List of the best Gladys Cooper movies: The Iron Duke(1934), A Nice Girl Like Me(1969), The Song of Bernadette(1943), Now, Voyager(1942), The Secret Garden(1949), The List of Adrian Messenger(1963), Mr. Lucky(1943), My Fair Lady(1964), That Hamilton Woman(1941), The Gay Falcon(1941), The Happiest Millionaire(1967), The Bishop's Wife(1947) ... ...
Drama, History
UK
1934
88 Minutes
Duchess d'Angouleme
George Arliss Gladys Cooper Emlyn Williams Ellaline Terriss A.E. Matthews Alan Aynesworth Lesley Wareing Felix Aylmer Norma Varden
duke king inspiring fascinating england france belgium battlefield battle ambition courage heroism arthur wellesley, duke of wellington war quest rivalry rise 19th century
Chronicling the life of Arthur Wellesley the first duke of Wellington, who faced down Napoleon's armies at Waterloo, and served as prime minister.
Romance
UK
1969
90 Minutes
Aunt Mary
Barbara Ferris Harry Andrews Gladys Cooper James Villiers Joyce Carey Christopher Guinee Fabia Drake Irene Prador Totti Truman Taylor Ann Lancaster Douglas Wilmer
Candy is a fetching unwed young lady with a penchant for pregnancy. Her adventures begin when she leaves her sheltered boarding school background for Paris. The result is the birth of Valentine nine months later.
Drama
1943
156 Minutes
Sister Marie Therese Vauzous
Jennifer Jones Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper William Eythe Vincent Price Lee J. Cobb Anne Revere Roman Bohnen
saint nun priest father mother emotional melodramatic passionate france church countryside spiritual visions saint bernadette christianity religion discovery transformation growing up 1850s
Based on the true story of a 19th-century peasant woman who claimed to see the Virgin Mary near her home in Lourdes.
Drama
USA
1942
117 Minutes
Mrs. Henry Windle Vale
Bette Davis Claude Rains Paul Henreid Gladys Cooper Bonita Granville John Loder Ilka Chase Lee Patrick Mary Wickes Janis Wilson
heiress mother architect wife child widower melodramatic emotional inspiring boston house sanatorium ship rio de janeiro mental illness rehabilitation romance travel mother/daughter relationship love
A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Mrs. Medlock
Margaret O'Brien Herbert Marshall Dean Stockwell Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Brian Roper Reginald Owen Aubrey Mather George Zucco Lowell Gilmore Billy Bevan
invalid orphan father son housekeeper uncle endearing uplifting sad england garden mansion abandonment maturing acceptance grief healing secret growing up transformation
A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1963
98 Minutes
Mrs. Karoudjian
George C. Scott Dana Wynter Clive Brook Gladys Cooper Herbert Marshall Jacques Roux John Merivale Marcel Dalio Bernard Archard Walter Anthony Huston Roland Long
colonel friend aristocrat marquis prisoner of war lady tense offbeat thrilling england mansion airplane hotel serial murders investigation royalty world war ii relationships disguise mystery
A former intelligence officer is tasked by the heir to the Gleneyre estate to investigate the unusual deaths of a disparate group of eleven men on a list.
Comedy, Drama
1943
100 Minutes
Capt. Veronica Steadman
Cary Grant Laraine Day Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper Alan Carney Henry Stephenson Paul Stewart Kay Johnson Florence Bates
shiite con artist impostor volunteer love interest suspenseful engaging ship pier scam world war ii love gambling draft transformation temptation adventure 1940s
A floating-casino operator (Cary Grant) cons an heiress (Laraine Day) into having games of chance at a ball for the war effort.
Musical
USA
1964
170 Minutes
Mrs. Higgins
Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Stanley Holloway Wilfrid Hyde-White Gladys Cooper Jeremy Brett Theodore Bikel Isobel Elsom Mona Washbourne John Alderson John McLiam
professor pretty woman peasant suitor amusing charming winsome london aspirations wager class distinctions high society love discovery quest transformation 1900s
Snobbish phonetics Professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.
Drama, History
USA
1941
128 Minutes
Lady Frances Nelson
Vivien Leigh Laurence Olivier Alan Mowbray Sara Allgood Gladys Cooper Henry Wilcoxon Heather Angel Halliwell Hobbes Gilbert Emery Miles Mander Ronald Sinclair
ambassador lady admiral captain lord king witty sultry touching melodramatic france italy england prison adultery war love loss courage adventure
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Mystery & Thriller
1941
67 Minutes
Maxine Wood
George Sanders Wendy Barrie Allen Jenkins Nina Vale Gladys Cooper Edward Brophy Arthur Shields Damian O'Flynn Turhan Bey Eddie Dunn Lucile Gleason
detective thief socialite sidekick pretty woman the falcon crafty playful suspenseful new york city apartment building office nightclub morgue bar robbery murder secret identity fraud investigation
The first in the "Falcon" series finds the amateur detective and ladies' man on the trail of jewel thieves.
