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Gary Cooper
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Cooper in November 1952
Born
Frank James Cooper

May 7, 1901
Helena, Montana, United States
Cause of death Prostate cancer
Nationality American
Occupation Actor
Height 6' 3"
Spouse(s) Veronica Balfe, stage name Sandra Shaw
(m. 1933 - 1961, his death)
Children Daughter
Parent(s) Charles Cooper
Alice (née Brazier)

Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American movie actor. His career went from the 1925 until 1961, during which he made one hundred movies. Cooper received five Oscar nominations for Best Actor, and won it two times, in 1941 and 1952. He also received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1961.

In 1999, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 11.

Images for kids

  • Photo of Gary Cooper dressed as a cowboy at the age of two

    Cooper dressed as a cowboy, 1903

  • Photo of Gary Cooper and classmates at Grinnell College, 1922

    Cooper at Grinnell College (top row, second from the left), 1922

  • Photo of Gary Cooper wearing a cowboy hat

    Cooper in The Winning of Barbara Worth, 1926

  • Film still of Gary Cooper and Mary Brian

    Cooper and Mary Brian in The Virginian, 1929

  • Film still of Lili Damita and Gary Cooper

    Cooper and Lili Damita in Fighting Caravans, 1931

  • Film still of Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes

    Cooper and Helen Hayes in A Farewell to Arms, 1932

  • Photo of Gary Cooper and Anna Sten embracing

    Cooper and Anna Sten in The Wedding Night, 1935

  • Screen capture of Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur

    Cooper and Jean Arthur in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936

  • Screen capture of Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur

    Cooper and Jean Arthur in The Plainsman, 1936

  • Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert

    Cooper and Claudette Colbert in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, 1938

  • Film still of Edward Arnold, Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, and Walter Brennan

    Edward Arnold, Barbara Stanwyck, Cooper, and Walter Brennan in Meet John Doe, 1941

  • Photo of Joan Fontaine and Gary Cooper at the Academy Awards holding their Oscars

    Joan Fontaine and Cooper at the Academy Awards, 1942

  • Screen capture of Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper

    Barbara Stanwyck showing Cooper the meaning of "yum-yum" in Ball of Fire, 1941

  • Screen capture of Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper

    Ingrid Bergman and Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1943

  • Photo of Gary Cooper signing an autograph

    Cooper signing an autograph for a servicewoman in Brisbane during his tour of the South West Pacific, November 1943

  • Screen capture of Gary Cooper and Loretta Young

    Cooper and Loretta Young in Along Came Jones, 1945

  • Film still of Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper

    Ingrid Bergman and Cooper in Saratoga Trunk, 1945

  • Screen capture of Gary Cooper sitting down

    Cooper in The Fountainhead, 1949

  • Screen capture of Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly

    Cooper and Grace Kelly in High Noon, 1952

  • Screen capture of Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire

    Cooper and Dorothy McGuire in Friendly Persuasion, 1956

  • Screen capture of Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn lying on the floor

    Cooper and Audrey Hepburn in Love in the Afternoon, 1957

  • Screen capture of Gary Cooper

    Cooper in Man of the West, 1958

  • Photo of Veronica Balfe and Gary Cooper

    Veronica Balfe and Cooper, November 1933

  • Screen capture of Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper

    Patricia Neal and Cooper in The Fountainhead, 1949

  • Photo of Ernest Hemingway, Bobbi Powell, and Gary Cooper during a hunting trip

    Ernest Hemingway, Bobbi Powell, and Gary Cooper at Silver Creek, Idaho, 1959

  • Photo of Gary Cooper's grave

    Cooper's grave in Sacred Hearts Cemetery in Southampton, New York

  • Photo of Gary Cooper's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

    Cooper's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame


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