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Jeanne Cooper

Born Wilma Jeanne Cooper
October 25, 1928 (1928-10-25) (age 79)
Flag of the United States Taft, California, U.S.
Spouse(s) Harry Bernsen (1954-1977)

Wilma Jeanne Cooper (born October 25, 1928 in Taft, California) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress of Cherokee descent, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Taft is a city in Kern County, California, United States. The population was about 9200 people as of March 2008 according to the local newspaper "The The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Taft is a city in Kern County, California, United States. The population was about 9200 people as of March 2008 according to the local newspaper "The The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The Cherokee (ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ a-ni-yv-wi-ya, in the Cherokee language) are a people native to North America, who at the time of European contact Katherine Chancellor (née Shepard; previously Sterling, Reynolds, and Thurston) is a Fictional character on CBS daytime The Young and the Restless is a 39 time Emmy Award winning American Television Soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26 Though she was not on the series when the show debuted in March 1973, she made her onscreen debut in November of that year, and remains the longest-tenured actor on The Young and the Restless.

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Early career

Cooper began her career in the 1950s. Her first starring role was as Myra in 1953's western The Redhead from Wyoming. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. She also appeared as a player in films with stars like Maureen O'Hara, Glenn Ford, Tony Curtis, and Henry Fonda. Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford ( May 1, 1916 &ndash August 30, 2006) was a Canadian -born American Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz June 3, 1925) is an American film actor Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Cooper was a fixture on episodic TV throughout the 1960s and '70s.

Katherine Chancellor

Cooper's character has broken ground in the daytime medium; Katherine has been involved in what was strongly insinuated to be a lesbian relationship, endured several bouts with alcoholism, and the loss of many men in her life (two husbands, a child, and a grandchild). A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions

Katherine (and Cooper) also had a facelift on national television (Cooper had pitched the idea of having a live facelift to CBS executives, who agreed to write the facelift into the show for Katherine Chancellor). A facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy (literally surgical removal of wrinkles) is a type of cosmetic surgery procedure used to give a more youthful CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network.

For many years, the story of Katherine's bitter rivalry with character Jill Foster Abbott has been a mainstay of the show. Jill Abbott (née Foster; previously Reynolds, Chancellor, Thurston, Brooks, and Sterling) is the only original (In real life, Cooper and Jill's portrayer, Jess Walton are close friends. Jess Walton (born February 18, 1949) is a 2-time Emmy Award -winning American Actress, best known for her role as Jill Foster ) It was revealed in 2003 that Jill is Katherine's daughter born out of wedlock. [1]

She has received seven Daytime Emmy nominations and two Primetime Emmy nominations. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmys in 2004. For her contributions to television, Cooper received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is located at 1777 Vine Street. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that

Personal life

Jeanne Cooper was born to Albert Troy Cooper and his wife Sildeth Evelyn Moore. She was the youngest of their three children. Jeanne's family lived in Kern County for several years, first in Taft until 1942 and then moving to Bakersfield. Her mother died August 21, 1945 and her father died April 11, 1986. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) She married television producer Harry Bernsen and they were together 23 years before divorcing. Interviews and reports state they remain the best of friends. They are the parents to three children, actor Corbin Bernsen, of L.A. Law fame (she guest-starred twice as his character's mother on the series) born September 7, 1954 who is married to British actress Amanda Pays. Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor known for his work on television LA Law is an American television Legal drama that ran from 1986 to 1994. Amanda Pays (born June 6, 1959) is an English actress. Biography Personal life Pays was born in London Another son who is an actor, Collin Bernsen born March 30, 1958. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She also has a daughter, Caren. [1] born August 17, 1960 who is an actress. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "Raising Cane", Soap Opera Weekly, 2007-02-27, p. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation  20.  

External links

TVcom is a website owned by CNET Networks. The service was launched on June 1 2005 and replaced the popular TV Tome website The Young and the Restless is a 39 time Emmy Award winning American Television Soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26 CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network.
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