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Jeanne Cooper on "The Young and the Restless"
Jeanne Cooper on "The Young and the Restless" - © CBS
Emmy Award-nominated actress Jeanne Cooper celebrated a record 35 years playing Katherine Chancellor on CBS's "The Young and the Restless" in January 2009. As the longest-running cast member on the show, Jeanne Cooper has earned five Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and one for Outstanding Supporting Actress, winning the award for Lead Actress in 2008.

Jeanne Cooper was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Daytime Emmy Awards.Jeanne Cooper earned her first Emmy nomination in 1961 for an episode of "Ben Casey" and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993. Jeanne Cooper's recurring role on "L.A. Law," playing the mother to her real-life son, Corbin Bernsen, earned her another Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 1987.

Jeanne Cooper's additional television credits include "Playhouse 90," "The Twilight Zone" and "Perry Mason," all on CBS, "The Untouchables," "Maverick" and "Bracken's World."

An accomplished film and television actress, Jeanne Cooper was born and raised in Taft, California. Jeanne Cooper attended the College of the Pacific and performed in the Civic Light Opera Company and Revue Theatre in Stockton before graduation from the Pasadena Playhouse School.

Jeanne Cooper's professional career began with the film "The Redhead from Wyoming," followed by "The Man from Alamo," "There Was a Crooked Man," "The Boston Strangler," "Tony Rome," "The All-American Boy," "The Glory Guys," "Kansas City Bomber" and "Let No Man Write My Epitaph." Jeanne Cooper starred in the film "Tomorrow Man" and the telefilms "Gentle Ben" and "Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain." Jeanne Cooper had a starring role in the independent feature "Carpool Guy," directed by and starring Bernsen, and recently appeared in two films, "Three Day Test" and "Over the Hedge," which was produced by Bernsen's film company, Public Filmworks.

Additionally, Jeanne Cooper is the spokesperson for "No2Debt.com," a company that helps people reclaim their lives by getting out from under the burden of debt.

Jeanne Cooper is the mother of three children, Caren, Collin and Corbin, and grandmother of eight.






JEANNE COOPER: FACTS

How tall is Jeanne Cooper? How old is Jeanne Cooper? Where was Jeanne Cooper born? Find out here.

Age: 81 years old
Birthday: October 25, 1928
Height: 5' 3 ½"
Full Name / Real Name: Wilma Jeanne Cooper
Birthplace: Taft, CA
Husband: Harry Bernsen




 

 
 
 
 
 
JEANNE COOPER: TWEETS

March 16, 2010
@CJLeBlanc hey about 15 yrs or so ago I was at Mardi Gras & your co-star Jeanne Cooper & her son Corbin where in 1 of the parades....
15 hours ago
@lilcece7 I was a child when Jeanne cooper had facelift on Y&R.I remember it though.
1 day ago