Jeanne Cooper

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Oct 25, 1928
Died	May 08, 2013 (84)
Birthplace	Taft, California, U.S.
Popularity	0.5 (history)
Updated	Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Wilma Jeanne Cooper (born October 25, 1928 in Taft, California), known as Jeanne Cooper, is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Although she was not in the series when the show debuted in March 1973, she made ... her onscreen debut in November of that year, and remains the longest-tenured actor on The Young and the Restless. She is the mother of Corbin Bernsen. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeanne Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Donna on Demand

2009

as Virginia Hart

Dead Air

2009

as Paranoid Caller #1

Carpool Guy

2005

as Mrs. Lunsford

Beyond Suspicion

1993

as Renata

Frozen Assets

1992

as Zach Shepard's mother

Sweet Hostage

1975

as Mrs. Withers

The All-American Boy

1973

as Nola Bealer

Kansas City Bomber

1972

as Vivien

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

as Prostitute

The Boston Strangler

1968

as Cloe

Mosby's Marauders

1967

as Ma Prentiss

Tony Rome

1967

as Lorna Boyd

Black Zoo

1963

as Edna Conrad

Red Nightmare

1962

as Helen Donavan

House of Women

1962

as Helen Jennings

13 West Street

1962

as Mrs. Quinn

The Intruder

1962

as Vi Griffin

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

1960

as Fran

Unwed Mother

1958

as Mrs. Horton

Plunder Road

1957

as Fran Werner

Rock All Night

1957

as Mabel

The Houston Story

1956

as Madge

Calling Homicide

1956

as Darlene Adams

5 Steps to Danger

1956

as Helen Bethke

The Naked Street

1955

as Evelyn, Latzi's fiancée (uncredited)

Shadows of Tombstone

1953

as Marge

The Redhead from Wyoming

1953

as Myra

The Man from the Alamo

1953

as Kate Lamar

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Organization	Category	Movie

The Young and the Restless

as Katherine Chancellor

Episodes: 431

First Aired: Mar 26, 1973

Bracken's World

as Grace Douglas

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Sep 19, 1969

L.A. Law

as Gladys Becker

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 15, 1986

Hawaii Five-O

as Ann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Hawkins

as Mrs. Hamilton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 13, 1973

Perry Mason

as Laura Beaumont

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Gunsmoke

as Lily

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The Twilight Zone

as Miss Smith

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Diagnosis: Murder

as Jeanne Cooper

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1993

Rawhide

as Mrs. Clara Wilson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Highway Patrol

as Louise Douglas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1955

Daniel Boone

as Amy Barr

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

The Millionaire

as Vicki Delbridge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

The Virginian

as Julia Montgomery

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Thriller

as Ethel Bankstrom

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1960

The Big Valley

as Martha

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

M Squad

as Julia Gifford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1957

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Myra

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1958

Sugarfoot

as Rachel Barnes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1957

Mr. Novak

as Louise Sargent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1963

The New Breed

as Helen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1961

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Lucy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Dr. Kildare

as Marian Colby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

Channing

as Margaret Dellafield

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1963

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Dr. Kline

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

Maverick

as Virginia Cory

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Rawhide

as Kate Merrill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

The Big Valley

as Elaine Jason

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

Daniel Boone

as Addie Ogilvie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

Perry Mason

as Thelma Bell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Ethel Belan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Mary Browne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Miriam Fielding

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

as Gene Taylor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1958

Touched by an Angel

as Estelle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1994

The Dakotas

as Marti Stevens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1963

Cheyenne

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 20, 1955

Ironside

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

State Trooper

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 25, 1956

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Aug 11, 1951

77 Sunset Strip

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

Surfside 6

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 06, 1960

Bronco

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 23, 1958

Matinee Theater

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 31, 1955

Ben Casey

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 02, 1961

Maverick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Mannix

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Emergency!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1972

Cannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1971

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

The Tall Man

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1960

Laredo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1965

The Monroes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1966

87th Precinct

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1961

Nanny and the Professor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 21, 1970

Have Gun, Will Travel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1957

Cimarron Strip

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1967

I Led Three Lives

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1953

Lancer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1968

McCloud

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 1970

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

The Loner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

Branded

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 24, 1965

The Dakotas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1963

Stoney Burke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Doc Elliot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1973

The Outsider

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1968

Run, Joe, Run

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1974

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