Jeanne Cooper - wikipedia Jeanne Cooper Jeanne Cooper Cooper in 1964 Wilma Jeanne Cooper ( 1928 - 10 - 25 ) October 25, 1928 Taft, California, U.S. May 8, 2013 ( 2013 - 05 - 08 ) ( aged 84 ) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Cause of death Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Occupation Actress Years active 1953 -- 2013 Spouse ( s ) Harry Bernsen, Jr. ( m. 1954 ; div. 1977 ) Children 3, including Corbin Bernsen Wilma Jeanne Cooper ( October 25, 1928 -- May 8, 2013 ) was an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless ( 1973 -- 2013 ). At the time of her death, she was eighth on the all - time list of longest - serving soap opera actors in the United States. She was the mother of actor Corbin Bernsen. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Film and television work 2.2 The Young and the Restless 3 Personal life 4 Death 5 Awards and nominations 6 Filmography 6.1 Film 6.2 Selected television works 7 References 8 External links Early life Cooper was born in Taft, California, to Albert Troy Cooper, and his wife, the former Sildeth Evelyn Moore. She was the youngest of three siblings. The family lived in Kern County for several years, first in Taft until 1942 and then moving to Bakersfield. Her mother died August 21, 1944, and her father died April 11, 1986. Career Film and television work Cooper began her career in the 1950s, appearing as a supporting player in films with stars like Maureen O'Hara, Glenn Ford, Tony Curtis, and Henry Fonda. Her first film role was as Myra in the 1953 western film, The Redhead from Wyoming. She later appeared in small roles in The Man from the Alamo, Over-Exposed, 5 Steps to Danger, Rock All Night, House of Women, 13 West Street, The Intruder, Black Zoo, The Glory Guys, Tony Rome, The Boston Strangler and Kansas City Bomber. Cooper was a fixture on episodic television throughout the 1950s and 1970s. In 1956, she was cast as Mrs. Hinton in `` The Rabbi Davis Story '' of the religious anthology series, Crossroads. That same year, she portrayed Louise Douglas in `` Girl Bandit '' of Broderick Crawford 's syndicated crime drama, Highway Patrol. She also appeared in the Wagon Train episode titled `` The Whipping ''. In 1957, she starred in one of the early episodes of NBC 's Tales of Wells Fargo in the role of the woman bandit Belle Starr ; in 1959, she portrayed Duchess in a second Tales of Wells Fargo episode, `` Clay Allison ''. In 1958, she was cast in the episode `` Wheel of Fortune '' of the NBC western series, Jefferson Drum, starring Jeff Richards as a newspaper publisher. Also in 1958, Cooper appeared as Lucy in `` Sundown at Bitter Creek '' of the CBS western anthology series, Dick Powell 's Zane Grey Theater. In 1960, she again played Belle Starr in an episode of the TV series `` Bronco '' titled `` Shadow of Jesse James ''. Cooper made five guest appearances during the nine - year run of CBS 's Perry Mason, beginning with the role of Laura Beaumont in the 1958 episode, `` The Case of the Corresponding Corpse. '' In the final season of the show, she made her fifth and final appearance as defendant Miriam Fielding in the 1966 episode, `` The Case of the Vanishing Victim. '' In 1962, Cooper earned her first Emmy nomination for her performance in Ben Casey. After a turn as a regular on NBC 's Bracken 's World. She also appeared in The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five - O, Mannix, Ironside, Storefront Lawyers, The Silent Force, Touched by an Angel, Gunsmoke, The Untouchables, and many other series. In 1965, Cooper appeared in the ABC network 's western television series, The Big Valley, as Elaine Baxter Jason, a mercantile store owner and an old friend of series character Victoria Barkley ( Barbara Stanwyck ). In another episode she appears as the money - hungry aunt of Heath ( Lee Majors ). Her husband was portrayed in the episode by John Anderson, who years later became known as MacGyver 's grandfather, Harry Jackson. The Young and the Restless Cooper is best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Her character has broken ground in the daytime medium ; Katherine has endured several bouts with alcoholism, ischemic stroke, and the loss of many men in her life ( four late husbands, and a child given away after birth ). In 1984, Katherine ( and Cooper ) also had a facelift on national television ( Cooper had pitched the idea of having a live facelift to CBS executives, who agreed to write the facelift into the show for Katherine Chancellor ). For many years, the story of Katherine 's bitter rivalry with character Jill Foster Abbott has been a mainstay of the show ( in real life, Cooper and Jill 's portrayer, Jess Walton, were close friends ). It was revealed in 2003 that Jill was Katherine 's daughter born out of wedlock, but developments in 2009 cast doubt upon that assertion and the long bitter enemies were found not to be mother and daughter after all. Cooper received ten Daytime Emmy nominations, nine for Outstanding Lead Actress and one for Outstanding Supporting Actress, and two Primetime Emmy nominations. