Edna Mae Cooper
Biography
Edna Mae Cooper was an American silent film actress who appeared in dozens of films from 1911 to 1929. She was born in Baltimore and grew up in Long Beach, California. Cecil B. DeMille discovered her at the Famous Players-Lasky casting office; he gave her the nickname The Girl With The Tragic Eyes and cast her in his 1917 film The Woman God Forgot. She later took roles in his biblical epics, including The King of Kings (1927) and The Ten Commandments (1923). Her other credits included Grounds for Divorce (1925) and Men, Women, and Money (1919). In his 1956 remake of The Ten Commandments, she played a woman in the pharaoh's court, one of two versions in which she and Julia Faye both appeared. Cooper also earned a pilot's license in 1930 and, with Bobbi Trout, set a world refueling endurance record in 1931.
85years old at death
- Born Baltimore
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 9 years1919 to 1928
Every film, newest first
- 1928SpeedyIMDb rating 7.6
- 1920Why Change Your Wife?IMDb rating 6.7
- 1919Male and FemaleIMDb rating 7.0
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In 1931, Cooper and Bobbi Trout made a flight over the Los Angeles airport and set the world's refueling endurance record. Their successful attempt lasted 122 hours and 50 minutes, even though conditions were windy and rainy.
A first
In 1931, Trout and Cooper set a record that won them decorations from several governments. That record was still standing in 1949.
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Cecil B. DeMille directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Julia Faye's page
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Thomas Meighan's page
Mayme Kelso's page
All films by Cecil B. DeMille
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