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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Rebecca (1940) — Beatrice Lacy
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My Fair Lady (1964) — Mrs. Higgins
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The Twilight Zone (1959) — Millie McKenzie
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The Bishop's Wife (1947) — Mrs. Hamilton
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Marguerite Gillespie
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Now, Voyager (1942) — Mrs. Henry Vale
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The Outer Limits (1963) — Mrs. Palmer
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Separate Tables (1958) — Mrs. Railton-Bell
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The Song of Bernadette (1943) — Sister Marie Therese Vauzous
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The Persuaders! (1971) — Grand Duchess Ozerov
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The Pirate (1948) — Aunt Inez
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The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) — Mrs. Karoudjian
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That Hamilton Woman (1941) — Lady Francis Nelson
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Mrs. Raydon
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Madame Bovary (1949) — Madame Dupuis
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Kitty Foyle (1940) — Mrs. Strafford
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Mr. Lucky (1943) — Veronica Steadman
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The Black Cat (1941) — Myrna Hartley
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The Happiest Millionaire (1967) — Aunt Mary
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The Secret Garden (1949) — Mrs. Medlock
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Thunder on the Hill (1951) — Mother Superior
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The Valley of Decision (1945) — Clarissa Scott
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Love Letters (1945) — Beatrice Remington
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The Gay Falcon (1941) — Maxine Wood
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The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) — Jean Ashwood
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
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Princess O'Rourke (1943) — Miss Haskell
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Mrs. Parkington (1944) — Alice, Dutchess de Brancourt
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Green Dolphin Street (1947) — Sophie Patourel
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This Above All (1942) — Iris Cathaway
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The Green Years (1946) — Grandma Leckie
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At Sword's Point (1952) — Queen Anne
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Ben Casey (1961)
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Naked City (1958) — Mrs. Ernest Johns, Sr.
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Forever and a Day (1943) — Mrs. Barringer
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Burke's Law (1963) — Harriet Richards
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Homecoming (1948) — Mrs. Kirby
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Callan (1967)
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The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) — Lady Binfield
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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) — Mama Rosha