Gladys Cooper
Known for Acting · 59 credits
- Born
- 1888-12-18
- Died
- 1971-11-17
- Place of birth
- Chiswick, England, UK
- Also known as
- Dame Gladys Cooper
Biography
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE (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 by World War I. 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (16)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mrs. Raydon / Laura
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Elva Keene / Millie McKenzie / Wanda Dunn
Ben Casey
1961
Naked City
1958
as Mrs. Ernest Johns, Sr.
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Burke's Law
1963
as Harriet Richards
The Outer Limits
1963
as Mrs. Palmer
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Mrs. Maude Harper
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Marguerite Gillespie
The Persuaders!
1971
as Grand Duchess Ozerov
The Rogues
1964
as Margaret St. Clair
MGM Parade
1955
as self
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Mama Rosha
Callan
1967
Going My Way
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Higgins
Movies (43)
Rebecca
1940
as Beatrice Lacy
My Fair Lady
1964
as Mrs. Higgins
The Pirate
1948
as Aunt Inez
Now, Voyager
1942
as Mrs. Henry Vale
Kitty Foyle
1940
as Mrs. Strafford
Mr. Lucky
1943
as Veronica Steadman
Eagle Squadron
1942
as Aunt Emmeline
Madame Bovary
1949
as Madame Dupuis
The Secret Garden
1949
as Mrs. Medlock
Homecoming
1948
as Mrs. Kirby
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mrs. Hamilton
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Alice, Dutchess de Brancourt
The Song of Bernadette
1943
as Sister Marie Therese Vauzous
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
as Mrs. Karoudjian
That Hamilton Woman
1941
as Lady Francis Nelson
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Miss Haskell
Separate Tables
1958
as Mrs. Railton-Bell
The Valley of Decision
1945
as Clarissa Scott
The Happiest Millionaire
1967
as Aunt Mary
Love Letters
1945
as Beatrice Remington
At Sword's Point
1952
as Queen Anne
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as Jean Ashwood
This Above All
1942
as Iris Cathaway
Forever and a Day
1943
as Mrs. Barringer
The Green Years
1946
as Grandma Leckie
Thunder on the Hill
1951
as Mother Superior
Green Dolphin Street
1947
as Sophie Patourel
The Switch
1976
as Grand Duchess Ozerov
The Black Cat
1941
as Myrna Hartley
The Gay Falcon
1941
as Maxine Wood
The Cockeyed Miracle
1946
as Amy Griggs
The Man Who Loved Redheads
1955
as Lady Binfield
Beware of Pity
1946
as Mrs. Klara Condor
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969
as Aunt Mary
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
as Mrs. Ternan
The Iron Duke
1934
as Madame - Duchess d'Angoulème
The Sorrows Of Satan
1917
as Lady Sybil Elton
Pygmalion
1963
as Mrs. Higgins
Masks and Faces
1917
as Mabel Vane
The Mystery of Thirteen
1957
as Mrs. Palmer
The Bohemian Girl
1922
as Arlene Arnheim
Circle of the Day
1957
as Mrs. Millet
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1923
as Flora MacDonald
About Gladys Cooper
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE (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 by World War I. 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 ste… With 59 credits spanning from 1917 to 1976, Gladys Cooper has appeared in 43 films and 16 TV shows.
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- Rebecca (1940) — as Beatrice Lacy
- My Fair Lady (1964) — as Mrs. Higgins
- The Pirate (1948) — as Aunt Inez
- Now, Voyager (1942) — as Mrs. Henry Vale
- Kitty Foyle (1940) — as Mrs. Strafford
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