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

The Birth of a Nation

The Confederate Ironclad

Home, Sweet Home

The Broken Wing

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

I Am Not a Racist

All Movies (34)

• I Am Not a Racist2019 · as Margaret (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'1993 · as Self (Archive footage)
• Black Shadows on a Silver Screen1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• After the Ball1924 · as Lorraine Trevelyan
• The Broken Wing1923 · as Inez Villera
• Daughters of the Rich1923 · as Maud Barhyte
• Her Accidental Husband1923 · as Rena Goring
• The Girl Who Came Back1923 · as Sheila
• Is Money Everything?1923 · as Marion Brand
• The Hero1923 · as Martha Baker
• Kindred of the Dust1922 · as Nan of the Sawdust Pile
• Serenade1921 · as Maria del Carmen
• The Deep Purple1920 · as Doris Moore
• Should a Husband Forgive?1919 · as Ruth Fulton
• Evangeline1919 · as Evangeline
• The Mother and the Law1919 · as The Friendly One
• The Prussian Cur1918 · as Rosie O'Grady
• The Woman and the Law1918 · as Blanquetta La Salle
• The Innocent Sinner1917 · as Mary Ellen Ellis
• The Silent Lie1917 · as Lady Lou
• The Honor System1917 · as Edith
• Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916 · as The Friendless One
• The Burned Hand1915 · as Marietta
• The Birth of a Nation1915 · as Margaret Cameron
• The Odalisque1914 · as Annie, May's Friend
• Their First Acquaintance1914 · as Grace Curley
• Home, Sweet Home1914 · as The Fiancee
• The Pseudo Prodigal1913 · as The Prodigal's Sweetheart
• Uncle Tom's Cabin1913 · as Topsy - Aunt Ophelia's Slave
• A Railroad Wooing1913 · as Alice Holmes - Jim's Sweetheart
• Shenandoah1913 · as Madeline West
• The Confederate Ironclad1912 · as Rose
• The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher1912 · as The Boarding House Servant Girl
• The Darling of the CSA1912