Miriam Cooper

Biography

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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.

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Known For

The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
I Am Not a Racist
I Am Not a Racist
The Woman and the Law
The Woman and the Law
Shenandoah
Shenandoah
A Railroad Wooing
A Railroad Wooing
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Evangeline
Evangeline

Filmography

2019 I Am Not a Racist
as Margaret
1975 Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1923 The Broken Wing
as Inez Villera
1923 Her Accidental Husband
as Rena Goring
1923 Is Money Everything?
as Marion Brand
1922 Kindred of the Dust
as Nan of the Sawdust Pile
1921 Serenade
as Maria del Carmen
1920 The Deep Purple
as Doris Moore
1919 Should a Husband Forgive?
as Ruth Fulton
1919 Evangeline
as Evangeline
1919 The Mother and the Law
as The Friendly One
1918 The Prussian Cur
as Rosie O'Grady
1918 The Woman and the Law
as Blanquetta La Salle
1917 The Innocent Sinner
as Mary Ellen Ellis
1917 The Honor System
as Edith
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Friendless One
1915 The Burned Hand
as Marietta
1915 The Birth of a Nation
as Margaret Cameron
1914 The Odalisque
as Annie, May's Friend
1914 Their First Acquaintance
as Grace Curley