Violet Kemble-Cooper
Violet Kemble -Cooper ( born December 12, 1886 London, England; † August 17, 1961, Hollywood, California ) was a British actress.
Life and career
Violet Kemble -Cooper was born in London as a member of the famous Kemble theatrical family. The most famous members of this family were Sarah Siddons, John Philip Kemble, Stephen Kemble and Charles Kemble. Her father Frank and her siblings Lillian, Greta and Tony Kemble -Cooper was also an actor. She made her stage debut in 1911 in a production of Charley's Aunt. Soon after, she moved to the USA where he worked among others with the theater stars Blanche Bates and Laurette Taylor. She stepped 1912-1934 to 25 in Broadway productions. In 1921 she appeared for example, near John and Ethel Barrymore in the play Claire de Lune on.
In 1933 she began to work in Hollywood as a supporting actress. In five of their eight films to 1936 Violet Kemble -Cooper played noble ladies. Her most famous roles she played as the cruel Miss Murdstone in the literary film David Copperfield and as a mother of Boris Karloff in the horror movie Deadly rays. Because an operation she could not assume the role of Miss Heidi Meier gang in 1937. She stepped up to their end of life appear in any other film. Violet Kemble -Cooper was married to the author Walter Farris, they had at least one son. Kemble -Cooper died in 1961 of a heart attack in conjunction with Parkinson's disease.