Valerie Bertinelli is opening up her personal archives, revealing a set of never-before-seen throwback photos, taken by her brother, David.
In the photographs, Valerie poses straddling a chair backwards while dressed in black lingerie, sporting her signature late-’70s feathered hairstyle
“#throwback 1979? I’ve been doing a massive amount of decluttering around the house, going through old memorabilia… and stumbled upon a bunch of these negatives,” she wrote in the caption. “I had totally forgotten that I had them, which is why we probably haven’t seen them in print anywhere. Now I don’t know what to do with them.”
Valerie continued: “But I have an idea… My brother @davidpbertinelli and I have a new show called Undeveloped, premiering today @itsvaleriesplace. Maybe I should get him to do something with them? Or not? Toss or save?”
The discovery comes as the brother and sister duo have launched a new creative collaboration; Undeveloped – Stories from the Vault, is a new online program that streams via her digital hub, It’s Valerie’s Place, that takes fans inside David’s extensive photography vault and a look back at her decades-long career.
© CBS via Getty ImagesGolden Globes-winning Valerie has been in the television industry since she was a teenager, when she broke through at age 15 on One Day at a Time; the pictures were taken when she was 19.
Valerie has never been afraid to be bold on social media, posting pictures in lingerie and swimwear in recent years to promote body confidence and self-acceptance.
To mark her 65th birthday, the star shared a retrospective reel featuring photos and videos from the previous year, including a candid mirror selfie in her underwear.
© Valerie Bertenelli“Went through it all in the last handful of years and I’m so grateful for the downs as much as I am for all of the ups I am blessed to experience,” she captioned the reel, noting, in reference to her split from boyfriend, Mike Goodnough, in November 2024 after 10 months of dating: “The light at the end of the tunnel is finally here. I can see it. I feel it.”
Valerie became a household name throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s and had a resurgence in the 2010s with the comedy Hot In Cleveland with Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, and the late Betty White.
© Getty ImagesValerie recently launched a new podcast, Still Hot in Cleveland, which revisits the sitcom.
Beyond comedies, Valerie also built a successful second chapter as a culinary personality, winning two Daytime Emmy Awards hosting Food Network’s Valerie’s Home Cooking. In 2023, her time on the network came to an end when her show was canceled.
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