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Gladys Cooper
Actor

Gladys Cooper

18 Dec 1888Born
17 Nov 1971Died
82Age at death
57Credits

Biography

Dame Gladys Constance Cooper (18 December 1888 – 17 November 1971) was an English actress, theatrical manager and producer, whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.

Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, she starred in dramatic roles and silent films before the First World War. She managed the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1934, where she starred in many roles. From the early 1920s Cooper won praise in plays by W. Somerset Maugham and others.

In the 1930s she starred steadily in productions both in London's West End and on Broadway. Moving to Hollywood in 1940, Cooper found success in a variety of character roles.

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She received three Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, for performances in The Song of Bernadette (1943), My Fair Lady (1964) and, most famously, Now, Voyager (1942). Throughout the 1950s and 1960s she worked both on stage and on screen, continuing to star on stage until her last year.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1976The SwitchFilm: Grand Duchess Ozerov
  2. 1971The Persuaders!Series: Grand Duchess Ozerov (1 episode)
  3. 1970The Great Inimitable Mr. DickensFilm: Mrs. Ternan
  4. 1969A Nice Girl Like MeFilm: Aunt Mary
  5. 1967The Happiest MillionaireFilm: Aunt Mary
  6. 1967CallanSeries (1 episode)
  7. 1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Series: Mama Rosha (1 episode)
  8. 1964My Fair LadyFilm: Mrs. Higgins
  9. 1964The RoguesSeries: Margaret St. Clair (30 episodes)
  10. 1963Burke's LawSeries: Harriet Richards (1 episode)
  11. 1963The Outer LimitsSeries: Mrs. Palmer (1 episode)
  12. 1963The List of Adrian MessengerFilm: Mrs. Karoudjian
  13. 1963PygmalionFilm: Mrs. Higgins
  14. 1962Going My WaySeries (1 episode)
  15. 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries: Mrs. Raydon, Laura (1 episode)
  16. 1961Ben CaseySeries (1 episode)
  17. 1959Adventures in ParadiseSeries: Mrs. Maude Harper (1 episode)
  18. 1959The Twilight ZoneSeries: Millie McKenzie, Elva Keene, Wanda Dunn (1 episode)
  19. 1958Separate TablesFilm: Mrs. Railton-Bell
  20. 1958Naked CitySeries: Mrs. Ernest Johns, Sr. (1 episode)
  21. 1957The Mystery of ThirteenFilm: Mrs. Palmer
  22. 1957Circle of the DayFilm: Mrs. Millet
  23. 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries: Marguerite Gillespie (1 episode)
  24. 1955The Man Who Loved RedheadsFilm: Lady Binfield
  25. 1952At Sword's PointFilm: Queen Anne
  26. 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries: Mrs. Higgins (1 episode)
  27. 1951Thunder on the HillFilm: Mother Superior
  28. 1949Madame BovaryFilm: Madame Dupuis
  29. 1949The Secret GardenFilm: Mrs. Medlock
  30. 1948The PirateFilm: Aunt Inez
  31. 1948HomecomingFilm: Mrs. Kirby
  32. 1947The Bishop's WifeFilm: Mrs. Hamilton
  33. 1947Green Dolphin StreetFilm: Sophie Patourel
  34. 1946The Cockeyed MiracleFilm: Amy Griggs
  35. 1946Beware of PityFilm: Mrs. Klara Condor
  36. 1946The Green YearsFilm: Grandma Leckie
  37. 1945Love LettersFilm: Beatrice Remington
  38. 1945The Valley of DecisionFilm: Clarissa Scott
  39. 1944Mrs. ParkingtonFilm: Alice, Dutchess de Brancourt
  40. 1944The White Cliffs of DoverFilm: Jean Ashwood
  41. 1943The Song of BernadetteFilm: Sister Marie Therese Vauzous
  42. 1943Princess O'RourkeFilm: Miss Haskell
  43. 1943Mr. LuckyFilm: Veronica Steadman
  44. 1943Forever and a DayFilm: Mrs. Barringer
  45. 1942Now, VoyagerFilm: Mrs. Henry Vale
  46. 1942Eagle SquadronFilm: Aunt Emmeline
  47. 1942This Above AllFilm: Iris Cathaway
  48. 1941The Gay FalconFilm: Maxine Wood
  49. 1941The Black CatFilm: Myrna Hartley
  50. 1941That Hamilton WomanFilm: Lady Francis Nelson
  51. 1940Kitty FoyleFilm: Mrs. Strafford
  52. 1940RebeccaFilm: Beatrice Lacy
  53. 1934The Iron DukeFilm: Madame - Duchess d'Angoulème
  54. 1923Bonnie Prince CharlieFilm: Flora MacDonald
  55. 1922The Bohemian GirlFilm: Arlene Arnheim
  56. 1917Masks and FacesFilm: Mabel Vane
  57. 1917The Sorrows Of SatanFilm: Lady Sybil Elton

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