Lillian Kemble-Cooper

English-American actress

Guy Bates Post

(m. 1936; died 1968)

RelativesViolet Kemble-Cooper (sister)
H. Cooper Cliffe (uncle)

Alice May Ellie Mary Taunton (mother)

Frank Clifford Cooper (father)

Lillian Kemble-Cooper (21 March 1892 – 4 May 1977) was an English-American actress who had a successful career on Broadway and in Hollywood film.

Biography

Early life

Lillian Kemble-Cooper was a member of the Kemble family from England. She was born as a daughter of stage actor Frank Kemble-Cooper. Her younger brother Anthony Kemble-Cooper (1904–2000) and her elder sister Violet Kemble-Cooper also worked as actors.

Career

Kemble-Cooper first stage appearance was as a member of the chorus in a September, 1914, production of The Chocolate Soldier at the Lyric Theatre, London.^[1] She soon moved to the United States, where she appeared in several Broadway productions. In 1919, she appeared in the original Hitchy-Koo. Later in her career, she became a film actress and appeared in about 20 films, mostly in minor supporting roles. In Hollywood, Kemble-Cooper portrayed mostly aristocrats, spinsters and servants. She is perhaps best-remembered for her short appearance as Bonnie Blue Butler's nurse in London in Gone with the Wind.

Personal life and death

In 1923 Kemble-Cooper married former World War I pilot and writer Louis G. Bernheimer, who died in 1930.^[2] Her second husband was actor Guy Bates Post, and this marriage lasted for over 30 years until his death in 1968.

Kemble died on 4 May 1977 in Los Angeles. She was buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.^[3]

Selected filmography

I Like Your Nerve (1931) - Condesa Vecchio (uncredited)
Personal Maid's Secret (1935) - Mrs. Palmer (uncredited)
Three Live Ghosts (1936) - Lady Brockton
The White Angel (1936) - Parthenope 'Parthe' Nightingale
A Woman Rebels (1936) - Lady Rinlake (uncredited)
Ready, Willing, and Able (1937) - Mrs. Buffington (Credits) / Bloomington (in Film)
We Are Not Alone (1939) - Mrs. Stacey (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind (1939) - Bonnie's Nurse in London
Lady with Red Hair (1940) - London Party Guest (uncredited)
Rage in Heaven (1941) - Nurse (uncredited)
A Woman's Face (1941) - Nurse (uncredited)
So Big (1953) - Miss Fister
Moonfleet (1955) - Mary Hicks (uncredited)
The King's Thief (1955) - Mrs. Fell
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 1 Episode 23: "Back for Christmas") as Mrs. Sinclair
Gaby (1956) - Mrs. Edward (uncredited)
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) - British Nurse (uncredited)
My Fair Lady (1964) - Lady Ambassador (uncredited)

References

^ Parker, John, ed. (1936). Who's Who In The Theatre (8th ed.). p. 451.
^ "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University" (PDF). Bulletin of Yale University (89): 211–212. 1930.
^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-7864-0983-9.