Lillian Kemble-Cooper

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Biography

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Lillian Kemble-Cooper (March 21, 1892 in London, England – May 4, 1977 in Los Angeles, USA) was a British actress.

Lillian Kemble-Cooper was a member of the Kemble family, a family of English actors, who reigned over the British stage for decades. 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 (1886-1961) also worked as actors.

Between 1906 and 1950 she had 17 Broadway appearances, 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, the only non-American character in the film.

Lillian Kemble-Cooper was married three times. Her first husband was actor and writer Charles Mackay. Her second was former World War I Pilot and writer, Louis Bernheimer. Her last husband was actor Guy Bates Post, the marriage lasted for over thirty years until his death in 1968.

She died on May 4, 1977 in Los Angeles. She is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Timeline

1964Aged 72

  • Poster for My Fair Lady

    Lady Ambassador (uncredited)

1955Aged 63

  • Poster for The King's Thief

    Mrs. Fell

1940Aged 48

  • Poster for Lady with Red Hair

    London Party Guest (uncredited)

1939Aged 47

  • Poster for We Are Not Alone

    Mrs. Stacey

  • Poster for Gone with the Wind

    Bonnie's Nurse in London

1937Aged 45

  • Poster for Ready, Willing and Able

    Mrs. Buffington

1936Aged 44

  • Poster for Three Live Ghosts

    Lady Brockton

  • Poster for The White Angel

    Parthenope Nightingale

  • Poster for A Woman Rebels

    Lady Rinlake (uncredited)

1935Aged 43

  • Poster for Personal Maid's Secret

    Mrs. Palmer

1921Aged 29

  • Poster for Ten Nights in a Bar Room

    Mehitabel