Dame Gladys Cooper
(1888-1971), ActressSitter in 174 portraits
A great British figure of twentieth-century theatre, Cooper started her career as a chorus girl in The Girls of Gottenberg (1907) with George Edwardes's company at the Gaiety theatre in London, returning the following year as a 'travelling newspaper beauty' in Havana. She was the most popular picture-postcard beauty of the First World War. In 1916, she began to act at the Playhouse, later becoming its manager - one of few women before the Second World War to manage a West End theatre. In 1940, a small role in Hitchcock's Rebecca led to a thirty-year Hollywood career. Notable film successes include Now, Voyager (1942), The Song of Bernadette (1943) and My Fair Lady (1964). She was created a Dame in 1967.
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 4 October 1912
NPG x18794
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 4 October 1912
NPG x18795
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1912
NPG x18912
by Bassano Ltd
postcard print, (12 July 1912)
NPG x27515
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned bromide print on card mount, circa 1912
NPG x68976
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 12 July 1912
NPG x193698
by Bassano Ltd
bromide postcard print, 12 July 1912
NPG x193699
by Bassano Ltd
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 12 July 1912
NPG x193700
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 12 July 1912
NPG x193702
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 12 July 1912
NPG x193704
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 12 July 1912
NPG x193705
John E. Vedrenne; Dame Gladys Cooper; Dennis Eadie
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1912
NPG x201022
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 12 July 1912
NPG x83032
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 12 July 1912
NPG x83033
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102102
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102100
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102099
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102098
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102097
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102096
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102095
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102094
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102093
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102092
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102101
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1912
NPG x102103
by Bassano Ltd
vintage bromide print on grey card and photographer's mount, 1913
NPG x127505
Phyllis Neilson-Terry; Madge Kendal; Dame Gladys Cooper
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 17 December 1913
NPG x1141
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x18913
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x18914
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured matte bromide postcard print, mid 1910s
NPG Ax160303
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured matte bromide postcard print, mid 1910s
NPG Ax160304
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured matte bromide postcard print, mid 1910s
NPG Ax160305
by Bassano Ltd
hand-coloured postcard print, 1913
NPG x193696
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1913
NPG x83034
by Foulsham & Banfield
gelatin silver print, 1914
NPG x196095
Dame Gladys Cooper; Joan Morley (née Buckmaster)
by Foulsham & Banfield
gelatin silver print, late 1910s
NPG x194463
John Rodney Buckmaster; Dame Gladys Cooper; Joan Morley (née Buckmaster)
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, circa 1919
NPG x200166
by James Abbe
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1920s
NPG x38393
Dame Gladys Cooper; Joan Morley (née Buckmaster); John Rodney Buckmaster
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned bromide print, 1920s
NPG x68975
Dame Gladys Cooper in 'The Betrothal'
by H. Haweis
bromide print, 1921
NPG Ax24993
Dame Gladys Cooper in 'The Betrothal'
by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1921
NPG Ax24996
Dame Gladys Cooper as Peter Pan
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 1923
NPG x38392
Joan Morley (née Buckmaster); Dame Gladys Cooper
by Marcus Adams
gelatin silver print on cream card mount, 1924
NPG x201314
John Rodney Buckmaster; Dame Gladys Cooper
by Marcus Adams
gelatin silver print, 1924
NPG x201315
Dame Gladys Cooper as Peter Pan
by Curtis Moffat
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 21 January 1925
NPG x137567
by Janet Jevons
bromide postcard print, late 1920s
NPG x198096
by Bertram Park
gelatin silver print, October 1927
NPG x199897
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide postcard print, 1930s
NPG x6375
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide postcard print, 1930s
NPG x6376
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 1933
NPG x13698
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1933
NPG x32379
Daniel Massey's Christening party
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
chlorobromide print, 28 November 1933
NPG x137630
Daniel Massey's Christening party
by London News Agency
bromide print, 1933
NPG x137631
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1933
NPG x200885
Related People
- John Rodney Buckmaster (son)
- Philip Merivale (husband)
- Joan Morley (née Buckmaster) (daughter)
- Sheridan Morley (grandson)
- Sir Neville Arthur Pearson, 2nd Bt (husband)
- Sally Pearson (née Cooper) (daughter)
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