Edna Mae Cooper

American silent film actress

Edna Mae Cooper

Born	(1900-07-19)July 19, 1900 Baltimore, Maryland, US
Died	June 27, 1986(1986-06-27) (aged 85) Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation	Silent film actress
Spouse	Karl Brown

Edna Mae Cooper (July 19, 1900 – June 27, 1986) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 79 films between 1911 and 1927.

Early life

On July 19, 1900, Cooper was born in Baltimore, Maryland.^[1]

Career

Cooper is known for her performances in Men, Women, and Money (1919), Grounds for Divorce (1925), and The Ten Commandments (1956).

Bobbi Trout asked starlet Edna Mae Cooper if she wanted to go with her to attempt another endurance run. They first attempted the flight on January 1, 1931 but due to technical problems they had to abort the flight. At their next attempt, they were successful in flying straight for 122 hours and 50 minutes, only to end the run on January 9, 1931 due to the spitting off fuel. This was another record broken by Trout, and was later recognized by King Carol II of Romania, who representative gave her the Royal Decree and the aviation cross for pilots who made record flights, a distinction only given to two other pilots - Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh.^[2]

Filmography

1918: Rimrock Jones - Hazel Hardesty
1918: The Whispering Chorus - Good Face^[3]
1918: Old Wives for New - Bertha^[3]
1918: Sauce for the Goose - Mrs. Edith Darch^[3]
1919: You Never Saw Such a Girl - Mrs. McKenzie
1919: Putting It Over
1919: Men, Women, and Money - Miss Cote
1919: The Third Kiss - Gwendolin Finn
1919: Male and Female - Fisher^[3]
1919: Peg o' My Heart
1920: Why Change Your Wife? - Gordon's Maid
1924: The Folly of Vanity - Russian Vamp (modern sequence)
1925: Beauty and the Bad Man - Mayme
1925: Grounds for Divorce - Marie
1925: Sally, Irene and Mary - Maggie
1926: Scotty of the Scouts - Effie Middleton
1927: The King of Kings - (uncredited)
1928: The Swim Princess (Short) - Swimming Coach
1928: The Blue Danube
1928: Speedy - Minor Role (uncredited)
1928: Say It with Sables - Maid
1928: Code of the Air
1928: The Apache - Minor Role (uncredited)
1928: George Washington Cohen
1929: Foolish Husbands (Short) - Committee Woman
1929: Don't Get Jealous (Short) - Mrs. Blake
1956: The Ten Commandments - Woman of the Court (final film role)

Personal life

Copper's husband was Karl Brown, a cinematographer, screenwriter, and director. On June 27, 1986, Cooper died at age 85 in Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S..^[4]^[1]

Cooper is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California.

References

^ ^a ^b "Cooper, Edna Mae (1900–1986)". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ Warren K. Deem [1] Archived October 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Evelyn Trout Biography, 1999. Accessed online 8 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Edna Mae Cooper". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ "Karl Brown, 93, Hollywood Pioneer In Cinematography". The New York Times. March 30, 1990. Retrieved June 10, 2020.