Gary Cooper is an American actor, star of silent films, Westerns, melodramas and musicals. He became famous for his natural, restrained manner of playing. His role is American heroes.
Biography and personal life
Gary was born on May 7, 1901. His homeland is the American city of Helena. Cooper died in Los Angeles on May 13, 1961, when he was 60 years old. He grew up in a family of English immigrants. His parents are Charles Henry Cooper and Alice Brazier. Gary's father was a lawyer and owned a ranch. At the peak of his career, he became judge of the Supreme Court of Montana.
In 1909, the mother took her sons to England. Gary was educated at the Dunstable Grammar School in Bedfordshire. Gary studied Latin and French. In 1912, the family returned to the United States, where Cooper enrolled at Johnson Grammar School in Helen.
In his youth, Gary got a hip injury due to a car accident. Doctors recommended him riding a horse. As a result, the actor’s gait became unbalanced. Subsequently, it became a hallmark of the American star. At school, Gary attended a discussion club, where he became interested in drama. Young Cooper also studied painting and studied this art at Grinnell College in Iowa. There he joined a drama club. Despite success in acting, Cooper still wanted to become an artist.
In 1933, the wedding of Gary Cooper and Veronica Balfe took place. The couple had a daughter. Gary left his family for a three-year period for an affair with fellow worker Patricia Neal.
Career
He began as an extras and stuntman to pay for a painting course. But he soon began to get roles in films, mainly in Westerns. Cooper is a two-time Academy Award winner for Best Actor twice. He received an award for playing in the movie Exactly at Noon and for his role in the film Sergeant York. In 1961, the actor was awarded the honorary Oscar for his overall contribution to the development of American cinema. Almost all of his acting career, Gary was on the first lines of the rating of American filmmakers. Cooper was also a very sought after and highly paid actor of his period. In the list of best actors of the American Institute of Motion Picture Arts, Gary takes 11th position.
