Gladys Cooper

Personal Info

Birthday

December 18, 1888

Day of Death

1971-11-17

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Chiswick, England, UK

Also Known As

Dame Gladys Cooper

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.

Known For

The Twilight Zone

Adventures in Paradise

Naked City

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Burke's Law

The Persuaders!

The Outer Limits

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Filmography

1976
The Switch
as Grand Duchess Ozerov
1969
A Nice Girl Like Me
as Aunt Mary
1967
The Happiest Millionaire
as Aunt Mary Drexel
1964
My Fair Lady
as Mrs. Higgins
1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
as Mrs. Karoudjian
Pygmalion
as Mrs. Higgins
1958
Separate Tables
as Mrs. Railton-Bell
1955
The Man Who Loved Redheads
as Lady Binfield
1952
At Sword's Point
as Queen Anne
1951
Thunder on the Hill
as Mother Superior
1949
Madame Bovary
as Madame Dupuis
The Secret Garden
as Mrs. Medlock
1948
The Pirate
as Aunt Inez
Homecoming
as Mrs. Kirby
1947
The Bishop's Wife
as Mrs. Hamilton
Green Dolphin Street
as Sophie Patourel
1946
The Cockeyed Miracle
as Amy Griggs
Beware of Pity
as Mrs. Klara Condor
The Green Years
as Grandma Leckie
1945
Love Letters
as Beatrice Remington
The Valley of Decision
as Clarissa Scott
1944
Mrs. Parkington
as Alice, Dutchess de Brancourt
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Jean Ashwood
1943
The Song of Bernadette
as Sister Marie Therese Vauzous
Princess O'Rourke
as Miss Haskell
Mr. Lucky
as Captain Veronica Steadman
Forever and a Day
as Mrs. Barringer
1942
Now, Voyager
as Mrs. Henry Vale
Eagle Squadron
as Aunt Emmeline
This Above All
as Iris Cathaway
1941
The Gay Falcon
as Maxine Wood
The Black Cat
as Myrna Hartley
That Hamilton Woman
as Lady Francis Nelson
1940
Kitty Foyle
as Mrs. Strafford
Rebecca
as Beatrice Lacy
1934
The Iron Duke
as Madame - Duchess d'Angoulème
1923
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Flora MacDonald
1922
The Bohemian Girl
as Arlene Arnheim
1917
Masks and Faces
as Mabel Vane
The Sorrows Of Satan
as Lady Sybil Elton