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Gladys Maxine Cooper (May 12, 1924 – April 4, 2009) was an American actress, activist, and photographer. She was perhaps best known for her role as private detective Mike Hammer 's secretary Velda in the 1955 film Kiss Me Deadly , which the Los Angeles Times called a " film noir classic."
Apr 15, 2009 · Maxine Cooper Gomberg, an actress best known for playing the secretary in the 1955 film noir classic “Kiss Me Deadly,” has died. She was 84. Gomberg, who also was a social activist, died of...
Maxine Cooper, who has died aged 84, was a victim of the latter. From her early career, Cooper was an outspoken advocate of peace and nuclear disarmament, not a position to endear her to the ...
Apr 15, 2009 · Maxine Cooper Gomberg, an actress best known for playing the secretary in the 1955 film noir classic “Kiss Me Deadly,” has died. She was 84. Gomberg, who also was a social activist, died of...
Maxine Cooper, who starred as Velda in Kiss Me Deadly, a classic noir film, died in 2009. She was also an activist for civil rights, peace and nuclear disarmament.
Apr 4, 2009 · Maxine Cooper. May 12, 1924 — April 4, 2009 • 84 y.o. (100) Actress. Facts. Gladys Maxine Cooper was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1924 to Richard and Gladys Cooper. Her father was employed as a General Electric distributor. She first became interested in the theater and acting while she was enrolled as a student at Bennington College in Vermont.
Maxine Cooper. Actress. 1 May 1924 to 3 April 2009. Once cast by Robert Aldrich as Mike Hammer’s sultry secretary Velda in Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Cooper’s cult status was assured.
