Gladys cooper biography
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Biography
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE (18 månad 1888 – 17 November 1971) was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on scen, in films and on television.
Beginning on the scen as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, she was starring in dramatic roles and silent films by World War inom. She also became a manager of the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1933, where she played many roles. Beginning in the early 1920s, Cooper was winning praise in plays bygd W. Somerset Maugham and others. In the 1930s, she was starring steadily both in the West End and on huvudgata. Moving to Hollywood in 1940, Cooper found success in a variety of character roles; she was nominated for three Academy Awards, the last one as Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady (1964). Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she mixed her stage and film careers, continuing to star on stage until her gods year.
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Gladys Cooper
British actress (1888–1971)
For the British naïve painter, see Gladys Cooper (artist).
Dame Gladys Cooper DBE | |
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Cooper in 1913 | |
| Born | Gladys Constance Cooper (1888-12-18)18 December 1888 Hither Green, London, England |
| Died | 17 November 1971(1971-11-17) (aged 82) Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1905–1971 |
| Spouses | Capt. Herbert John Buckmaster (m. 1908; div. 1921)Philip Merivale (m. 1937; died 1946) |
| Children | 3, incl. John R. Buckmaster |
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
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Gladys Cooper
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, (18 December 1888 – 17 November 1971) was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.
Beginning on the stage as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, she was starring in dramatic roles and silent films before the beginning of the First World War. She also became a manager of the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1933, where she played many roles. Beginning in the early 1920s, Cooper was winning praise in plays by W. Somerset Maugham and others.
In the 1930s, she was starring steadily both in the West End and on Broadway. Moving to Hollywood in 1940, Cooper found success in a variety of character roles; she was nominated for three Academy Awards, the last one as Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady (1964). Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she mixed her stage and film careers, continuing to star on stage until her last year.