"In The '70s, I did create this rather aloof image. It's crazy when I think about it now because it was not the real me. A fan once told me with great respect how much he appreciated seeing a beautiful woman who could kick ass! I do think people were often in awe of me."
Valerie Therese Leon, (12 November 1943), is an English model and actress best known for her appearances in the Carry On and James Bond films, and her starring role in the Hammer Horror film, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb.
She became a chorus girl in April 1965 and soon appeared in a touring production of The Belle of New York. When the tour was cancelled, she started to work as an extra in movies starting with That Riviera Touch.
Leon appeared in six Carry On films and two James Bond films between the late '60s and '70s, while she also had many small roles on television in the '70s and early '80s.
She has also appeared on stage in her reminiscence show, Up Front with Valerie Leon.
Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
Films
- Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) — Hospitality Girl (Uncredited Role)
- Carry On Camping (1969) — Miss Dobbin
- The Italian Job (1969) — Royal Lancaster Receptionist (Uncredited Role)
- Carry On Again Doctor (1969) — Deirdre Filkington-Battermore
- Carry On Up the Jungle (1970) — Leda
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) — Tanya
- Carry On Matron (1972) — Jane Darling
- Carry On Girls (1973) — Paula Perkins
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) — Hotel Receptionist
- The Wild Geese (1978) — Dealer
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) — Tanya
- Never Say Never Again (1983) — Lady in Bahamas
Series
- The Saint, episode "To Kill a Saint" (1967) — Therese
- The Avengers, episode "Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?" (1968) — Betty
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), episode "That's How Murder Snowballs" (1969) — Kay
- Up Pompeii, episode "The Senator and the Asp" (1970) — Daili
- The Persuaders!, episode "The Long Goodbye" (1971) — Space Queen
- Carry On Christmas, episode Carry On Stuffing (1972) — Serving Wench
- The Train Now Standing..., episode "A Night to Remember" (1973) — Brenda
- Doctor in Charge, episode "In Place of Strife" (1973) — Miss Wedderburn
- Space: 1999, episode "Death's Other Dominion" (1975) — Thule Girl (Uncredited Role)
- The Goodies, episode "It Might as Well Be String" (1976) — Seductress
- Whodunnit?, 2 episodesshow list (1978) — Virginia
- The Kenny Everett Video Show, 1 episode (1978) — Manicurist (Uncredited Role)
- Last of the Summer Wine, episode "Who's That Merry Man with Billy, Then?" (2006) — DW Cheetham
- The Green Green Grass, episode "Lust in Translation" (2007) — Katia's Mother
