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Gladys Cooper

1888 - 1971

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gladys Cooper is the 3,877th most popular actor (down from 3,802nd in 2019), the 3,365th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,054th in 2019) and the 466th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Gladys Cooper ranks 3,877 out of 13,578. Before her are Tsuru Aoki, Margarita Xirgu, Rance Howard, Ratna Pathak, Ed Wynn, and Alfred Abel. After her are Tarık Akan, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Lily Pons, Taheyya Kariokka, Genevieve Cortese, and Michael Paré.

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Among people born in 1888, Gladys Cooper ranks 166. Before her are Elisabeth Schumann, Rachel Cohen-Kagan, Carlo Agostini, Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Alexander Chayanov, and Margarita Xirgu. After her are Osip Brik, Gustaf Molander, Marietta Shaginyan, Franciszek Kleeberg, Paul Bernays, and Edith Evans. Among people deceased in 1971, Gladys Cooper ranks 154. Before her are Harald Öhquist, Romeu Pellicciari, Ciro Verratti, Sofia Yablonska, Rodolfo Terlizzi, and Friedebert Tuglas. After her are Hiratsuka Raichō, Rockwell Kent, Mary Browne, Philippe Hériat, Martha Vickers, and Kim Iryeop.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gladys Cooper ranks 3,366 out of 8,785. Before her are George Bass (1771), Maud Watson (1864), Jock Stein (1922), Raphael Holinshed (1529), Ian Paisley (1926), and Mary Ann Cotton (1832). After her are George Graham (1673), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Martin Barre (1946), George Eastham (1936), Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659), and Michael Ball (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Gladys Cooper ranks 466. Before her are Warren Clarke (1947), Jeremy Bulloch (1945), Natalie Dormer (1982), Benedict Wong (1971), Joseph Quinn (1994), and James Norton (1985). After her are Michael Ball (1962), Warwick Davis (1970), Michael Gothard (1939), Jimmy Gardner (1924), Edith Evans (1888), and Alan Young (1919).

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