books0977:Stage and film actress Dame Gladys Cooper (English, 1888-1971) reading a book. In 1907 C
books0977: Stage and film actress Dame Gladys Cooper (English, 1888-1971) reading a book. In 1907 Cooper took a departure from the legitimate stage to become a member of Frank Curzon’s famous Gaiety Girls. Her more concerted stage work began in 1911 in a production of Oscar Wilde’s comedy “The Importance of Being Ernest.” From the craze for post cards, Cooper became a popular subject of maidenly beauty. During WW I her popularity grew into something of pin-up fad for the British military. -- source link