Miriam Cooper

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Miriam Cooper (November 7, 1891 – April 12, 1976) was a silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including Birth of a Nation and Intolerance for D.W. Griffith and The Honor System and Evangeline for her husband Raoul Walsh. She retired from acting in 1923 but was rediscovered by the film community in the 1960s, and toured colleges lecturing about silent films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miriam Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Acting

1915

The Birth of a Nation

as

Margaret Cameron

2019

I Am Not a Racist

as

Margaret

1918

The Woman and the Law

as

Blanquetta La Salle

1913

Shenandoah

as

Madeline West

1913

A Railroad Wooing

as

Alice Holmes - Jim's Sweetheart

1913

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as

Topsy - Aunt Ophelia's Slave

1914

The Odalisque

as

Annie, May's Friend

1919

Evangeline

as

Evangeline

1914

Their First Acquaintance

as

Grace Curley

1915

The Burned Hand

as

Marietta

1921

Serenade

as

Maria del Carmen

1918

The Prussian Cur

as

Rosie O'Grady

1919

The Mother and the Law

as

The Friendly One

1922

Kindred of the Dust

as

Nan of the Sawdust Pile

1912

The Darling of the CSA

as

1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as

The Friendless One

1917

The Honor System

as

Edith

1914

Home, Sweet Home

as

The Fiancee

1912

The Confederate Ironclad

as

Rose

1923

The Broken Wing

as

Inez Villera

1923

Her Accidental Husband

as

Rena Goring

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as

Self (archive footage)

1923

Is Money Everything?

as

Marion Brand

1920

The Deep Purple

as

Doris Moore

1919

Should a Husband Forgive?

as

Ruth Fulton

Production

Crew

Directing