Valerie Hobson(1917-1998)

Husband John Profumo was a British political figure who became involved in a 1963 sex scandal that brought down Britain's Conservative government. It was revealed that he was having an affair with the showgirl Christine Keeler, who was also having an affair with a Soviet military attaché named Eugene Ivanov. Hobson stood by him throughout the scandal.

I have always thought that the main reason for the success of Kind Hearts and Coronets was that it was played absolutely dead straight, very seriously. It's a matter of being aware that you are playing a funny situation, yet playing it so straight that even the tongue-in-cheek doesn't show.