Valerie Perrine

Born: 1943-09-03, Galveston, Texas, USA

Died: 2026-03-23

Biography

Valerie Ritchie Perrine (September 3, 1943 — March 23, 2026) was a 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).

Filmography

• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
• Northern Exposure (1990)
• Just Shoot Me! (1997)
• Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
• Grounded for Life (2001)
• Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
• What Women Want (2000)
• Superman II (1980)
• The Cannonball Run (1981)
• CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
• 54 (1998)
• Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
• George Burns Comedy Week (1985)
• Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
• Silver Skies (2016)
• Mr. Billion (1977)
• Maid to Order (1987)
• Lenny (1974)
• Bright Angel (1990)
• The Last American Hero (1973)
• Brown's Requiem (1998)
• Can't Stop the Music (1980)
• Mask of Murder (1985)
• The Magician of Lublin (1979)
• The Californians (2005)
• Marian Rose White (1982)
• Shame, Shame, Shame (1999)
• La montagna dei diamanti (1991)
• Steambath (1973)
• Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978)