Valerie Ritchie Perrine is an American actress and model. For her role as Honey Bruce in the 1974 film Lenny, she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film appearances include Superman (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), and Superman II (1980).
BornSeptember 3, 1943
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 9 nominations total
Actress
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- Height
- 1.71 m
- Born
- Children
- No Children
- ParentsKenneth Perrine
- Other worksStage: Appeared in "Later Life" byA.R. Gurney at the Merrimack Repertory Theater in Lowell, Massachusetts
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- TriviaShe became the first woman to display (on purpose) her nipples onAmerican network television during the May 4, 1973, broadcast ofBruce Jay Friedman's playSteambath (1973) shown onHollywood Television Theater (PBS). The story offered an unusualportrayal of the afterlife with "God" presented as a Puerto Rican steambath attendant.Bill Bixby played a man who refused to admitthat he had died. Valerie was seen taking a shower from all sides. Onlya few PBS stations were adventurous enough to carry the program.
- Quotes[on working withMichael Caine onWater (1985)] He is without doubt thenicest human being I've ever worked with. I mean, what a pleasure! Itwould be nice if I could only do Michael Caine movies from now on. I'dbe very happy.
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