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 Charles Buchel (Karl August Büchel)
oil on canvas, 1920s?
NPG 5564
by Curtis Moffat
chlorobromide print, circa 1924
NPG P430
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, late 1900s
NPG x126415
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x127666
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127667
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127668
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127669
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127670
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127671
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127672
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127673
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127674
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127675
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127676
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127677
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127678
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127679
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127680
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Oxfordshire
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