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Valerie Taylor
Valerie Taylor and Harry Fowler in Went the Day Well?
Born	Valerie Ferenze Taylor (1902-11-10)10 November 1902 Fulham, London, England
Died	24 October 1988(1988-10-24) (aged 85) Kensington, London, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (graduated 1922)
Occupations	Actress, screenwriter
Years active	1920s–1960s
Spouse(s)	Hugh Sinclair (m.1930–?) Desborough William Saunders (m.1948–1979; his death)

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	Notes
1933	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

External links

• Valerie Taylor at IMDb
• Valerie Taylor at the Internet Broadway Database