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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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Birth Name
Marian Cooper
Born
Saturday, 07 November 1891
Died
Monday, 12 April 1976
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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These Amazing Shadows | Margaret Cameron (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) | 2011 |
The Making of 'the Birth of a Nation' | Self / Margaret Cameron | 1993 |
Daughters of the Rich | Maud Barhyte | 1923 |
Her Accidental Husband | Rena Goring | 1923 |
Is Money Everything? | Marion Brand | 1923 |
Serenade | Maria del Carmen | 1922 |
Kindred of the Dust | Nan of the Sawdust Pile | 1922 |
The Deep Purple | Doris Moore | 1920 |
Should a Husband Forgive? | Ruth Fulton | 1919 |
The Mother and the Law | The Friendly One / The Friendless One | 1919 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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These Amazing Shadows | Margaret Cameron (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) | 2011 |
The Making of 'the Birth of a Nation' | Self / Margaret Cameron | 1993 |
Daughters of the Rich | Maud Barhyte | 1923 |
Her Accidental Husband | Rena Goring | 1923 |
Is Money Everything? | Marion Brand | 1923 |
Serenade | Maria del Carmen | 1922 |
Kindred of the Dust | Nan of the Sawdust Pile | 1922 |
The Deep Purple | Doris Moore | 1920 |
Should a Husband Forgive? | Ruth Fulton | 1919 |
The Mother and the Law | The Friendly One / The Friendless One | 1919 |
The Prussian Cur | Rosie O'Grady | 1918 |
Betrayed | Carmelita | 1917 |
The Innocent Sinner | Mary Ellen Ellis | 1917 |
The Silent Lie | Lady Lou | 1917 |
The Honor System | Edith | 1917 |
Intolerance | The Friendless One | 1916 |
The Birth of a Nation | Margaret Cameron / Margaret Cameron - The Elder Sister | 1915 |
The Deep Purple | Doris Moore | 1915 |
Home, Sweet Home | The Fiancee | 1914 |
The Dishonored Medal | Zora | 1914 |
A Railroad Wooing | Alice Holmes - Jim's Sweetheart | 1913 |
The Confederate Ironclad | Rose Calvin - Yancey's Sweetheart / Rose | 1912 |
The Octoroon | Dora Sunnyside | 1909 |