Valerie Perrine
Valerie Ritchie Perrine (born September 3, 1943 in Galveston , Texas ) is an American actress .
Life
Valerie Perrine is the daughter of a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army and a dancer. She started out as a showgirl in Las Vegas . In 1973 she wrote a piece of American television history with the first unveiled shower scene in the theater film Steambath by Bruce Jay Friedman .
Perrine made her first small film appearance in 1971 in the James Bond film Diamond Fever . In 1974 she made her international breakthrough alongside Dustin Hoffman in Lenny . For the role of Honey Bruce she was nominated for the Oscar , the Golden Globe and the British Film Awards for Best Actress . She won the British Film Awards for Best New Actress . At the Cannes International Film Festival in 1975 , Perrine received the award for Best Actress . However, Valerie Perrine was never able to build on this great success.
Filmography (selection)
- 1971: Diamonds Are Forever Diamonds Are Forever
- 1972: Slaughterhouse 5 Slaughterhouse-Five
- 1973: America's Last Hero, The Last American Hero
- 1974: Lenny Lenny
- 1976: WC Fields and Me
- 1977: Mister Billion Mr. Billion
- 1978: Superman
- 1979: The Electric Horseman The Electric Horseman
- 1979: The Magician The Magician of Lublin
- 1980: Superman II - Alone against all Superman II
- 1980: The Village People - Can't Stop the Music Can't stop the Music
- 1981: All hell breaks loose on the highway
- 1982: Border patrol The Border
- 1985: Wasser - The film Water
- 1985: The Investigator
- 1985: Mask of Murder
- 1986: Agency Agency
- 1987: Dream woman on duty / The dream woman of Beverly Hills Maid to Order
- 1989: Sweet Bird of Youth
- 1990: An Infernal Mission Bright Angel
- 1991: Glowing Sky Mountain of Diamonds
- 1993: Boiling Point - The bomb is ticking Boiling Point
- 1995: Escape in the red Cadillac Girl in the Cadillac
- 1995: The Break
- 1998: Studio 54 54
- 1998: Brown's Requiem Brown's Requiem
- 1998: Curtain Call - subtenants from beyond
- 1998: A Place Called Truth
- 1998: Maura - Sexual Fantasies Shame, Shame, Shame
- 1999: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
- 1999: Picture This
- 1998: Subtenants from Beyond Curtain Call
- 2000: What Women Want What Women Want
- 2001: Directing Eddie
- 2002: The End Of The Bar
- 2005: The Californians
- 2005: Dirty Movie - They Were Old And Needed The Moguls, The Amateurs
Web links
- Valerie Perrine in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Valerie Perrine in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perrine, Valerie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Perrine, Valerie Ritchie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galveston , Texas , United States |