Personal Info
Dame Gladys Cooper
Gladys Cooper
Acting
Biography
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE (18 December 1888 – 17 November 1971) was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.
Beginning on the stage as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, she was starring in dramatic roles and silent films by World War I. She also became a manager of the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1933, where she played many roles. Beginning in the early 1920s, Cooper was winning praise in plays by W. Somerset Maugham and others. In the 1930s, she was starring steadily both in the West End and on Broadway. Moving…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Switch
as Grand Duchess Ozerov
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
as Mrs. Ternan
A Nice Girl Like Me
as Aunt Mary
The Happiest Millionaire
as Aunt Mary Drexel
My Fair Lady
as Mrs. Higgins
The List of Adrian Messenger
as Mrs. Karoudjian
Pygmalion
as Mrs. Higgins
Separate Tables
as Mrs. Railton-Bell
The Mystery of Thirteen
as Mrs. Palmer
Circle of the Day
as Mrs. Millet
TV Shows
The Persuaders!
as Grand Duchess Ozerov · 1 ep.
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
Callan
1 ep.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Mama Rosha · 1 ep.
The Rogues
as Margaret St. Clair · 30 ep.
Burke's Law
as Harriet Richards · 1 ep.
The Outer Limits
as Mrs. Palmer · 1 ep.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Laura · 1 ep.
Going My Way
1 ep.
Ben Casey
1 ep.