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Miriam Cooper

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Miriam Cooper

Born November 6, 1891 in Baltimore, Maryland, USADied April 12, 197631 films

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Miriam Cooper (November 7, 1891 – April 12, 1976) was a silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including Birth of a Nation and Intolerance for D.W. Griffith and The Honor System and Evangeline for her husband Raoul Walsh. She retired from acting in 1923 but was rediscovered by the film community in the 1960s, and toured colleges lecturing about silent films.

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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages posterFirst watchIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages19167.1as The Friendless OneThe story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Birth of a Nation poster5.9The Birth of a Nation1915

Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 1924After the BallLorraine Trevelyan
  2. 1923The Broken WingInez Villera
  3. 1923Daughters of the RichMaud Barhyte
  4. 1923Her Accidental HusbandRena Goring
  5. 1923The Girl Who Came BackSheila
  6. 1923Is Money Everything?Marion Brand
  7. 1923The HeroMartha Baker
  8. 1922Kindred of the DustNan of the Sawdust Pile
  9. 1921SerenadeMaria del Carmen
  10. 1920The Deep PurpleDoris Moore
  11. 1919Should a Husband Forgive?Ruth Fulton
  12. 1919EvangelineEvangeline
  13. 1919The Mother and the LawThe Friendly One
  14. 1918The Prussian CurRosie O'Grady
  15. 1918The Woman and the LawBlanquetta La Salle
  16. 1917The Innocent SinnerMary Ellen Ellis
  17. 1917The Silent LieLady Lou
  18. 1917The Honor SystemEdith
  19. 1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesThe Friendless One
  20. 1915The Burned HandMarietta
  21. 1915The Birth of a NationMargaret Cameron
  22. 1914The OdalisqueAnnie, May's Friend
  23. 1914Their First AcquaintanceGrace Curley
  24. 1914Home, Sweet HomeThe Fiancee
  25. 1913The Pseudo ProdigalThe Prodigal's Sweetheart
  26. 1913Uncle Tom's CabinTopsy - Aunt Ophelia's Slave
  27. 1913A Railroad WooingAlice Holmes - Jim's Sweetheart
  28. 1913ShenandoahMadeline West
  29. 1912The Confederate IroncladRose
  30. 1912The Grit of the Girl TelegrapherThe Boarding House Servant Girl
  31. 1912The Darling of the CSA