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Jeanne Cooper Profile
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| (Wilma Jeanne Cooper) |
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| 25 October 28 | is born in Taft, California |
| ? | attends schools in Taft, Bakersfield, and Panama, all in California |
| ? | graduates from Bakersfield High |
| ? | attends the College of the Pacific |
| ? | enrols at Pasadena Playhouse and majors in theatre arts and history of the theatre |
| ? | returns to Stockton and becomes active in the Civic Light Opera Company |
| ? | is discovered by a Hollywood stage director who offers her a part in Our Town |
| ? | is put under contract by Universal-International. Sophie Rosenstein takes her under her wing. |
| June 52 | is one of the six starlets Universal-International takes to Alaska for the seven premieres of The World in His Arms |
| July 52 | poses at Ladd Air Force base, Fairbanks, Alaska, to promote The World in His Arms |
| ? | gives up her contract with Universal-International to freelance in television |
| 54 | marries former Marine Harry Bernsen, Jr. He’s about 29; she’s about 25. Bernsen will become a producer and TV executive. |
| November 56 | has made over 60 TV films |
| 7 September 54 | her son Corbin Dean is born in Los Angeles. He will become an actor. |
| 30 March 58 | her son Collin D. is born in Los Angeles. He will become an actor. |
| October 58 | is on stage at the Sawdust Playhouse in North Hollywood in Plain and Fancy |
| April 59 | is heralded one of the most popular actresses on TV |
| Early 60 | gets her release from the 20th Century-Fox series “Mr. Belvedere,” which “means there’s little chance of selling the show, and 20th has a bundle tied up in the ‘pilot’ film…” |
| 17 August 60 | her daughter, Caren, is born in Los Angeles |
| June 70 | she and her husband reside in a one-story Spanish home with a 4-car garage in Beverly Hills |
| 77 | she and Bernsen separate after 23 years of marriage |
| April 77 | files for divorce from Bernsen in Los Angeles |
| July 84 | while vacationing in Maui, Hawaii, she is hospitalized briefly after accidentally drinking coffee containing a cleaning solution |
| 19 July 84 | divorces Bernsen in Los Angeles |
| 88 | is nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Leading Actress and again in 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1999 |
| 20 August 93 | is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| March 93 | has her facelift incorporated in her part in “The Young and Restless” |
| 00 | lives with her two grandsons, Weston and Harrison, in Los Angeles |
| June 08 | Bernsen dies at age 82 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Los Angeles |
| 18 May 13 | dies at age 84 in Los Angeles |
| Sources: The Bakersfield Californian, Oakland Tribune, The Albuquerque Tribune, Wisconsin State Journal, The Progress-Index, New Castle News, San Antonio Light, The Spring Herald, Show Time, The Gettysburg Times, The Valley Independent, Altoona Mirror, The Hutchinson News, www.CBS.com, www.Ancestry.com | |
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