Rowena Cooper

Rowena Cooper
Born
Rosemary Rowena Cooper

1935 (age 90–91)
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Other nameR. R. Cooper
OccupationActress
Spouse
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(m. 1964; died 2023)​

Rosemary Rowena Cooper (born 1935) is a British actress.

She began her career in 1956, joining the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary. In 1959 she joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre Company and went on to have an extensive career, primarily in British television, for more than 50 years. Cooper starred in The Rag Trade as Mrs Fenner.

Select filmography in television

Year Title Role Notes
1974–1978 Crown Court
1975–1992 Rumpole of the Bailey Marguerite "Matey" Ballard Series 5–7
1978 Going Straight Shirley Chapman Probation Officer
1982 The Bell Mrs. Mark 6 episodes
1983 Goodnight and God Bless Audrey 2 episodes
1984 Cockles Masha Barrington-Pyke 1 episode
1984 The Jewel in the Crown Connie White 5 episodes
1987 Have His Carcase Mrs. Weldon 4 episodes
1987 The New Statesman Norman/Norma Bormann (credited as R.R. Cooper)
1987 Victoria Wood as Seen on TV 1 episode
1989 Screen One Edna Phillips Episode: "Blore M.P."
1991 Heading Home Older Janetta Narrator
1991 Dr. Finlay Mrs McKinney 1 episode
1997 Goodnight Sweetheart Mrs Bamford
1998 Jinnah Lady Willingdon
2000–2003 Down to Earth Mac
2001 Spaced Mrs Topp, Brian's mother
2001 A Is for Acid Henrietta Helen Olive Robarts Durand-Deacon
2005 Heartbeat Nan Crossley 1 episode
2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures Angela "Lost in Time"

Personal life

She married actor Terrence Hardiman in 1964 and the couple had two children; they remained together until his death in 2023.

Notes

  1. ↑ "FreeBMD Entry Info".
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201030120726/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29f166a
  3. ↑ Carleton Hobbs Bursary winners at BBC.co.uk, accessed 23 January 2018
  4. ↑ "UK TV Guide". Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Brit Movie". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "CBBC - The Sarah Jane Adventures, Series 4, Lost in Time: Part 2". BBC. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Photo of Hardiman and Cooper in role
  8. ↑ "The Demon Headmaster star Terrence Hardiman dies aged 86". The Independent. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.