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Valerie Taylor (10 November 1902 in Fulham, London – 24 October 1988 in London) was an English actor. [1] [2] After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1922, her stage work included appearances at Stratford, as well as the original West End and Broadway productions of Berkeley Square in 1926 and 1929.
She was an actress and writer, known for Repulsion (1965), Berkeley Square (1933) and Went the Day Well? (1942). She was married to Desborough William Saunders (mining engineer) and Hugh Sinclair. She died on 24 October 1988 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
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Jul 27, 2021 · Skilled divers and well-known in their home country, the Australian couple Ron and Valerie Taylor set off to capture the footage that would be used in the climactic 1975 scene in which Richard...
- 'Jaws Did A Lot of Harm'
- A Climate of Fear
- An Incredible Life
- Still Diving at 86
By the early 1970s, Valerie had made and appeared in plenty of underwater films, but it was the 1971 shark documentary, Blue Water, White Death, that really made her name as an ocean cinematographer. Universal Pictures sent Valerie and her husband, Ron, the galley proofs of Peter Benchley's novel, Jaws, about a great white shark terrorising a small...
After the blockbuster exposed the world to the story of a killer shark with a taste for human flesh, people started going out on shark slaughtering trips, and swimmers were terrified of dark shapes in the water. Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws, said he would never have written the book if he had foreseen its implication for vulnerable shark popu...
Valerie's work on Jaws was just one chapter in an incredible life that last year was the subject of the National Geographic documentary, Playing With Sharks, directed by Sally Aitken. Valerie was born in Australia, but grew up mostly in New Zealand, and had to relearn how to walk after she was hospitalised with polio at age 12. She began diving in ...
Today, Valerie still talks passionately about conservation, and children seeing marine life with their own eyes. She's seen oceans deteriorate significantly since she first started diving. Each year, as many as 273 million sharks are killed in the world's commercial fisheries, many solely for their fins for use in shark fin soup. More than one thir...
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Mar 12, 2023 · At age 87, Valerie Taylor is best known as being a pioneering scuba diver, filmmaker, photographer, author, painter and marine conservationist. ( Australian Story: Matt Henry )
Jul 20, 2021 · "Playing with Sharks" star Valerie Taylor helped film dramatic shark footage for 1975's "Jaws" - then devoted her life to undoing real shark fear.
Nov 25, 2019 · Valerie Taylor filmed live shark sequences for the movie “Jaws.” As a marine conservationist, she is still inspiring the next generation of activists.
