Gladys Cooper

Dame Gladys Constance Cooper 18 December 1888 17 November 1971 was an English actress theatrical manager and producer whose career spanned seven decades on stage in films and on television Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime she starred in dramatic roles and silent films before the First World War She managed the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1934 where she starred in many roles From the early 1920s Cooper won praise in plays by W Somerset Maugham and others In the 1930s she starred steadily in productions both in Londons West End and on Broadway Moving to Hollywood in 1940 Cooper found success in a variety of character roles She received three Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for performances in The Song of Bernadette 1943 My Fair Lady 1964 and most famously Now Voyager 1942 Throughout the 1950s and 1960s she worked both on stage and on screen continuing to star on stage until her last year Description above from the Wikipedia article Gladys Cooper licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia