Valerie Perrine

Perrine is my kind of performer: someone who burned bright and fast rather than coasting on a long catalog. Out of nowhere, her work in Lenny (1974) earned a Cannes acting prize, a BAFTA, and an Oscar nomination, an astonishing strike for a relative newcomer. That single role tells you more than any filmography could. When I learned she passed in March 2026, it felt like a quiet curtain falling on an era. I'll always prefer the artist whose light is intense over the one who merely endures, and Perrine was exactly that rare, concentrated brilliance.

Name (English)

Valerie Perrine

Name (Japanese)

ヴァレリー・ペリン

Reading

ゔぁれりー・ぺりん

Born

September 3, 1943 (age 82)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

Origin

Galveston, Texas, United States

Height

172 cm

Occupation

film actor / television actor / model / actor

High school

Camelback High School

• Official sitehttps://www.valerieperrine.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie%20Perrine
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259461

Tags

• Texas
• film actor
• television actor
• model

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.