chanel cresswell played val in my name is lenny.
chanel cresswell played val in my name is lenny.
who plays val in my name is lenny?
chanel cresswell
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in october 1975, valerie grant (tina andrews), a young nurse, is shocked when her brother danny (michael dwight smith) brings home mysterious stranger after a car accident. val examines him and realizes he is severely dehydrated. when he awakens, the stranger introduces himself as david smith (richard guthrie) and they their parents agree to let him stay. when david begins drinking heavily, val's mother helen (ketty lester) wants to put him out but her father paul (lawrence cook) refuses to abandon david. the grants are shocked when david confesses that he is actually the presumed dead david banning and he is hiding from his family and swears them to secrecy. val informs david that he has been calling out the name "brooke" in his sleep but david claims the name isn't special. brooke (adrienne larussa) turns out to be david's girlfriend, who comes looking for him and val initially denies that david is living their until brooke accuses her of wanting money. david is furious that brooke has found him and paul confesses to telling the horton family of his whereabouts. val warns david that brooke is trouble and david later dumps her. david reconciles with his grieving mother julie anderson (susan seaforth hayes) who has just miscarried her baby but still rejects brooke, and brooke in turn berates val about her budding relationship with david leaving her in tears. val later helps david and his great-grandmother alice horton (francis reid) pack up julie's nursery. david and val make plans to go dancing upsetting helen and danny who fear they are getting too close. brooke ruins their outing and harasses val in public forcing danny to come to her rescue while david deals with a jealous brooke. david and val finish their rendezvous at the grants' home and paul is suspicious when he finds them together, though david and val claim they are just friends. the family later celebrates when paul gets a job at anderson manufacturing but paul isn't too happy and reveals that brooke claims she is pregnant. val is horrified when david announces plans to marry brooke—though he doesn't love her. however, val is shocked when brooke makes plans to have an abortion and accuses david of skipping out on his responsibilities. david explains that he did not know about brooke's decision but fears he is too late to stop her. brooke confronts david and val at church, and refuses to marry him realizing he is in love with valerie, but makes him promise to care for their child. in late march 1976, david and val celebrate his new job at anderson manufacturing working under her father. throughout the spring, david and valerie struggle to admit their feelings for one another which leads to constant bickering. in late august 1976, val is stunned when david professes his love for her and proposes marriage. though she loves him too, val is reluctant to accept the proposal fearing her family's reaction. while paul isn't happy, he will accept it if it makes val happy but helen is adamantly against the interracial marriage and julie isn't too keen on the idea either. meanwhile, the grant family is turned upside down when paul and david are accused of stealing money from anderson manufacturing. val comforts a concerned helen after paul nearly falls off the wagon and believes the stress of her impending nuptials to david has driven her dad over the edge. on october 4, 1976, val accepts david's proposal despite her reservations but with david now out of a job, their plans are stalled and val is willing to wait until they can afford it. still upset over paul's recent firing, helen is not happy about val and david's news. val and david agree that he should move out until after the wedding. val is shocked when helen reveals that she found david at brooke's apartment. while val buys david's story that he was just comforting a grief-stricken brooke after her mother's funeral, val knows helen won't accept the explanation. a reluctant val temporarily calls off the engagement afraid of the trouble it has caused her family. in actuality, val has some doubts about david and brooke. helen gives her daughter an ultimatum, she must choose between david and their family. a confident david encourages her to make a choice but is shocked when val chooses her family. however, she soon changes her mind only to find him after a drunken one-night-stand. though she is hurt, val forgives david and the engagement is back on. tired of her parents' opinions about her romantic life, val moves into her own place just before the holidays. in april 1977, val is shocked when she receives a full scholarship to howard university's college of medicine. though she is reluctant to tell him, david is willing to drop everything to be with her. in may 1977, despite further protest from julie who fears david is sacrificing way too much, david and val travel to washington, d.c. to look for an apartment. but upon their return, brooke blindsides val with the news that trish clayton (patty weaver) is pregnant with david's child. a distraught val calls off the wedding and runs away to d.c. val (rose fonseca) returns to salem in august 1977 hoping to reunite with david but leaves town immediately when she realizes he is too preoccupied with the pregnant trish. val visits for the holidays in december 1977 and she and david are quite upset to realize that they've missed yet another chance to be together. val returns in the summer of 1978 and david comforts her when paul suffers a fatal heart attack. val returns to washington soon after.
valerie grant