Jackie Cooper
Actor, Film actor
1922 – 2011
Who was Jackie Cooper?
John "Jackie" Cooper, Jr., was an American actor, television director, producer and executive. He was a child actor who managed to make the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. At age 9, he was also the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role—an honor that he received for the film Skippy. For nearly 50 years, Cooper remained the youngest Oscar nominee in any category, until he was surpassed by Justin Henry's nomination, at age 8, in the Supporting Actor category for Kramer vs. Kramer.
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- Born
- Sep 15, 1922
Los Angeles - Also known as
- John Cooper Jr.
- Alan Smithee
- Our Gang
- America's Boy
- Freddie
- Leonard
- John "Jackie" Cooper, Jr.
- John Cooper
- Parents
- Spouses
- June Horne
(1944/12/11 - 1949/11/05) - Hildy Parks
(1950/03/18 - 1951) - Barbara Rae Kraus
(1954/04/29 - 2009/05/30)
- June Horne
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 3, 2011
Santa Monica - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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