Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper

Known for

Acting

Born

November 6, 1891

Birthplace

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Died

April 12, 1976 (aged 84)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Miriam Cooper (November 7, 1891 – April 12, 1976) was a silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including Birth of a Nation and Intolerance for D.W. Griffith and The Honor System and Evangeline for her husband Raoul Walsh. She retired from acting in 1923 but was rediscovered by the film community in the 1960s, and toured colleges lecturing about silent films.

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Best known work

The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

1915

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

Home, Sweet Home

Home, Sweet Home

1914

The Mother and the Law

The Mother and the Law

1919

The Confederate Ironclad

The Confederate Ironclad

1912

The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'

The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'

1993

Kindred of the Dust

Kindred of the Dust

1922

Is Money Everything?

Is Money Everything?

1923

Shenandoah

Shenandoah

1913

A Railroad Wooing

A Railroad Wooing

1913

Filmography

2019
I Am Not a Racist
as Margaret (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
as Self (Archive footage)
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1924
After the Ball
as Lorraine Trevelyan
1923
The Broken Wing
as Inez Villera
1923
Daughters of the Rich
as Maud Barhyte
1923
Her Accidental Husband
as Rena Goring
1923
The Girl Who Came Back
as Sheila
1923
Is Money Everything?
as Marion Brand
1923
The Hero
as Martha Baker
1922
Kindred of the Dust
as Nan of the Sawdust Pile
1921
Serenade
as Maria del Carmen
1920
The Deep Purple
as Doris Moore
1919
Should a Husband Forgive?
as Ruth Fulton
1919
Evangeline
as Evangeline
1919
The Mother and the Law
as The Friendly One
1918
The Prussian Cur
as Rosie O'Grady
1918
The Woman and the Law
as Blanquetta La Salle
1917
The Innocent Sinner
as Mary Ellen Ellis
1917
The Silent Lie
as Lady Lou
1917
The Honor System
as Edith
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Friendless One
1915
The Burned Hand
as Marietta
1915
The Birth of a Nation
as Margaret Cameron
1914
The Odalisque
as Annie, May's Friend