Valentine Penrose was born in 1898 in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France as Valentine Boué. She was an actress and writer, known for La Garoupe (1937), Countess Dracula (1971) and L'âge d'or (1930). She was married to Roland Penrose. She died on August 7, 1978 in Chiddingly, East Sussex, England.