Joan Cooper
For the American author, see J. California Cooper.
| Joan Cooper | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 August 1922 Wolverhampton, England |
| Died |
1 July 1989 (aged 66) Hayfield, Derbyshire, England |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur Lowe (1948–1982) (his death) |
| Children |
David Gatehouse Stephen Lowe |
Joan Cooper (23 August 1922 – 1 July 1989)[1] was a British actress.
Her husband was the actor Arthur Lowe whom she met at the Manchester Repertory Theatre in 1946. They were married at Robert Adam Registry Office, the Strand, London, in January 1948.[2] She had two children – David Gatehouse (a son from a previous marriage) and Stephen Lowe (born 1953 at Hammersmith, London, UK).
She had some minor roles alongside him, particularly playing Private Godfrey's sister Dolly in some episodes of Dad's Army.
After Lowe's death in April 1982, she moved in 1987 to his parents' cottage in Hayfield, Derbyshire,[3] a village in which Cooper died from stomach cancer on 1 July 1989, aged 66,[4] having also suffered from alcoholism.[5]
Selected filmography
- Rookery Nook (TV drama, 1970)
- The Ruling Class (1972)
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
- Sweet William (1980)