---
name: "Miriam Cooper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/miriam-cooper"
fi1m_id: "miriam-cooper"
imdb_id: "nm0178270"
tmdb_id: 8831
wikidata_id: "Q452455"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 November 1891"
died: "12 April 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T23:26:07.297148+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."
---

# Miriam Cooper

## Identity

Miriam Cooper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/miriam-cooper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** miriam-cooper
- **IMDb ID:** nm0178270
- **TMDB ID:** 8831
- **Wikidata ID:** Q452455
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Cooper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452455, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8831

Actor. Born 6 November 1891 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Died 12 April 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 November 1891, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Died:** 12 April 1976
- **Active:** 1915–1916
- **Also known as:** Marian Cooper, Marion Cooper
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Cooper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452455, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8831

## Biography

Miriam Cooper was an American silent film actress. She played Margaret Cameron in D.W. Griffith's *The Birth of a Nation* (1915) and appeared as The Friendless One in his *Intolerance* (1916).

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she began in modelling and extras work before taking leading roles for Kalem and Griffith. She married director Raoul Walsh in 1916 and appeared in several of his films, including *The Honor System* (1917) and *Evangeline* (1919). Cooper retired from acting in 1923.

She was rediscovered by film historians in the 1960s and lectured on silent cinema. Her autobiography, *Dark Lady of the Silents*, was published in 1973. She died in 1976.

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Fi1m 83, as The Friendless One — [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Fi1m 32, as Margaret Cameron — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I Am Not a Racist* (2019), as Margaret (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *After the Ball* (1924), as Lorraine Trevelyan
- *The Broken Wing* (1923), as Inez Villera
- *Daughters of the Rich* (1923), as Maud Barhyte
- *Her Accidental Husband* (1923), as Rena Goring
- *The Girl Who Came Back* (1923), as Sheila
- *Is Money Everything?* (1923), as Marion Brand
- *The Hero* (1923), as Martha Baker
- *Kindred of the Dust* (1922), as Nan of the Sawdust Pile
- *Serenade* (1921), as Maria del Carmen
- *The Deep Purple* (1920), as Doris Moore
- *Should a Husband Forgive?* (1919), as Ruth Fulton
- *Evangeline* (1919), as Evangeline
- *The Mother and the Law* (1919), as The Friendly One
- *The Prussian Cur* (1918), as Rosie O'Grady
- *The Woman and the Law* (1918), as Blanquetta La Salle
- *The Innocent Sinner* (1917), as Mary Ellen Ellis
- *The Silent Lie* (1917), as Lady Lou
- *The Honor System* (1917), as Edith
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), as The Friendless One — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Burned Hand* (1915), as Marietta
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), as Margaret Cameron — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)
- *The Odalisque* (1914), as Annie, May's Friend
- *Their First Acquaintance* (1914), as Grace Curley
- *Home, Sweet Home* (1914), as The Fiancee
- *The Pseudo Prodigal* (1913), as The Prodigal's Sweetheart
- *Uncle Tom's Cabin* (1913), as Topsy - Aunt Ophelia's Slave
- *A Railroad Wooing* (1913), as Alice Holmes - Jim's Sweetheart
- *Shenandoah* (1913), as Madeline West
- *The Confederate Ironclad* (1912), as Rose
- *The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher* (1912), as The Boarding House Servant Girl
- *The Darling of the CSA* (1912), Actor

## Gallery

- ![A scene from the American drama film The Deep Purple (1920), with Miriam Cooper and William J. Ferguson. Date stamped Aug. 26, 1920. Subjects: motion pictures, ](https://film.one/media/person/3847886/gallery-2c8fcf7579a8.jpg) A scene from the American drama film The Deep Purple (1920), with Miriam Cooper and William J. Ferguson. Date stamped Aug. 26, 1920. Subjects: motion pictures,  — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/A_scene_from_%22The_Deep_Purple%22_%28SAYRE_13819%29.jpg/1280px-A_scene_from_%22The_Deep_Purple%22_%28SAYRE_13819%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Low resolution screenshot from the public domain version of the film Intolerance (1916). A scene from the Modern Story of the film. The Friendless One (Miriam C](https://film.one/media/person/3847886/gallery-8157677453e3.jpg) Low resolution screenshot from the public domain version of the film Intolerance (1916). A scene from the Modern Story of the film. The Friendless One (Miriam C — Triangle Film Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Intolerance_%281916%29_-_Admits_to_Killing.jpg/1280px-Intolerance_%281916%29_-_Admits_to_Killing.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scene from the movie Birth of a Nation. 1915.](https://film.one/media/person/3847886/gallery-960e1b051636.jpg) Scene from the movie Birth of a Nation. 1915. — D. W. Griffith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Birth_of_a_nation%2C_1915%2C_Margaret_Cameron.jpg/1280px-Birth_of_a_nation%2C_1915%2C_Margaret_Cameron.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Miriam Cooper](https://film.one/media/person/3847886/gallery-0bd90270e05e.jpg) Miriam Cooper — Image via TMDB

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