Overview
Valerie French (born Valerie Harrison; 11 March 1928 [or 1932] – 3 November 1990) was an English film and stage actress whose career began in 1954, with much of it occurring in 1956.
Career
French was born in London to Frank Orvin Percy Harrison and Muriel Clare, née 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.
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