Wilma Jeanne Cooper was an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.
23 Facts About Jeanne Cooper
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Jeanne Cooper was the mother of three children, the eldest being actor Corbin Bernsen.
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Jeanne Cooper was born in Taft, California, the youngest of three children of Albert Troy Cooper and his wife, the former Sildeth Evelyn Moore.
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Jeanne Cooper's mother died on August 21,1944, the year before Jeanne graduated from Taft Union High School, Jeanne Cooper's father lived for several more decades, dying on April 11,1986.
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Jeanne Cooper began her acting career in the 1950s, performing initially as a supporting player in films with stars like Maureen O'Hara, Glenn Ford, Tony Curtis, and Henry Fonda.
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Jeanne Cooper later appeared in small roles in The Man from the Alamo, Over-Exposed, 5 Steps to Danger, Rock All Night, House of Women, 13 West Street, The Intruder, Black Zoo, The Glory Guys, Tony Rome, The Boston Strangler and Kansas City Bomber.
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Jeanne Cooper was a fixture on episodic television throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
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Jeanne Cooper appeared in the Wagon Train episode titled "The Whipping" and as Marie Conover in the 1957 Cheyenne episode titled "Top Hand" starring Clint Walker.
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Jeanne Cooper played Ann Dix in the 1955 episode "I Am Joaquin" of the syndicated western anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews.
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In 1962, Jeanne Cooper earned her first Emmy nomination for her performance in Ben Casey.
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Jeanne Cooper appeared as a regular on NBC's Bracken's World series about the movie business.
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Jeanne Cooper appeared in episodes of The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-O, Mannix, Ironside, Storefront Lawyers, The Silent Force, Touched by an Angel, Gunsmoke, The Untouchables, among numerous other series.
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Jeanne Cooper's husband was portrayed in the episode by John Anderson, who years later became known as MacGyver's grandfather, Harry Jackson.
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Jeanne Cooper is best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.
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Jeanne Cooper's character broke ground in the daytime medium; Katherine endured several bouts with alcoholism, ischemic stroke, and the loss of many men in her life.
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Jeanne Cooper received ten Daytime Emmy nominations, nine for Outstanding Lead Actress and one for Outstanding Supporting Actress, and two Primetime Emmy nominations.
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Jeanne Cooper received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmys in 2004.
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Jeanne Cooper won the 2008 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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Jeanne Cooper had to take a medical leave in October 2011 and her part on the soap was temporarily recast with veteran actress Michael Learned.
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However, the next month, Jeanne Cooper confirmed she was returning to the set.
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Jeanne Cooper returned as part of the show on December 23,2011.
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Jeanne Cooper taped her last scene on the show in March 2013 on the same day as the Young and the Restless 40th anniversary and this scene aired on May 3,2013, five days before her death.
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Jeanne Cooper died on May 8,2013, in a Los Angeles hospital.