Rowena Cooper

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Rowena Cooper
Born
Rosemary Rowena Cooper [1]

1935 (age 89–90)
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
NationalityBritish
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
1974–78 Crown Court
1975–92 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
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
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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