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Dame Gladys Cooper

(1888-1971), Actress

Sitter 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.

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Dame Gladys Cooper, by Charles Buchel (Karl August Büchel) - NPG 5564

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Charles Buchel (Karl August Büchel)
oil on canvas, 1920s?
NPG 5564

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bertram Park - NPG P331

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bertram Park
chlorobromide print, 1922
NPG P331

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Angus McBean - NPG P916

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Angus McBean
bromide print, 1938
NPG P916

Dame Gladys Cooper as Eva in 'The Girls of Gottenberg', by Bassano Ltd, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x193697

Dame Gladys Cooper as Eva in 'The Girls of Gottenberg'

by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured postcard print, 1907
NPG x193697

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Foulsham & Banfield, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x126415

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, late 1900s
NPG x126415

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127666

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x127666

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127669

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x127669

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127670

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x127670

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127672

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x127672

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127673

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x127673

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Rita Martin, published by  J. Beagles & Co - NPG x131496

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1909
NPG x131496

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Rita Martin, published by  J. Beagles & Co - NPG x131497

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1909
NPG x131497

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Rita Martin, published by  J. Beagles & Co - NPG x131498

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1909
NPG x131498

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127667

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127667

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127668

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127668

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127671

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127671

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127674

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127674

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127675

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127675

Dame Gladys Cooper, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127676

Dame Gladys Cooper

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1910
NPG x127676

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