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmys in 2004. For her contributions to television, Cooper received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. She won the 2008 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. This was her first competitive win ; she had first been nominated in 1989. Cooper 's character, Katherine, was thought to have died in a November 2008 episode. It was, however, her look - alike, Marge, who died, and Katherine had experienced memory issues due to the car accident that took Marge 's life. Cooper had to take a medical leave in October 2011 and her part on the soap was temporarily recast with veteran actress Michael Learned. However, the next month, she confirmed she was returning to the set. She returned as part of the show on December 23, 2011. She filmed her last scene on the show in March on the same day as the Young and the Restless 40th anniversary and this scene aired on May 3, 2013, five days before her death. A tribute episode of The Young and the Restless in honor of Jeanne Cooper made up of clips, cast memories and interviews was shown on May 28 on the CBS network. Her character, Katherine, died offscreen a few months later after a long, world - wide trip. Personal life Cooper married television producer Harry Bernsen, Jr., and they were together for 23 years before divorcing. In Jeanne Cooper 's book ( released on July 31, 2012 ), she makes it known that after their divorce, she and ex-husband Harry Bernsen very rarely saw each other ( only when family functions dictated ) and they were not close or even friends before his death on May 31, 2008. The Bernsens had three children, all of whom are actors : Corbin Bernsen of L.A. Law fame ( born September 7, 1954 ), whose mother Cooper portrayed twice on that series ; Collin Bernsen, born March 30, 1958 ; and Caren Bernsen, born August 17, 1960. Death In 2013, shortly after a round of promotion for the Y&R 40th anniversary, Cooper became ill due to an infection. Cooper died on May 8, 2013 in a Los Angeles hospital. In addition to infection, Cooper had been a heavy smoker most of her adult life and suffered from Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Her final Y&R scene was filmed Tuesday, March 26, 2013 ( the exact date of Y&R 's 40th anniversary ) and aired on Friday, May 3, 2013. `` Mom passed this morning '', her son, Corbin Bernsen, revealed on Twitter the day of her death. `` She was in peace and without fear. '' Awards and nominations Emmy Award 1962 -- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series -- Ben Casey ( Nominated ) 1987 -- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series -- L.A. Law ( Nominated ) 1989 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Nominated ) 1990 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Nominated ) 1991 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Nominated ) 1992 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Nominated ) 1999 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Nominated ) 2000 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Nominated ) 2004 -- Lifetime Achievement Award 2005 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Nominated ) 2007 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Nominated ) 2008 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Won ) 2009 -- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Young and the Restless ( Nominated ) Hollywood Walk of Fame 1993 -- Star on the Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1953 The Redhead from Wyoming Myra The Man from the Alamo Kate Lamar Shadows of Tombstone Marge 1955 The Naked Street Evelyn Shriner Uncredited 1956 The Houston Story Madge Over-Exposed Renee Calling Homicide Darlene Adams Five Steps to Danger Helen Bethke 1957 Rock All Night Mabel Plunder Road Fran Werner 1958 Screaming Mimi Lola Lake in Photo Uncredited Unwed Mother Mrs. Horton 