Rowena Cooper

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Rowena Cooper
Born
Rosemary Rowena Cooper [1]

1935 (age 89–90)
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Other namesR. R. Cooper
Occupation Actress
Spouse
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(m. 1964;died 2023)​

Rosemary Rowena Cooper (born 1935) is a British actress.

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She began her career in 1956, joining the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary. [2] In 1959 she joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre Company and went on to have an extensive career, primarily in British television, for over 50 years. [3] Cooper starred in The Rag Trade as Mrs Fenner.

Select filmography in television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974–1978 Crown Court
1975–1992 Rumpole of the Bailey Marguerite "Matey" Ballard [4] Series 5–7
1978 Going Straight Shirley ChapmanProbation Officer
1982 The Bell Mrs. Mark6 episodes
1983 Goodnight and God Bless Audrey2 episodes
1984 Cockles Masha Barrington-Pyke1 episode
1987 Have His Carcase Mrs. Weldon4 episodes
1987 The New Statesman Norman/Norma Bormann (credited as R.R. Cooper)
1987 Victoria Wood as Seen on TV 1 episode
1991 Heading Home Older JanettaNarrator
1991 Dr Finlay Mrs McKinney1 episode
1997Goodnight SweetheartMrs Bamford
1998 Jinnah Lady Willingdon
2000–2003 Down to Earth Mac
2001 Spaced Mrs Topp, Brian's mother
2001 A Is for Acid Henrietta Helen Olive Robarts Durand-Deacon
2005 Heartbeat Nan Crossley1 episode
2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures Angela Lost in Time [5]

Personal life

She married actor Terrence Hardiman in 1964 and the couple had two children; [6] they remained together until his death in 2023. [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ "FreeBMD Entry Info".
  2. ↑ Carleton Hobbs Bursary winners at BBC.co.uk, accessed 23 January 2018
  3. ↑ "UK TV Guide". Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Brit Movie". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "CBBC - The Sarah Jane Adventures, Series 4, Lost in Time: Part 2". BBC. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Photo of Hardiman and Cooper in role
  7. ↑ "The Demon Headmaster star Terrence Hardiman dies aged 86". The Independent. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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