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 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
NPG x131516
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
NPG x131517
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910
NPG x131518
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1910
NPG x18900
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1910
NPG x18901
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1910
NPG x18902
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x81004
by Bassano
half-plate negative, 1910
NPG x81005
by Claude Harris
bromide print, 1910s-1920s
NPG x9075
probably by Bassano, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured matte bromide postcard print, 1910
NPG Ax160300
probably by Bassano, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured matte bromide postcard print, 1910
NPG Ax160302
by Sarony & Co
hand-coloured matte bromide postcard print, 1910
NPG Ax160301
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 4 October 1912
NPG x18791
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 4 October 1912
NPG x18792
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 4 October 1912
NPG x18793
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 4 October 1912
NPG x18794
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 4 October 1912
NPG x18795
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1912
NPG x18912
by Bassano
vintage postcard print, (12 July 1912)
NPG x27515
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Actors and actresses
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