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Gladys Cooper

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Gladys Cooper

Born December 18, 1888 in Chiswick, England, UKDied November 17, 197143 films

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.

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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. 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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
My Fair Lady poster7.5My Fair Lady1964Now, Voyager poster7.4Now, Voyager1942The Bishop's Wife poster7.1The Bishop's Wife1947Separate Tables poster7.1Separate Tables1958The Song of Bernadette poster7.1The Song of Bernadette1943That Hamilton Woman poster7.1That Hamilton Woman1941The List of Adrian Messenger poster6.7The List of Adrian Messenger1963The Pirate poster6.5The Pirate1948

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 1976The SwitchGrand Duchess Ozerov
  2. 1970The Great Inimitable Mr. DickensMrs. Ternan
  3. 1969A Nice Girl Like MeAunt Mary
  4. 1967The Happiest MillionaireAunt Mary
  5. 1964My Fair LadyMrs. Higgins
  6. 1963The List of Adrian MessengerMrs. Karoudjian
  7. 1963PygmalionMrs. Higgins
  8. 1958Separate TablesMrs. Railton-Bell
  9. 1957The Mystery of ThirteenMrs. Palmer
  10. 1957Circle of the DayMrs. Millet
  11. 1955The Man Who Loved RedheadsLady Binfield
  12. 1952At Sword's PointQueen Anne
  13. 1951Thunder on the HillMother Superior
  14. 1949Madame BovaryMadame Dupuis
  15. 1949The Secret GardenMrs. Medlock
  16. 1948The PirateAunt Inez
  17. 1948HomecomingMrs. Kirby
  18. 1947The Bishop's WifeMrs. Hamilton
  19. 1947Green Dolphin StreetSophie Patourel
  20. 1946The Cockeyed MiracleAmy Griggs
  21. 1946Beware of PityMrs. Klara Condor
  22. 1946The Green YearsGrandma Leckie
  23. 1945Love LettersBeatrice Remington
  24. 1945The Valley of DecisionClarissa Scott
  25. 1944Mrs. ParkingtonAlice, Dutchess de Brancourt
  26. 1944The White Cliffs of DoverJean Ashwood
  27. 1943The Song of BernadetteSister Marie Therese Vauzous
  28. 1943Princess O'RourkeMiss Haskell
  29. 1943Mr. LuckyVeronica Steadman
  30. 1943Forever and a DayMrs. Barringer
  31. 1942Now, VoyagerMrs. Henry Vale
  32. 1942Eagle SquadronAunt Emmeline
  33. 1942This Above AllIris Cathaway
  34. 1941The Gay FalconMaxine Wood
  35. 1941The Black CatMyrna Hartley
  36. 1941That Hamilton WomanLady Francis Nelson
  37. 1940Kitty FoyleMrs. Strafford
  38. 1940RebeccaBeatrice Lacy
  39. 1934The Iron DukeMadame - Duchess d'Angoulème
  40. 1923Bonnie Prince CharlieFlora MacDonald
  41. 1922The Bohemian GirlArlene Arnheim
  42. 1917Masks and FacesMabel Vane
  43. 1917The Sorrows Of SatanLady Sybil Elton