Dame Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), Actress
Sitter associated with 151 portraits
Actress. One of the great figures of 20th Century theatre, Cooper started as a chorus girl at the Gaiety Theatre in The Girls of Gottenberg (1907), and returned the following year as a 'travelling newspaper beauty' in Havana. Of all the picture-postcard beauties of the First World War, she was the most popular. She was created a Dame in 1967. In 1971 she wrote, 'Who cares how old I am? Who cares how long ago it was since I first played Peter Pan? ... this is the performance that matters. This is the challenge...just before the curtain rises is still a good time. The air is promise crammed'.
by Bassano
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
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by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
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