Biography
Valerie Gearon (1937–2003) was a Welsh actress. Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, she appeared in film and television from the late 1950s. Her best-known screen role was as Mary Boleyn in the 1969 historical drama Anne of the Thousand Days.
Gearon’s other film credits include Nine Hours to Rama (1963) and Invasion (1966). On television she played Elizabeth Elliot in the 1971 BBC adaptation of Persuasion and appeared in series such as The Wednesday Play and Casanova. She was married to producer Kip Gowans from 1962 to 1970.
