Cooper, Violet Kemble (1886–1961)

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Cooper, Violet Kemble (1886–1961)

English-born stage and screen actress. Name variations: Violet Kemble-Cooper. Born Dec 12, 1886, in London, England; died Aug 17, 1961, in Los Angeles, California; dau. of Frank Kemble Cooper (actor) and Alice May (Taunton); granddau. of T. Clifford Cooper and Agnes Kemble; sister of Anthony Kemble Cooper (actor), Lillian Kemble Cooper (actress) and Greta Kemble Cooper (actress); m. Walter Ferris (screenwriter).

Made stage debut in England as Kitty Verdun at Kennington Theater in Charley's Aunt (1902); made Broadway debut as Kate Stirling in The Indiscretion of Truth (1912); other stage appearances include Peg o' My Heart, The Wooing of Eve, Dear Brutus, Clair de Lune, School for Scandal, The Apple Cart, Lysistrata and Mackerel Skies; films include Our Betters, David Copperfield, The Fountain, Romeo and Juliet and The Invisible Ray; stricken with Parkinson's and forced to retire (1943).

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