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Gladys Cooper (Gladys Constance Cooper) was born on 18 December, 1888 in Lewisham, London, England, UK, is an actress,soundtrack. Discover Gladys Cooper's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

Popular As Gladys Constance Cooper
Occupation actress,soundtrack
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 18 December 1888
Birthday 18 December
Birthplace Lewisham, London, England, UK
Date of death 17 November, 1971
Died Place Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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Gladys Cooper Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Gladys Cooper's Husband?

Her husband is Philip Merivale (30 April 1937 - 12 March 1946) ( his death), Sir Neville Pearson (15 June 1928 - 16 October 1936) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Capt. Herbert John Buckmaster (12 December 1908 - 12 December 1921) ( divorced) ( 2 children)

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Husband Philip Merivale (30 April 1937 - 12 March 1946) ( his death), Sir Neville Pearson (15 June 1928 - 16 October 1936) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Capt. Herbert John Buckmaster (12 December 1908 - 12 December 1921) ( divorced) ( 2 children)
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Gladys Cooper Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Gladys Cooper worth at the age of 82 years old? Gladys Cooper’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Gladys Cooper's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Actress

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1844

Daughter of Charles (1844-1939) and Mabel (née Barnett) Cooper (1861-1944).

1890

From the craze for post cards with photos of actors - that ensued between about 1890 and 1914 - Cooper became a popular subject of maidenly beauty with scenes as Juliet and many others. During World War I her popularity grew into something of pin-up fad for the British military.

1905

Gladys Cooper was the daughter of journalist William Frederick Cooper and his wife Mabel Barnett. As a child she was very striking and was used as a photographic model beginning at six years old. She wanted to become an actress and started on that road in 1905 after being discovered by Seymour Hicks to tour with his company in "Bluebell in Fairyland".

1906

She came to the London stage in 1906 in "The Belle of Mayfair", and in 1907 took a departure from the legitimate stage to become a member of Frank Curzon's famous Gaiety Girls chorus entertainments at The Gaiety theater.

1911

Her more concerted stage work began in 1911 in a production of Oscar Wilde's comedy "The Importance of Being Ernest" which was followed quickly with other roles.

1913

In the meantime she sampled the early British silent film industry starting in 1913 with The Eleventh Commandment (1913).

1916

She had roles in a few other movies in 1916 and 1917. But in the latter year she joined Frank Curzon to co-manage the Playhouse Theatre. This was a decidedly new direction for a woman of the period.

1919

Somerset Maugham's "Home and Beauty" in London in 1919 and triumphed in her 1922 appearance in Arthur Wing Pinero's "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray". It was ironic that writer Aldous Huxley criticized her performance in "Home and Beauty" as "too impassive, too statuesque, playing all the time as if she were Galatea, newly unpetrified and still unused to the ways of the living world. " On the other hand, Maugham himself applauded her for "turning herself from an indifferent actress (at the start of her career) to an extremely competent one".

1920

She was also doing plays, some producing of her own, and a few more films in the early 1920s. It was actually about this time that she achieved major stage actress success. She appeared in W.

1922

In the film, the portrait prop of a fine lady over Higgins' fireplace is that of Cooper painted in 1922.

1927

She took sole control from 1927 until other stage commitments in 1933.

1931

She wrote an autobiography (1931) followed by two biographies (1953 and 1979).

1934

In 1934 Cooper made her first sound picture in the UK and came to Broadway with "The Shining Hour" which she had been doing in London.

1938

She and it were a success, and she followed it with several plays through 1938, including "MacBeth". About this time Hollywood scouts caught wind of her, and she began her 30 odd years in American film.

1940

She also debuted the role of Leslie Crosbie (the Bette Davis role in the 1940 film) in Maugham's "The Letter" in 1927.

That first film was also Alfred Hitchcock's first Hollywood directorial effort, Rebecca (1940). Her's was a small and light role as Laurence Olivier's gregarious sister, but she stood out all the same.

Though aristocratic elderly ladies was a role she revisited in various guises, Cooper was very busy through 1940s Hollywood.

1942

Two years later she bit into the much more substantial role as Bette Davis' domineering and repressive mother in the classic Now, Voyager (1942) for which she received a well deserved Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress - the first of three.

1943

Appeared with Jennifer Jones in three films: "The song of Bernadette" (1943), "Love letters" (1945), and "Madame Bovary" (1949).

1947

She returned to London stage work from 1947 and stayed for some early episodic British TV into 1950 before once again returning to the US, but was busy on both sides of the Atlantic until her passing.

1950

Through the 1950s and into the 1960s Cooper did a few films but was an especially familiar face on American TV in teleplays, a wide range of prime time episodic shows, and popular weird/sci-fi series: several Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, and Outer Limits.

1951

Played the mother of Professor Henry Higgins in a Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) television version of Pygmalion and the movie version of the musical My Fair Lady (1964).

1955

When Enid Bagnold's "The Chalk Garden" opened in London in 1955, Cooper debuted as Mrs. St.

1956

Maugham and brought it to Broadway in October of that year where it ran through March of 1956.

1964

Her last major film was My Fair Lady (1964) as Henry Higgins' mother. The year before she had played the part on TV.

1967

She was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1967 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.

1971

A memorial service was held for her at St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 18th December 1971.