Victoria Hopper
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Victoria Hopper was a Canadian
-born British
stage and film actress and singer.
Hopper was born in Vancouver
, British Columbia
, Canada
and raised in Dunston, Gateshead, England
. She was popular during the 1930s. She was married from August 1934 until 1939 to Basil Dean
, a British stage and film writer, director, and producer. Dean grew interested in her because of her resemblance to a former lover, actress Meggie Albanesi
, who had died in 1923. Dean promoted Hopper's career and cast her as the leading lady in several major films for Associated Talking Pictures in the mid-1930s. However, the films did badly at the box office
and her career began to wane. Two films she was scheduled to appear in, Grace Darling and Come Live with Me, never materialised.
Canada
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-born British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
stage and film actress and singer.
Hopper was born in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and raised in Dunston, Gateshead, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. She was popular during the 1930s. She was married from August 1934 until 1939 to Basil Dean
Basil Dean
Basil Herbert Dean CBE was an English actor, writer, film producer/director and theatrical producer/director....
, a British stage and film writer, director, and producer. Dean grew interested in her because of her resemblance to a former lover, actress Meggie Albanesi
Meggie Albanesi
Meggie Albanesi was a British stage and film actress. She was born Margherita Albanesi in London on 8 October 1899. Her mother was Effie Adelaide Rowlands, a writer, and her father was Chevalier Carlo Albanesi, an Italian violinist. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and made her film...
, who had died in 1923. Dean promoted Hopper's career and cast her as the leading lady in several major films for Associated Talking Pictures in the mid-1930s. However, the films did badly at the box office
Box office
A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall or window, or at a wicket....
and her career began to wane. Two films she was scheduled to appear in, Grace Darling and Come Live with Me, never materialised.
Filmography
- The Constant NymphThe Constant Nymph (1933 film)The Constant Nymph is a 1933 British drama film directed by Basil Dean and Victoria Hopper, Brian Aherne and Leonora Corbett. It is an adaptation of the novel The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy...
(1933) as Tess Sanger - Lorna DooneLorna Doone (1934 film)Lorna Doone is a 1934 British drama film directed by Basil Dean and starring Victoria Hopper, John Loder and Margaret Lockwood. It is based on the novel Lorna Doone by R.D...
(1934) as Lorna Doone - Whom the Gods Love (1936) as Constance Mozart
- The Lonely RoadThe Lonely RoadThe Lonely Road is a 1936 British drama film directed by James Flood and starring Clive Brook, Victoria Hopper, Nora Swinburne and Malcolm Keen...
(Released in the US as Scotland Yard Commands) (1936) as Molly Gordon - Laburnum GroveLaburnum GroveLaburnum Grove is a 1936 British comedy film, written by J. B. Priestley, directed by Carol Reed and starring Edmund Gwenn, Cedric Hardwicke and Victoria Hopper. To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave...
(1936) as Elsie Radfern - The Mill on the FlossThe Mill on the Floss (film)The Mill on the Floss is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Lawton, Victoria Hopper, Geraldine Fitzgerald and James Mason...
(1937) as Lucy Deane - The Constant Nymph (1938, TV film) as Tessa Sanger
- Nine Till Six (1938, TV film)
- Cornelius (1938, TV film)
- London Wall (1938, TV film) as Pat Milligan
- Magic (1939, TV film) as Patricia Carleon
- The Rose Without a Thorn (1947, TV film)
- Escape from BroadmoorEscape from BroadmoorEscape from Broadmoor is a 1948 British short film starring John Le Mesurier, in one of his earliest screen appearances. He plays Pendicot, a man escaped from an asylum, who police are hunting down. The title is a reference to Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire...
(1948)
External links
- Article about Victoria Hopper. http://www.webwanderers.org/2006/04/victoria_hopper.html
- Victoria Hopper website. http://www.victoriahopper.co.uk/