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name: "Gladys Cooper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gladys-cooper"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 December 1888"
died: "17 November 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:56:23.009108+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gladys Cooper

Actor. Born 18 December 1888 in Chiswick, England, UK. Died 17 November 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 December 1888, Chiswick, England, UK
- **Died:** 17 November 1971
- **Also known as:** Dame Gladys Cooper

## Biography

Dame Gladys Cooper was an English actress whose career on stage, in films and on television spanned seven decades. She began as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, later starring in dramatic roles and managing the Playhouse Theatre in London from 1917 to 1934.

Cooper appeared steadily in West End and Broadway productions during the 1930s. She moved to Hollywood in 1940 and found success in character roles, receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for *Now, Voyager* (1942), *The Song of Bernadette* (1943) and *My Fair Lady* (1964). She continued working on stage and screen until her death.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rebecca* (1940), Fi1m 85, as Beatrice Lacy — [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)

## Also known for

- *My Fair Lady* (1964), Mrs. Higgins
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Millie McKenzie, Elva Keene, Wanda Dunn — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), Mrs. Hamilton
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Marguerite Gillespie
- *Now, Voyager* (1942), Mrs. Henry Vale
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), Mrs. Palmer
- *Separate Tables* (1958), Mrs. Railton-Bell
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), Grand Duchess Ozerov

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