Dame Gladys Cooper Biography

(1888 - 1971)

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  • Theatre
  • 1906 The Belle of Mayfair
  • 1911 The Importance of Being Earnest
  • 1922 The Second Mrs Tanqueray
  • 1927 The Letter
  • 1934 The Shining Hour
  • 1951 Relative Values
  • 1955 The Chalk Garden
  • Films
  • 1940 Kitty Foyle
  • 1940 Rebecca
  • 1943 The Song of Bernadette
  • 1947 Green Dolphin Street
  • 1958 Separate Tables
  • 1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
  • Publications (memoirs)
  • 1931 Gladys Cooper
  • 1953 Without Veils
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(born Dec. 18, 1888, Lewisham, London, Eng.—died Nov. 17, 1971, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire) British actress. After her London debut in 1906, she performed in musicals and dramas, including The Importance of Being Earnest (1911). She was comanager of London's Playhouse Theatre (1917–27) and then its sole manager (1927–33). Her appearance in The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1922) made her a star. She made her U.S. stage debut in The Shining Hour (1934) and later acted in Relative Values (1951) and The Chalk Garden (1955). She personified British poise in U.S. films such as Now, Voyager (1942) and Separate Tables (1958).


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