Valerie Hobson

When Profumo's resignation brought disgrace in 1963, she stood by him, and they worked together for charity for the remainder of her life. She was buried in Melrose Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery, Anaheim, California. In 1952 she divorced her first husband - the film producer Sir Anthony Havelock-Allan (1904-2002) and married the MP John Profumo, giving up acting shortly afterwards. Chemotherapy did little to slow the course of the disease and she died the following year in West Hollywood, California. Her best-known performance was as the "good" girl in the comedy, Kind Hearts and Coronets. While appearing in the television series Capitol in 1982, she was diagnosed with colon cancer and she played many of her scenes in a wheelchair. She was born in Northern Ireland. Her acting career began to decline after the demise of "The Addams Family" in 1966, and while she continued to act, her roles were sporadic.

Valerie Hobson (1917-1998) was a British actress, who appeared in a number of British films during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1964 she began playing Morticia Addams in the television series The Addams Family, a role which brought her success as a comedienne and a Golden Globe Award nomination. By 1963 she and Spelling were separated, and by 1964 they were divorced. In 1958 she shared a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" with Sandra Dee and Diane Varsi, and appeared with Elvis Presley in King Creole. She appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1957), and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957).

Donna Reed was cast in her role. A role in House of Wax (1953) brought her good reviews, and she was cast in From Here to Eternity (also 1953), but illness forced her withdrawal. In 1953 she married aspiring filmmaker Aaron Spelling, and her film career began to gain momentum. She secured a contract with Paramount Studios and made her first film in 1952.

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