Maxine Cooper Gomberg

Maxine Cooper Gomberg formerly Maxine Cooper (born May 12, 1924 in Chicago , Illinois - † April 4, 2009 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .

life and career

Maxine Cooper first attended Bennington College in Vermont and then studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse . In 1946 she traveled to Europe, where she appeared in television productions for the BBC . After five years she returned to the United States. She made her feature film debut in Robert Aldrich's film noir classic Rattennest .

Aldrich subsequently also cast her in autumn storms and what really happened to Baby Jane? .

In addition, she appeared in various television series such as Perry Mason and Twilight Zone as a guest star since the mid-1950s . In 1957 she married the screenwriter and film producer Sy Gomberg and retired from show business in the 1960s.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

1955: Rattennest (Kiss Me Deadly)
1956 autumn storms (autumn leaves)
1957: 714 does not answer (Zero Hour!)
1962: What Really Happened to Baby Jane? (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)

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Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Gomberg, Maxine Cooper
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cooper, Maxine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois , United States
DATE OF DEATH	April 4, 2009
Place of death	Los Angeles , California , United States

[1] Obituary for Maxine Cooper in: The Telegraph

[2] Maxine Cooper in: The Bfi Companion to Crime , by Phil Hardy, British Film Institute, Continuum International Publishing Group, 1997, p. 156

[3] Maxine Cooper in: Body and Soul: The Cinematic Vision of Robert Aldrich , by Tony Williams, Scarecrow Press, 2004, p. 233