# Victoria Hopper
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{{Short description|British stage and film actress and singer (1909–2007)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Victoria Hopper
| image = Actress_Victoria_Hopper.jpg
| caption = Publicity still
| birth_date ={{Birth date|df=yes|1909|05|24}}
| birth_place = [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|01|22|1909|05|24}}
| death_place = [Romney Marsh](/source/Romney_Marsh), [Kent](/source/Kent), [England](/source/England), UK
| occupation = [Actress](/source/Actor)
| known_for = ''[Lorna Doone](/source/Lorna_Doone_(1934_film))''
}}
'''Victoria Hopper''' (24 May 1909 – 22 January 2007) was a Canadian-born British stage and film actress and singer.[{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7cbee4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125074033/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7cbee4|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 November 2018|title=Victoria Hopper}}]
==Biography==
Victoria Evelyn Hopper was born in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), British Columbia, [Canada](/source/Canada) and brought up in [North East England](/source/North_East_England).[{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/victoria-hopper/|title=Victoria Hopper - Obituaries - The Stage|date=26 April 2007}}] She studied acting and singing at the [Webber-Douglas School of Singing](/source/Webber_Douglas_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art), and was talent spotted in a school production and cast in the title role in a [West End](/source/West_End_theatre) play, ''Martine'' in 1933.[ She was at the peak of her popularity during the 1930s.][ She was married from August 1934 until 1939 to [Basil Dean](/source/Basil_Dean), a British stage and film writer, director and producer.][{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/victoria-hopper-434840.html|title=Victoria Hopper| website=[Independent.co.uk](/source/Independent.co.uk) | date=3 February 2007 }}] Dean reportedly grew interested in Hooper due to her resemblance to his former lover, actress [Meggie Albanesi](/source/Meggie_Albanesi) (died 1923).[{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1544555/Victoria-Hopper.html|title=Victoria Hopper|date=5 March 2007|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}]
Dean promoted Hopper's career and cast her as the leading lady in several major films for [Associated Talking Pictures](/source/Associated_Talking_Pictures) in the mid-1930s. However, the films did badly at the [box office](/source/box_office) and her career waned.[ Two films she was scheduled to appear in, ''Grace Darling'' and ''Come Live with Me'', never materialised.][Sweet, p. 142]
==Filmography==
* ''[The Constant Nymph](/source/The_Constant_Nymph_(1933_film))'' (1933) as Tess Sanger
* ''[Lorna Doone](/source/Lorna_Doone_(1934_film))'' (1934) as Lorna Doone
* ''[Whom the Gods Love](/source/Whom_the_Gods_Love_(1936_film))'' (1936) as [Constanze Mozart](/source/Constanze_Mozart)
* ''[Lonely Road](/source/Lonely_Road_(film))'' (released in the US as ''Scotland Yard Commands'') (1936) as Molly Gordon
* ''[Laburnum Grove](/source/Laburnum_Grove)'' (1936) as Elsie Radfern
* ''[The Mill on the Floss](/source/The_Mill_on_the_Floss_(film))'' (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](/source/The_Rose_Without_a_Thorn)'' (1947, TV film)
* ''[Escape from Broadmoor](/source/Escape_from_Broadmoor)'' (1948)
==Theatre roles==
* Three Sisters (1934) as Mary (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London) (from 30 April)
* Cornelius (1935) as Judy Evison (Duchess Theatre, Aldwych, London) (from 8 April)
* The Melody That Got Lost (1936) as Edith (Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, London) (26 December)
* ''[Autumn](/source/Autumn_(play))'' (1937) as Monica Brooke (St. Martin's Theatre, London)
* Autumn (1938) as Monica Brooke (Touring production, Leeds - 19 May for one week)
* Drawing Room (1938) as Sylvia (Touring production) (Theatre Royal, Brighton, 19 June for one week)
*''[Johnson Over Jordan](/source/Johnson_Over_Jordan)'' (1939) as Freda Johnson (Saville Theatre, London)
* The Dominant Sex (1941) as Angela Shale (Touring production?) (Theatre Royal, Hanley, from 2 March)
* ''[The Shop on Sly Corner](/source/The_Shop_at_Sly_Corner_(play))'' (1945) as Margaret Heiss (St. Martin's Theatre, London)
* Vanity Fair (1946) as Amelia Sedley (Comedy Theatre, London) (29 October 1946 - 21 December 1946)
* Once Upon a Crime (1948) (Theatre Royal Birmingham) (Commenced Monday, 21 June)
* Serious Charge (1955) as Hester Byfield (Garrick Theatre, London) (From 17 February)
==Bibliography==
* Sweet, Matthew. ''Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema'', Faber and Faber (16 February 2006); {{ISBN|0571212980}}/{{ISBN|978-0571212989}}
==References==
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==Sources==
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/victoria-hopper-434840.html Obituary: Victoria Hopper], independent.co.uk; 3 February 2007.
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0394435}}
* [http://www.victoriahopper.co.uk Victoria Hopper website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518133012/http://victoriahopper.co.uk/ |date=18 May 2013 }}
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Category:1909 births
Category:2007 deaths
Category:Actresses from Vancouver
Category:Canadian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:English musical theatre actresses
Category:English film actresses
Category:English stage actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:Singers from Vancouver
Category:Actors from Gateshead
Category:Actresses from Tyne and Wear
Category:Musicians from Tyne and Wear
Category:20th-century English women singers
Category:20th-century English singers
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