Valerie Leon
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Her father was a director of a textile company and her mother, who trained at RADA, stopped acting to become a full-time mother. She is the eldest of four privately-educated children. After leaving school she became a trainee fashion buyer at Harrods before playing truant one day to go to an audition which led to her becoming a chorus girl then going on tour with Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.
Leon has appeared in several of the Carry On films, been both an "official" and "unofficial" Bond girl - having played the "hotel receptionist" in The Spy Who Loved Me and the "Lady in Bahamas" in Never Say Never Again, and starred in the Hammer horror film Blood from the Mummy's Tomb as well as appearing alongside Peter Sellers in Revenge of the Pink Panther. She also appeared in Up Pompeii.
On television, Leon is probably best remembered for her part in a series of commercials for Hai Karate aftershave.
Valerie was married to BBC Head Of Comedy Michael Mills from 1974 until his death in 1988.
She now works in promotions.
She is 5ft 11in tall.
External links
- [Official Website]
- ''[Carry On Films at The Whippit Inn] Detailed information on the Carry On film series
- [What a Carry On] A tribute to the Carry Ons and their stars
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