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Gladys Cooper

in the Now, Voyager trailer (1942)
Born Gladys Constance Cooper
18 December 1888(1888-12-18)
Chiswick, England
Died 17 November 1971 (aged 82)
Henley-on-Thames, England
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Early life and career

Cooper was born in Lewisham, London, one of the three daughters of Charles William Frederick Cooper by his marriage to Mabel Barnett. Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham.

She made her stage début in 1905 touring with Seymour Hicks in his musical Bluebell in Fairyland. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Seymour Hicks ( 30 January 1871 &ndash 6 April 1949) was a British actor Music hall performer playwright screenwriter The young beauty also was a popular photography model. In 1906, she appeared in London in The Belle of Mayfair, and the following year she became a chorus girl at the Gaiety Theatre, London. The Belle of Mayfair is a Musical comedy composed by Leslie Stuart with a book by Basil Hood, Charles Brookfield and Cosmo Hamilton The Gaiety Theatre London was a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located on Aldwych at the eastern end of the Strand. In 1911, she appeared in a production of The Importance of Being Ernest, and in 1913 she appeared in her first film, The Eleventh Commandment. The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde. It premiered on February 14, 1895 at the St In addition, in 1917, Cooper became co-manager, with Frank Curzon, of the Playhouse Theatre, taking over sole control from 1927 until she left in 1933. ChHoneymoon1jpg|right|thumb|250px|2nd Anniversary Souvenir of A Chinese Honeymoon ]] Frank Curzon (1869-1927 was an English Actor who became The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square.

Cooper appeared in W. Somerset Maugham's Home and Beauty in London in 1919. William Somerset Maugham, CH ( January 25 1874 &ndash December 16 1965) was an English Playwright, It was not until 1922, however, that she found major critical success, in Arthur Wing Pinero's The Second Mrs. Tanqueray. Sir Arthur Wing Pinero ( 24 May 1855 - 23 November 1934) was an English Dramatist. The Second Mrs Tanqueray is a Problem play by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. Early in her stage career, she was criticized for being stiff. Aldous Huxley dismissed her performance in Home and Beauty: "she is too impassive, too statuesque, playing all the time as if she were Galatea, newly unpetrified and still unused to the ways of the living world. Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. " [1] Yet Maugham praised her for "turning herself from an indifferent actress to an extremely competent one" through her common sense and industriousness. [2] She also appeared in Maugham's The Letter in 1927. The Letter is a play by W Somerset Maugham dramatised from a story which first appeared in his collection entitled The Casuarina Tree published in

Later career

Cooper found success in Hollywood in a variety of character roles and was most frequently cast as a disapproving, aristocratic society woman. She appeared in Rebecca, The Secret Garden, and The Green Years. The Secret Garden is a 1949 American Drama film, the second screen adaptation of the classic 1909 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Green Years is a 1946 Comedy-drama film featuring Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper She was nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances as Bette Davis's pathologically repressive mother in Now, Voyager, a skeptical nun in The Song of Bernadette, and Rex Harrison's mother, Mrs. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. Now Voyager is a 1942 American Drama film directed by Irving Rapper. The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 Film which tells the story of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, who from February to July 1858 in Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison (5 March 1908 - 2 June 1990 was an English Academy Award and Tony Award -winning Theatre and Higgins, in My Fair Lady. My Fair Lady is a musical Film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical My Fair Lady, based in turn on the play

Her last major success on the stage was in the role of Mrs. St. Maugham in Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden, a role she had created in London and on Broadway. Enid Bagnold Lady Jones, CBE ( 27 October 1889 &ndash 31 March 1981) known by her maiden name as Enid Algerine Bagnold The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold has been produced as a 1955 play a 1964 film a 1971 revival and a 2008 play Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located In 1967, she appeared in London in Maugham's The Sacred Flame with Wendy Hiller and Leo Genn. The Sacred Flame (1928 was William Somerset Maugham 's 21st play written at the age of 54 Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE ( 15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was a distinguished English Film and stage Leo John Genn ( August 9, 1905 – January 26, 1978) was an English Actor on stage and in films In that year, at nearly 80 years of age, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. She continued to act past her 80th birthday, including a memorable performance in 1971 in a revival of The Chalk Garden at the Haymarket Theatre. The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold has been produced as a 1955 play a 1964 film a 1971 revival and a 2008 play Haymarket Theatre (Leicester|Her Majesty's Theatre The Theatre Royal Haymarket or Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre is a West End theatre in She died of pneumonia shortly after.