Kids & Family, Musical
1967
164 Minutes
Aunt Mary
Fred MacMurray Tommy Steele Greer Garson Geraldine Page Gladys Cooper Hermione Baddeley Lesley Ann Warren John Davidson Paul Peterson Eddie Hodges Joyce Bulifant
millionaire wife daughter butler fiancé aunt charming madcap spectacular winsome philadelphia mansion boarding school new york city tavern jail eccentricity wealth in-laws class distinctions
Philadelphia eccentric Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray) lives with his wife (Greer Garson), children, pet alligators and performing butler (Tommy Steele).
Other, Fantasy
USA
1947
109 Minutes
Mrs. Hamilton
Cary Grant Loretta Young David Niven Monty Woolley James Gleason Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Sara Haden Karolyn Grimes Tito Vuolo Regis Toomey
bishop wife angel wealthy woman historian cab driver engaging amusing heartwarming church office mansion street faith marriage jealousy values wealth heaven discovery
A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
Drama
USA
1958
99 Minutes
Mrs. Railton-Bell
David Niven Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Rita Hayworth Wendy Hiller Gladys Cooper Cathleen Nesbitt Felix Aylmer Rod Taylor Audrey Dalton May Hallatt
manager retiree major general ex-wife ex-husband daughter tender endearing intricate melodramatic england seaside hotel secret vacation loneliness love relationships discovery love
The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
Drama
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Beatrice Remington
Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Ann Richards Anita Louise Cecil Kellaway Gladys Cooper Byron Barr Robert Sully Reginald Denny Ernest Cossart James Millican
soldier woman mother fiancée melodramatic tense italy party london world war ii love letters long-distance relationship murder amnesia domestic violence mystery love 1940s
Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...
Drama
USA
1940
108 Minutes
Mrs. Strafford
Ginger Rogers Dennis Morgan James Craig Edward Ciannelli Ernest Cossart Gladys Cooper
salesgirl doctor wealthy man father wife son melodramatic emotional philadelphia new york city department store family home office marriage divorce love triangle class distinctions love transformation 1930s
A hard-working, white-collar girl from a middle-class family meets and falls in love with a young socialite, but she soon clashes with his family.
War
USA
1942
110 Minutes
Iris Cathaway
Tyrone Power Joan Fontaine Thomas Mitchell Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce Gladys Cooper Philip Merivale Sara Allgood Alexander Knox Queenie Leonard Melville Cooper
aristocratic lady soldier aunt best friend hotel owner father intense patriotic moving england manor military base village dover hotel desertion patriotism class distinctions english society romance
Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Mother Superior
Claudette Colbert Ann Blyth Robert Douglas Anne Crawford Philip Friend Gladys Cooper Michael Pate John Abbott Connie Gilchrist Gavin Muir Phyllis Stanley
Convicted murderess Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth) is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1941
70 Minutes
Myrna Hartley
Basil Rathbone Hugh Herbert Bela Lugosi Broderick Crawford Gale Sondergaard Anne Gwynne Gladys Cooper Claire Dodd Alan Ladd Cecilia Loftus
elderly woman real estate agent housekeeper nephew niece guardian dark tense amusing estate garden bedroom attic town inheritance family murder false accusations infidelity superstition
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
Romance
USA
1949
115 Minutes
Mme. Dupuis
Jennifer Jones Van Heflin Louis Jourdan James Mason Christopher Kent Gene Lockhart Frank Allenby Gladys Cooper John Abbott Harry Morgan George Zucco
wife husband doctor lawyer wealthy man disheartening emotional hedonistic sultry france small town adultery ambition love wealth marriage love fall temptation wretched excess
A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers and run up ruinous debts.
Drama
1944
126 Minutes
Lady Jean Ashwood
Irene Dunne Alan Marshal Frank Morgan Roddy McDowall Peter Lawford Dame May Whitty C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Van Johnson John Warburton Jill Esmond
pretty woman father british soldier son colonel girlfriend melodramatic moving london hotel hospital romance world war i world war ii mother/son relationship loss love growing up sacrifice 1940s
A woman (Irene Dunne) from Oklahoma marries an English aristocrat (Alan Marshal) and raises a son between World War I and World War II.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
130 Minutes
Beatrice Lacy
Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine Judith Anderson George Sanders Nigel Bruce Reginald Denny C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Florence Bates Leo G. Carroll Melville Cooper
widower housekeeper husband wife bride dark suspenseful emotional mansion england cabin death fire obsession betrayal deception suicide transformation mystery 1940s
A British gentleman's (Laurence Olivier) innocent bride (Joan Fontaine) grapples with intrusive reminders of his deceased wife.