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Gary Cooper
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7 May 1901 - 13 May 1961
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Gary Cooper is an American film actor. Gary comes from a family of a wealthy landowner, educated at a private school in the UK. From 1926 onwards, he appeared in silent films, mostly westerns, as he was well ridden. The debut sound tape with his participation was the film “Virginian”, based on the work of the same name by Owen Whistler in 1929. In this film, the actor pronounced in a jerky, stingy manner, which later became his characteristic feature.
During the thirties, Cooper played in adventure
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Gary Cooper is an American film actor.
Gary comes from a family of a wealthy landowner, educated at a private school in the UK. From 1926 onwards, he appeared in silent films, mostly westerns, as he was well ridden. The debut sound tape with his participation was the film “Virginian”, based on the work of the same name by Owen Whistler in 1929. In this film, the actor pronounced in a jerky, stingy manner, which later became his characteristic feature.
During the thirties, Cooper played in adventure films and westerns, competing with Clark Gable for the status of the first Hollywood womanizer. There were rumors of Gary's romances with Marlene Dietrich, Patricia Neal, Grace Kelly and Ingrid Bergman. In 1941, the actor was awarded his first Oscar for his role in the film.
Sgt. York" .
During World War II, Gary Cooper often gave speeches on the South Pacific front. Significant success among the soldiers of the United States enjoyed the film
"Yankee Pride" It was released in 1942, where the actor played the role of a famous baseball player. At the same time, film critics often complained that he is filmed very much and does not play at full strength.
At the end of the war, most of Gary's paintings were Westerns. In the era of McCarthyism, his views became very conservative, under the influence of his wife, he converted to Catholicism. In 1952, he was awarded the second Oscar for his participation in the film “Exactly at noon”.
In the last years of his life, the actor fought prostate cancer, but tried to hide the diagnosis. Cooper spent a lot of time at Ernest Hemingway's ranch. A few months before his death, his friend Jimmy Stewart, receiving an honorary Oscar on behalf of Gary, hinted that the actor was very ill. Five days after the world congratulated Cooper on his sixtieth birthday, the actor died.