Valerie Taylor

Valerie Taylor (10 November 1902 – 24 October 1988) was an English actress who was born and died in London.

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. She reprised her role in the 1933 Hollywood film version of the same. She was married to the actor Hugh Sinclair (1903–1962). Besides her acting credits, she also co-wrote the screenplay to the 1947 movie Take My Life.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1933 Berkeley Square Kate Pettigrew 1934 Designing Women Diana Dent 1942 Went the Day Well? Nora 1948 The Long Mirror Branwen Elder (with Barbara Everest)1960 Faces in the Dark Miss Hopkins 1961 What a Carve Up! Janet Broughton 1963 In the Cool of the Day Lily Kendrick 1965 Repulsion Madame Denise

Selected stage credits Berkeley Square (1926) by John L. Balderston On Approval (1927) by Frederick Lonsdale Call It a Day (1935) by Dodie Smith Dear Octopus (1938) by Dodie Smith The Wind of Heaven (1945) by Emlyn Williams Happy with Either (1948) by Margaret Kennedy Venus Observed (1950) by Christopher Fry The Living Room (1953) by Graham Greene Eighty in the Shade (1958) by Clemence Dane