Valerie Grant is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives. The character was created by Pat Falken Smith and introduced as the African American love interest for David Banning. The role was originated by actress Tina Andrews in 1975 and Andrews was replaced by Rose Fonseca in the summer of 1977. Valerie and her family take David in when he is injured in a car accident and they soon fall in love. David and Valerie become engaged in the summer of 1976 but the romance is plagued by his infidelity, his ex-girlfriend Brooke Hamilton and her mother Helen's unwillingness to accept the relationship. When David's affair with Trish Clayton results in her pregnant, Valerie ends the relationship and Valerie takes a scholarship to medical school at Howard University in 1978. Actr
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| - Valerie Grant is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives. The character was created by Pat Falken Smith and introduced as the African American love interest for David Banning. The role was originated by actress Tina Andrews in 1975 and Andrews was replaced by Rose Fonseca in the summer of 1977. Valerie and her family take David in when he is injured in a car accident and they soon fall in love. David and Valerie become engaged in the summer of 1976 but the romance is plagued by his infidelity, his ex-girlfriend Brooke Hamilton and her mother Helen's unwillingness to accept the relationship. When David's affair with Trish Clayton results in her pregnant, Valerie ends the relationship and Valerie takes a scholarship to medical school at Howard University in 1978. Actr
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| - Diane Sommerfield as Valerie Grant
- Tina Andrews As Valarie Grant
- Vanessa A Williams As Valerie Grant
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- Betty Corday and Al Rabin
- Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng
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| - Valerie Grant is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives. The character was created by Pat Falken Smith and introduced as the African American love interest for David Banning. The role was originated by actress Tina Andrews in 1975 and Andrews was replaced by Rose Fonseca in the summer of 1977. Valerie and her family take David in when he is injured in a car accident and they soon fall in love. David and Valerie become engaged in the summer of 1976 but the romance is plagued by his infidelity, his ex-girlfriend Brooke Hamilton and her mother Helen's unwillingness to accept the relationship. When David's affair with Trish Clayton results in her pregnant, Valerie ends the relationship and Valerie takes a scholarship to medical school at Howard University in 1978. Actress Diane Sommerfield took over the role in 1981 when Valerie returns as a medical intern at the hospital. She becomes involved with Abe Carver which is strained by her residual feelings for David. The character is written out in 1982. In 2016, after a nearly 35 year absence, the character was reintroduced with veteran actress Vanessa A. Williams in the role, when cardiologist Valerie is enlisted to help save Abe Carver. Valerie rekindles her romance with Abe despite disapproval from his teenage son Theo Carver. Valerie's romance with David is recognized as the first interracial love story in daytime television history. The refusal of certain viewers to accept the relationship would make Valerie one of the most controversial characters in the history of Days of Our Lives.
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