Gary Cooper facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Gary Cooper
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![]() Cooper in November 1952
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Born |
Frank James Cooper
May 7, 1901 |
Died | May 13, 1961 Los Angeles, California, United States
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(aged 60)
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 who spent his career for thirty six years. 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
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Cooper and Jean Arthur in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936
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Cooper and Claudette Colbert in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, 1938
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Edward Arnold, Barbara Stanwyck, Cooper, and Walter Brennan in Meet John Doe, 1941
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Joan Fontaine and Cooper at the Academy Awards, 1942
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Ingrid Bergman and Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1943
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Cooper and Loretta Young in Along Came Jones, 1945
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Cooper and Ingrid Bergman in Saratoga Trunk, 1945
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Cooper and Dorothy McGuire in Friendly Persuasion, 1956
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Cooper and Audrey Hepburn in Love in the Afternoon, 1957
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Patricia Neal and Cooper in The Fountainhead, 1949
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Ernest Hemingway, Bobbi Powell, and Cooper at Silver Creek, Idaho, 1959