Miriam Cooper
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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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8199 |
| Birthday | 1891-11-06 |
| Place of Birth | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Also Known As | Marian Cooper, Marion Cooper, |
1915
The Birth of a Nation
5.93/614
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is capture...
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The Birth of a Nation
2019
I Am Not a Racist
0/0
A parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes of the classic movie and recreates its dialogues to cr...
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I Am Not a Racist
1918
The Woman and the Law
0/0
Jack La Salle marries South American heiress Blanquetta Del Castillo, and the two settle into a happy life in New York City. Following the birth of th...
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The Woman and the Law
1913
Shenandoah
10/1
Bronson Howard's Great Civil War Story in Three Reels, Featuring General Philip Sheridan's Ride from Winchester, 20 Miles Away.
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Shenandoah
1913
A Railroad Wooing
5/1
A short romantic comedy about two women whose canoe capsizes; they are then rescued by two train engineers. This leads to two couples who want to marr...
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A Railroad Wooing
1913
Uncle Tom's Cabin
8/1
Uncle Tom and Eliza's child are sold to Haley, a slave dealer. When Eliza learns that her son is to be taken from her, she steals the boy and runs awa...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
1914
The Odalisque
0/0
May and Annie work in a fashionable millinery store, where the buyer, struck by May's beauty, advances her to a position among the models. She gets a...
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The Odalisque
1919
Evangeline
9/1
In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men an...
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Evangeline
1914
Their First Acquaintance
0/0
Bob Taylor was a valuable man. Talbot, his employer, told Miriam as much, showing his daughter the good round sum which his new clerk had handed him t...
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Their First Acquaintance
1915
The Burned Hand
0/0
Three college boys graduate. One is in love with a girl, whose mother and father have domestic difficulties. They go to court and are divorced. Father...
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The Burned Hand
1921
Serenade
8/1
In the Spanish town of Magdalena live María and her sweetheart, Pancho, son of the governor. When the town is captured by brigands led by Ramírez, the...
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Serenade
1918
The Prussian Cur
0/0
A German spy who is married to Lillian, the sister of Rosie O'Grady.
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The Prussian Cur
1919
The Mother and the Law
6.5/10
A re-edited version of the fourth episode of Intolerance (1916); two youth are made homeless by a strike, and struggle valiantly to survive their deso...
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The Mother and the Law
1922
Kindred of the Dust
6.5/2
Discovering that her husband is a bigamist, Nan returns with her child to her Puget Sound logging town. She is treated as an outcast by all save Donal...
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Kindred of the Dust
1912
The Darling of the CSA
4/1
Anna Q. Nilsson is the title character, Agnes Lane, a daring spy for the South during the Civil War. She delivers an important message regarding an at...
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The Darling of the CSA
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.077/390
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1917
The Honor System
0/0
A potentially lost film, this film tells the story of a man is convicted unjustly of a crime and then subjected to inhumane torment in a prison run by...
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The Honor System
1914
Home, Sweet Home
5/15
John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins leading a lif...
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Home, Sweet Home
1912
The Confederate Ironclad
6.5/4
During the Civil War, Elinor, a pretty Northern girl, comes south to visit her aunt-- Little does anyone suspect she works as a spy. Lieutenant Yancey...
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The Confederate Ironclad
1923
The Broken Wing
8/1
An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the daughter of the ranch's owner. Unbeknownst to the pilot...
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The Broken Wing
1923
Her Accidental Husband
9/1
After attempting to succeed in his father-in-law’s fishing business, Gordon Gray persuades his wife, Rena, to return to his home and wealthy family. O...
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Her Accidental Husband
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
0/0
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1923
Is Money Everything?
7/2
A farmer, unhappy with his life, decides to go the city to try and make his fortune. He takes a friend along with him. The two of them become successf...
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Is Money Everything?
1920
The Deep Purple
10/1
Doris Moore is a country girl who is conned by two crooks, Harry Leland and Pop Clark. They convince the naive girl to come with them to New York City...
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The Deep Purple
1919
Should a Husband Forgive?
0/0
After Mary Carroll's husband learns that she has had an affair, he challenges her former lover to a duel and is killed. Mary is thrown out by her husb...
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Should a Husband Forgive?
1917
The Innocent Sinner
0/0
An innocent country girl, Mary Ellen Ellis, moves to the city with an experienced man, Walter Benton, under the promise of marriage. Once in the city,...
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The Innocent Sinner
1923
The Hero
7/1
Oswald Lane is welcomed by his hometown as a war hero and enjoys recounting his adventures to anyone who will listen. He accepts an invitation to stay...
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The Hero
1923
Daughters of the Rich
10/1
Maud Barhyte visits Paris with her fiancé, Gerald Welden, and her father. Sally Malakoff, Welden's childhood sweetheart whose marriage to the Duke Mal...
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Daughters of the Rich
1924
After the Ball
7/1
A fun-loving husband is mistaken for a bandit and sent to prison. He allows everyone, including his wife, to think he has died. Years later, he escape...
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After the Ball
1917
The Silent Lie
0/0
Lady Lou is forced by Hatfield, her cruel foster father, into the dance hall life at a brutal lumber camp. Through the efforts of a stranger who is se...
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The Silent Lie
1923
The Girl Who Came Back
10/1
Country girl Sheila goes to work in a city department store. After a quick courtship she marries Ray Underhill, unaware that he is a car thief.
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The Girl Who Came Back
1912
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
10/1
Anna Q. Nilsson plays a shy telegrapher who foils a gang of train robbers in this vintage short subject directed by J.P. McGowan.
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The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1913
The Pseudo Prodigal
0/0
The spoiled son of an indulgent father gives up his home and career after a quarrel and leaves home. He drifts down the path of life with vice and deg...
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The Pseudo Prodigal
1993
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
6/3
A short documentary about the making of D. W. Griffith's controversial 'The Birth of a Nation'.
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