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Jackie Cooper. Actor: Superman. Jackie Cooper was born John Cooper in Los Angeles, California, to Mabel Leonard, an Italian-American stage pianist, and John Cooper. Through his mother, he was the nephew of actress Julie Leonard, screenwriter Jack Leonard, and (by marriage) director Norman Taurog. Jackie served with the Navy in the South Pacific ...
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4. John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor and director. Known as Jackie Cooper, he began his career performing in film as a child, and successfully transitioned to adult roles and directing in both film and television. At age nine, he became the only child and youngest person nominated for the Academy Award ...
Treasure Island: Directed by Victor Fleming. With Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger. Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.
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May 5, 2011 · Former child star Jackie Cooper died Tuesday at 88 in Santa Monica. His career spanned decades, and saw him working as an actor, director and TV executive. 1. He was one of the top child stars of ...
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May 4, 2011 · May 4, 2011. Jackie Cooper, the pug-nosed kid who became America’s Boy in tear-jerker films of the Great Depression, then survived Hollywood’s notorious graveyard of child stardom and ...
May 5, 2011 · Former US child star Jackie Cooper, who went on to work as a TV producer, film director and feature in four Superman movies, has died at the age of 88. Cooper died in Santa Monica, California, on ...