Private life

She was thrice married:

She herself eventually returned to the United Kingdom for her final years. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located She died from pneumonia at the age of 82 in Henley-on-Thames, England. Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in south Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

An old theatre anecdote recalls that in 1928, she appeared in the play Excelsior in which her sister Doris, a small-part actress who often travelled with Gladys and appeared in some of the same plays, was given a speaking part. On opening night, Doris was reduced to tears backstage after her first appearance, which was greeted by a low hiss from the audience. "Oh no, dear," a friend reassured her. "They're just all whispering to each other, 'She's Doris Cooper. She's Gladys Cooper's sister. Gladys Cooper's sister'. "

Television

Among many other appearances, she starred in the 1960s in The Rogues with David Niven, Charles Boyer, Gig Young, Robert Coote, John Williams and Larry Hagman. The Rogues is an American Television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964 to April 18, 1965 James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983 was an English Academy Award -winning Actor probably best known for his role as the punctuality-obsessed Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978 was a four-time Academy Award -nominated French Actor who starred in a number of classic Hollywood Gig Young ( November 4, 1913 &ndash October 19, 1978) was an Academy Award -winning American Film and Robert Coote (born February 4, 1909, London; died November 26, 1982, New York City) was an English actor John Williams ( April 15, 1903 &ndash May 5, 1983) was a British stage film and television actor Larry Martin Hagman (born September 21, 1931) is an American film and television Actor, producer and director, primarily For this, she won a Golden Globe Award in 1965. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner

She also appeared in three episodes of The Twilight Zone. The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. In the first, entitled "Nothing in the Dark" (1962), she plays an old lady who refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting Death. "Nothing in the Dark" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. A young policeman (Robert Redford) is shot at her doorstep and persuades her to let him in. Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, Her second appearance was in 1964, in the episode "Night Call", portraying a difficult, lonely old lady who is besieged by late night phone calls, which she learns too late are from the ghost of her long-dead fiancée. "Night Call" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Her final episode was "Passage on the Lady Anne", which aired on 9 May 1963. "Passage on the Lady Anne" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ Alduous Huxley. The Bohemian Girl is an Opera composed by Michael Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. Kitty Foyle, subtitled The Natural History of a Woman, is a film starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, That Hamilton Woman ( 1941) -- the original British title was simply Lady Hamilton -- is a historical film drama produced and directed by The Black Cat is a 1941 film based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. This Above All is a 1942 Romance film set in World War II adapted from the Eric Knight novel of the same name and directed by Now Voyager is a 1942 American Drama film directed by Irving Rapper. Mr Lucky is a 1943 Film directed by HC Potter, starring Cary Grant and Laraine Day. Princess O'Rourke is a 1943 Romantic comedy film directed and written by Norman Krasna and starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 Film which tells the story of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, who from February to July 1858 in The White Cliffs of Dover is a 1944 film made by Loew's and MGM. Mrs Parkington is a 1944 Drama film which tells the story of a woman's life told in flashbacks from hotel maid to society matron For the Edith Wharton short story see The Valley of Decision The Valley of Decision ( 1945) is a film set in Pittsburgh Love Letters is a 1945 film adapted by Ayn Rand from the novel Pity My Simplicity by Christopher Massie. The Green Years is a 1946 Comedy-drama film featuring Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper The Bishop's Wife ( 1947) is an RKO romantic comedy Feature film starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and The Pirate is a 1948 American musical Feature film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The Secret Garden is a 1949 American Drama film, the second screen adaptation of the classic 1909 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Madame Bovary is a 1949 Film adaptation of the classic novel by Gustave Flaubert. Thunder on the Hill is a 1951 mystery Drama film made by Universal International Pictures. My Fair Lady is a musical Film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical My Fair Lady, based in turn on the play "A Good Farce. " Athenaeum September 26, 1919: 956.
  2. ^ W. Somerset Maugham. "Gladys Cooper. " Plays and Players 1, 3 (December 1953): 4

External links

Sheridan Morley (5 December 1941 − 16 February 2007 was an English author biographer critic director actor and broadcaster The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel
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