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Title: Mary Cooper, NY Times obituary
Post by: Midnite on November 24, 2008, 05:04:28 AM

Mary Cooper (PT Josette) has passed away at age 89.  Her obituary in today's NY Times:

http://www.legacy.com/NYTimes/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=120509451

(with thanks to Kosmo for the information)

Title: Re: Mary Cooper, NY Times obituary
Post by: JS on November 24, 2008, 12:26:30 PM

I'm sorry for being ignorant but.. I don't recognize her name. What was she on DS?

Title: Re: Mary Cooper, NY Times obituary
Post by: Gerard on November 24, 2008, 01:12:52 PM

She played Josette (nee DuPres) Collins in the PT1841 storyline.  She was one of my favorite characters on the whole show.

Gerard

Title: Re: Mary Cooper, NY Times obituary
Post by: adamsgirl on November 24, 2008, 06:32:15 PM

What an impressive list of credits she had! May she rest in peace. What strikes me is, at 89, she was only a few years older than Jonathan Frid. So, when she played Bramwell's mother, it really was quite a stretch.

Title: Re: Mary Cooper, NY Times obituary
Post by: Julia99 on November 27, 2008, 03:37:29 AM

age is a relative thing in the entertainment industry.

I always noted that Barbara Bel Geddes was only 7 years older than Larry Hagman and yet she was playing his mother. . Miss Ellie on Dallas

Title: Re: Mary Cooper, NY Times obituary
Post by: Gerard on November 27, 2008, 04:50:13 AM

Estelle Getty, who played Sophia, the mother of Dorothy, on The Golden Girls, was actually younger than Bea Arthur.

Gerard