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Dame Gladys Cooper Biography

(1888 - 1971)

Related Works

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).