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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gladys Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Beatrice Lacy
Rebecca
Mrs. Karoudjian
The List of Adrian Messenger
Aunt Mary Drexel
The Happiest Millionaire
Mrs. Henry Vale
Now, Voyager
Aunt Inez
The Pirate
Myrna Hartley
The Black Cat
Mrs. Railton-Bell
Separate Tables
Mrs. Medlock
The Secret Garden
Sister Marie Therese Vauzous
The Song of Bernadette
Lady Francis Nelson
That Hamilton Woman
Clarissa Scott
The Valley of Decision
Maxine Wood
The Gay Falcon
Madame Dupuis
Madame Bovary
Captain Veronica Steadman
Mr. Lucky
Mrs. Hamilton
The Bishop's Wife
Alice, Dutchess de Brancourt
Mrs. Parkington
Jean Ashwood
The White Cliffs of Dover
Mother Superior
Thunder on the Hill
Mrs. Klara Condor
Beware of Pity
Grandma Leckie
The Green Years
Beatrice Remington
Love Letters
Sophie Patourel
Green Dolphin Street
Iris Cathaway
This Above All
Amy Griggs
The Cockeyed Miracle
Queen Anne
At Sword's Point
Aunt Mary
A Nice Girl Like Me
Lady Binfield
The Man Who Loved Redheads
Mrs. Strafford
Kitty Foyle
Mrs. Higgins
My Fair Lady
Arlene Arnheim
The Bohemian Girl
Mrs. Higgins
Pygmalion
Mrs. Kirby
Homecoming
Madame - Duchess d'Angoulème
The Iron Duke
Miss Haskell
Princess O'Rourke
Aunt Emmeline
Eagle Squadron
Mrs. Barringer
Forever and a Day
Flora MacDonald
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Mabel Vane
Masks and Faces
Grand Duchess Ozerov
The Switch
Lady Sybil Elton
The Sorrows Of Satan
Mrs. Millet
Circle of the Day
Mrs. Ternan
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
42
Gender
Female
Birthday
1888-12-18
Place of Birth
Chiswick, England, UK
Also Known As
Dame Gladys Cooper