The What a Character! blogathon hosted by Aurora of Once Upon a Screen, Kellee of Outspoken and Freckled and Paula of Paula’s Cinema Club ran from November 9 to 11, and my tribute to Gladys Cooper is up at my other (primary) blog, The Lady Eve’s Reel Life. This post is a pictorial tribute to her.
Best known for her performance as Bette Davis’s monstrous mother in Now, Voyager, Cooper enjoyed a long, varied career in the public eye – as an actress she was honored with Oscar, Emmy and Tony nominations. But in her earliest days she was admired for her beauty (her intelligence and incipient talents were yet to be recognized)…
the most beautiful woman in England…
Gladys Cooper, picture postcard model
another picture postcard pose
on stage
with her daughter Joan
a still striking woman
ageless beauty
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