Gladys Cooper

Dame Gladys Constance Cooper (18 Desember 1888 – 17 November 1971) adalah seorang aktris, manajer teater, dan produser Inggris, yang karirnya berlangsung selama tujuh dekade di panggung, film, dan televisi. Dimulai saat remaja dalam komedi musikal dan pantomim Edwardian, ia membintangi peran dramatis dan film bisu sebelum Perang Dunia Pertama. Dia mengelola Playhouse Theatre dari tahun 1917 hingga 1934, di mana dia membintangi banyak peran. Sejak awal 1920-an Cooper mendapat pujian dalam drama karya W. Somerset Maugham dan lainnya. Pada tahun 1930-an dia terus membintangi produksi di West End London dan di Broadway. Pindah ke Hollywood pada tahun 1940, Cooper menemukan kesuksesan dalam berbagai peran karakter. Dia menerima tiga nominasi Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik, untuk penampilannya dalam The Song of Bernadette (1943), My Fair Lady (1964) dan, yang paling terkenal, Now, Voyager (1942). Sepanjang tahun 1950-an dan 1960-an dia bekerja baik di panggung maupun di layar, terus membintangi panggung hingga tahun terakhirnya. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Gladys Cooper, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.​

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 London's 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​