Lillian Kemble-Cooper

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Lillian Kemble-Cooper
Hamilton King - Portrait of Lillian Kemble Cooper.jpg
1919 portrait of Kemble-Cooper
Born(1892-03-21)21 March 1892
London, England
Died4 May 1977(1977-05-04) (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
Years active1906–1964
Spouse(s)Louis Bernheimer
(m. 19??; div. 19??)
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(m. 1936; died 1968)​
RelativesViolet Kemble-Cooper (sister)
H. Cooper Cliffe (uncle)

Lillian Kemble-Cooper (March 21, 1892 – May 4, 1977) was an English-American actress who had a successful career on Broadway and in Hollywood film.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Lillian Kemble-Cooper was a member of the Kemble family, a family of English actors, who reigned over the British stage for decades. She was born as a daughter of stage actor Frank Kemble-Cooper. Her younger brother Anthony Kemble-Cooper (1904–2000) and her elder sister Violet Kemble-Cooper also worked as actors.

Career[]

Kemble-Cooper first stage appearance was as a member of the chorus in a September, 1914, production of The Chocolate Soldier at the Lyric Theatre, London.[1] She soon after went to the United States, where she appeared in several Broadway productions. In 1919 she appeared in the original Hitchy-Koo. Later in her career she became a film actress and appeared in about 20 films, mostly in minor supporting roles. In Hollywood, Kemble-Cooper portrayed mostly aristocrats, spinsters and servants. She is perhaps best-remembered for her short appearance as Bonnie Blue Butler's nurse in London in Gone with the Wind, the only non-American character in the film.

Personal life and death[]

In 1923 Kemble-Cooper married former World War I pilot and writer, Louis G. Bernheimer, who died in 1930.[2] Her second husband was actor Guy Bates Post; the marriage lasted for over thirty years until his death in 1968.

Kemble died on May 4, 1977 in Los Angeles. She was buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[3]

Selected filmography[]

References[]

  1. ^ Parker, John, ed. (1936). Who's Who In The Theatre (8th ed.). p. 451.
  2. ^ "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University" (PDF). Bulletin of Yale University (89): 211–212. 1930.
  3. ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-7864-0983-9.

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