The 27th Day (1957) The Hard Man (1957) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Shalako (1968)

The Prisoner (TV series episode 14)