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Wilma Jeanne Cooper was an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973–2013). At the time of her death, she was eighth on the all-time list of longest-serving soap opera actors in the United States. She was the mother of three children, the eldest being actor Corbin Bernsen.
Birth Name
Wilma Jeanne Cooper
Born
Thursday, 25 October 1928
Died
Wednesday, 08 May 2013
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Dead Air | Paranoid Caller #1 | 2009 |
| Donna on Demand | Virginia Hart | 2009 |
| Carpool Guy | Mrs. Lunsford | 2005 |
| Gentle Ben 2: Black Gold | Rowland | 2003 |
| The Tomorrow Man | Jeanine (Present Day) | 2002 |
| Touched by an Angel | Estelle | 1994 |
| Beyond Suspicion | Renata | 1993 |
| The Nanny | Jeanne Cooper | 1993 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Jeanne Cooper | 1993 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Dead Air | Paranoid Caller #1 | 2009 |
| Donna on Demand | Virginia Hart | 2009 |
| Carpool Guy | Mrs. Lunsford | 2005 |
| Gentle Ben 2: Black Gold | Rowland | 2003 |
| The Tomorrow Man | Jeanine (Present Day) | 2002 |
| Touched by an Angel | Estelle | 1994 |
| Beyond Suspicion | Renata | 1993 |
| The Nanny | Jeanne Cooper | 1993 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Jeanne Cooper | 1993 |
| John & Leeza from Hollywood | Self | 1993 |
| Frozen Assets | Zach Shepard's Mother | 1992 |
| The Chuck Woolery Show | Self | 1991 |
| One on One with John Tesh | Self | 1991 |
| Lethal Justice | Clerk | 1991 |
| L.A. Law | Gladys Becker | 1986 |
| Crook & Chase | Self | 1986 |
| Marie | Self | 1980 |
| Sweet Hostage | Mrs. Withers | 1975 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Dr. Kline | 1974 |
| Run, Joe, Run | Mattie | 1974 |
| The All-American Boy | Nola Bealer | 1973 |
| Hawkins | Mrs. Hamilton | 1973 |
| Doc Elliot | Helen Graham | 1973 |
| Kansas City Bomber | Trainer Vivien / Vivien | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Evelyn Fennady | 1972 |
| Cannon | Silvia Barberio | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Nurse Emory | 1971 |
| The Silent Force | Tina Barnes | 1970 |
| There Was a Crooked Man... | Prostitute | 1970 |
| McCloud | Gladys | 1970 |
| Nanny and the Professor | Miss Millstone | 1970 |
| It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
| Bracken's World | Grace Douglas | 1969 |
| The Boston Strangler | Cloe | 1968 |
| Lancer | Florida | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Ann | 1968 |
| The Outsider | Connie | 1968 |
| Tony Rome | Lorna Boyd | 1967 |
| Mannix | Emma Rand | 1967 |
| Ironside | Mrs. Talley / Myra Brinker / Sarah Richards | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Pony Jane | 1967 |
| The Monroes | Mae Duvall | 1966 |
| The Loner | Marge | 1965 |
| Laredo | Kay Comstock | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Martha / Elaine Jason | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Bess Pritchard | 1965 |
| The Glory Guys | Mrs. Rachael McCabe | 1965 |
| Branded | Elsie Baron | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Addie Ogilvie / Amy Barr | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mother Fear | 1964 |
| Mr. Novak | Louise Sargent | 1963 |
| Channing | Margaret Dellafield | 1963 |
| Black Zoo | Edna Conrad | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Ruth Cameron | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Lauren Schuyler | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Julia Montgomery | 1962 |
| The Intruder | Vi Griffin | 1962 |
| The Dakotas | Marti Stevens / Rebecca Ridgeway | 1962 |
| House of Women | Helen Jennings | 1962 |
| 13 West Street | Mrs. Quinn | 1962 |
| Red Nightmare | Helen Donavan | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| The New Breed | Helen | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Linda Miller / Anna Medalle | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Marian Colby | 1961 |
| 87th Precinct | Lucy Mencken | 1961 |
| Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Fran | 1960 |
| Surfside 6 | Lois Brooks / Della Bogart | 1960 |
| Thriller | Ethel Bankstrom | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Elmira Webster | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Francie / Sally Claymore | 1959 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | Liza | 1959 |
| Hawaiian Eye | Paula Keith / Coco Stanford | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Ellen Begley | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Liz | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Emilia Miller / Abigail Hinton | 1959 |
| Tales of the Vikings | Freydis | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Belle Alpine / Fran Cagle | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Kate Merrill / Mrs. Clara Wilson | 1959 |
| Unwed Mother | Mrs. Horton | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Gina Cassel / Jean Kingsley | 1958 |
| Bronco | Martha Reynolds / Belle Starr | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Myra | 1958 |
| Screaming Mimi | Lola Lake in Photo | 1958 |
| Jefferson Drum | Phoebe West | 1958 |
| Mike Hammer | Lucy Manning | 1958 |
| Plunder Road | Fran Werner | 1957 |
| Maverick | Martha Flood / Virginia Cory | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Thelma Bell / Miriam Fielding / Mary Browne / Laura Beaumont / Ethel Belan | 1957 |
| M Squad | Lola Haskell / Julia Gifford | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Martha Harp / Madge Upton / Harriet Heatherton / Donna Fuller / Molly Garland | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Rachel Barnes | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Edna Harden | 1957 |
| The George Sanders Mystery Theater | Ellen | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Helen Ivey | 1957 |
| Rock All Night | Mabel | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Belle Starr / Duchess | 1957 |
| 5 Steps to Danger | Helen Bethke | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Lucy | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Receptionist / Shirl | 1956 |
| Dr. Christian | Marsha | 1956 |
| Calling Homicide | Darlene Adams | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Lorain Reynolds | 1956 |
| Over-Exposed | Renee | 1956 |
| State Trooper | Doris - Lee's Wife / Doris Ormsby / Emma Dupenz | 1956 |
| The Houston Story | Madge | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Ruth | 1955 |
| Crusader | Helen | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Mrs. Hinton | 1955 |
| Highway Patrol | Louise Douglas | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Marie Conover / Marti Stevens / Molly Spencer | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Lily | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Winnie | 1955 |
| The Naked Street | Evelyn Shriner | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Vicki Delbridge | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Ma Prentiss / Della Martin / Delia Martin | 1954 |
| Mr. District Attorney | Beverly Franklin | 1954 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Martha | 1953 |
| Shadows of Tombstone | Marge | 1953 |
| The Man from the Alamo | Kate Lamar | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Cigarette Girl | 1953 |
| The Redhead from Wyoming | Myra | 1953 |
| I Led 3 Lives | Comrade Sally / Janet Collins | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Lois Powell | 1952 |
| Guiding Light | Wedding Guest | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Susie Jarvis / Rachel Barrett / Ann Dix | 1952 |
| Chevron Theatre | Martha | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Kit Carson | Joyce Hadley | 1951 |
| Front Row Center | Leslie | 1945 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1962 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress | Nominated |
