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Gary Cooper was not present at the awards ceremony. John Wayne accepted on his behalf. 1944 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. For Whom the Bell Tolls. 1943 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. The Pride of the Yankees. 1942 Winner Oscar.
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Gary Cooper. Actor: High Noon. Born to Alice Cooper and...
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Gary Cooper. Actor: High Noon. Born to Alice Cooper and...
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Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as an Academy Honorary Award in 1961 for his career achievements.
May 6, 2014 · It is hard to pick a favorite Gary Cooper movie, but I am not sure anything tops High Noon (1952). We liked Cooper as a hero. At the 25th Academy Awards in 1953, Cooper was filming another movie in Mexico and was ill. So, John Wayne accepted the award for him. Below, actress Janet Gaynor announces Cooper’s win, and Wayne accepts the statue.
Gary Cooper winning the Oscar® for Best Actor for his performance in "High Noon" at the 25th Academy Awards® in 1953. Presented by Janet Gaynor and accepted ...
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Born on May 7, 1901, in Helena, Montana, to English parents, actor Gary Cooper studied in England before eventually moving to Los Angeles. He worked as a film extra for a while. He starred in silent movies across from the major female stars of the day, including Clara Bow and Helen Hayes. However, his standout role was in the film Sergeant York, in...
Actor Gary Cooper was born on May 7, 1901, in Helena, Montana. Spanning from the silent film era to the early 1960s, Academy Award-winning actor Gary Cooper built much of his career by playing strong, manly, distinctly American roles. The son of English parents who had settled in Montana, he was educated in England for a time. He also studied at Gr...
After his appearance in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926), a western, Cooper's career began to take off. He starred opposite silent movie star Clara Bow in Children of Divorce (1927). Cooper also earned praise as the ranch foreman in The Virginian(1929), one of his early films with sound. Throughout the 1930s, he turned in a number of strong perf...
Cooper continued to excel on the big screen, tackling several real-life dramas. In Sergeant York (1941), he played a World War I hero and sharpshooter, which was based on the life story of Alvin York. Cooper earned a Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of York. The next year, Cooper played one of baseball's greats, Lou Gehrig, in The Pride o...
In addition to his excellent on-screen performances, Cooper became known for his alleged romances with several of his leading ladies, including Clara Bow and Patricia Neal. The affair with Neal, his co-star in 1949's The Fountainhead, reportedly occurred during his marriage to socialite Veronica Balfe with whom he had a daughter. Their marriage see...
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