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bedroom recently vacated by Brenda at the home
of her family’s friends the Walshes and enrolled at
California University as a sophomore. But Valerie
harbored secrets—for example her fondness for
rolling joints to chill out at the end of a long day.
“It’s actually fun because in one scene I’m total
sweetness, then I’m a total you-know-what,”
Tiff ani-Amber Thiessen told People in 1994.
It wasn’t long before Valerie let her inner you-
know-what out, bringing sexy, sultry energy to
the series’ already catty antics. After a fl irtation
with Steve, she embarked on a fl ing with Dylan,
enabling his self-destructive behavior and mak-
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