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Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as an Academy Honorary Award in 1961 for his career achievements.
Janis and his wife, Maria Cooper, daughter of screen actor Gary Cooper, wrote his autobiography Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal, which was released in 2010. [3] Sony also released an eleven-CD set in 2011 which reissued the LPs he made for RCA and Mercury Records during the 1950s and 1960s. [3]
He researched his role by attending West's Quaker meeting, East Whittier Friends Church. Cooper had not wanted to play the father of grown-up children, although he was 55 in real life. He supposedly disliked the finished film and his own performance. Dorothy McGuire was cast as Cooper's wife after Wyler's choice, Katharine Hepburn, declined. [9]
Veronica Cooper (née Balfe; May 27, 1913 – February 16, 2000) was an American debutante and actress who appeared in The Gay Nighties and other films under the name Sandra Shaw. [1] She was the wife of the actor Gary Cooper and mother of painter Maria Cooper Janis.
Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen.She is well known for, among other roles, playing World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), radio journalist Marcia Jeffries in A Face in the Crowd (1957), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and the worn-out ...
The actor and his older sister, Holly Cooper, are the two kids of his parents, Gloria Campano and Charles Cooper. He remained close to his family upon launching into stardom and even lived with ...
Gary Cooper's experience in the major leagues wasn't very long — 42 days in 1980, to be exact. He played only 21 games for the Atlanta Braves and recorded just two plate appearances. Most of his ...
Leslie was born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel, the youngest child in her family. Her father was a bank clerk. [1]Joan's two older sisters, Betty and Mary Brodel, shared their mother's musical interest and started to learn how to play instruments, such as the saxophone and the banjo, at an early age.