1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph Fran 1962 13 West Street Mrs. Quinn House of Women Helen Jennings The Intruder Vi Griffin Red Nightmare Helen Donavan 1963 Black Zoo Edna Conrad 1965 The Glory Guys Mrs. Rachael McCabe 1967 Tony Rome Lorna Boyd 1968 The Boston Strangler Cloe 1970 There Was a Crooked Man... Prostitute 1972 Kansas City Bomber Trainer Vivien 1973 The All - American Boy Nola Bealer 1977 The San Pedro Bums Mrs. McClory 1991 Lethal Justice Clerk Frozen Assets Zach Shepard 's Mother Beyond Suspicion Renata 2002 The Tomorrow Man Jeanine 2005 Carpool Guy Mrs. Lunsford 2009 Donna on Demand Virginia Hart Dead Air Paranoid Caller Selected television works Show Character Duration The Young and the Restless Katherine Chancellor Marge Cotrooke 1973 -- 2013 1989 - 1990, 2008, 2009 The Nanny Herself The Bold and the Beautiful Katherine Chancellor 2005 ( guest in two episodes ) Guiding Light Wedding Guest 2009 ( guest star ) Death Valley Days Rachel Barrett in `` A Gift '' with Valentin de Vargas and Harry Lauter 1969 Cheyenne Marie Conover `` Top Hand '' Mary `` Molly '' Spenser `` The Quick and the Deadly '' 1957 1962 The Untouchables Fran Cagle on the episode ' The Case Against Eliot Ness ' - Season 3, episode # 83 1962 Wagon Train Donna Fuller in the episode ' The Donna Fuller Story ( 1962 ) ' Stoney Burke Loren Schuyler in episode `` Webb of Fear '' 1963 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mother Fear a.k.a. Yvonne on the episode ' The Children 's Day Affair ' - Season 2, episode # 41 1965 Perry Mason Laura Beaumont Thelma Hill Ethel Belan Mary Browne Miriam Fielding 1958 1959 1962 1964 1966 The Twilight Zone Barmaid on the episode `` Mr. Denton on Doomsday '' 1959 Gunsmoke Lilly Pitts on the episode `` The Ex-Con '' 1963 Have Gun -- Will Travel ( 1957 - 1963 TV series ) Edna Hardin in the episode `` The Treasure '' 1962 Mr. Novak ( 1963 - 1965 TV series ) Louise Sargent in the episode `` The Boy Without a Country '' 1963 Daniel Boone Amy Barr Addie Ogilvie 1966 1967 The Tall Man Mrs. Elmira Webster on the episode `` The Reversed Blade '' 1961 Biography portal California portal Los Angeles portal Film portal Television portal References ^ Jump up to : `` Jeanne Cooper : Biography ''. TV Guide. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Albert Troy Cooper ( 1897 - 1986 ) ''. Retrieved October 25, 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Jeanne Cooper - Biography ''. Yahoo !. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 01. Jump up ^ Jeanne Cooper of ' The Young And The Restless ' Talks Controversial On - Air Facelift ( VIDEO ) Jump up ^ The Reliable Source ( 2013 - 05 - 09 ). `` R.I.P. Jeanne Cooper, the soap star who was a facelift pioneer ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 13. ^ Jump up to : `` Raising Cane ''. Soap Opera Weekly. 2007 - 02 - 27. p. 20. Jump up ^ Rice, Lynette ( 2013 - 05 - 08 ). `` Longtime ' Young & the Restless ' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84 ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 08. Jump up ^ `` ' Young and Restless ' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84 - A&E ''. Boston.com. 2010 - 06 - 27. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 08. Jump up ^ Dzurilla, Christie ( 2013 - 05 - 08 ). `` Jeanne Cooper of ' Young and the Restless ' Dies at 84 ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Jeanne Cooper ''. May 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2016. Jump up ^ June, Daniel. `` ' The Young and the Restless ' Star Jeanne Cooper Dies ''. ^ Jump up to : Jeanne Cooper at emmys.com External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jeanne Cooper. Jeanne Cooper on IMDb Jeanne Cooper bio on The Young and the Restless CBS website Jeanne Cooper Obituary Jeanne Cooper interview video at the Archive of American Television Daytime Emmy Award Lifetime Achievement Charita Bauer, Larry Haines, Mary Stuart ( 1985 ) Pamela Ilott ( 1986 ) Mark Goodson ( 1990 ) William J. Bell ( 1992 ) Douglas Marland ( 1993 ) Dick Clark ( 1994 ) Betty Corday, Ted Corday ( 1995 ) Phil Donahue ( 1996 ) Fred Rogers ( 1997 ) Oprah Winfrey ( 1998 ) Bob Barker ( 1999 ) Barbara Walters ( 2000 ) Ralph Edwards ( 2001 ) John Cannon ( 2002 ) Art Linkletter ( 2003 ) Rachel Ames, John Clark, Jeanne Cooper, Eileen Fulton, Don Hastings, Anna Lee, Ray MacDonnell, Frances Reid, Helen Wagner, Ruth Warrick ( 2004 ) Merv Griffin ( 2005 ) Caroll Spinney ( 2006 ) Lee Phillip Bell, James Lipton ( 2007 ) Regis Philbin ( 2008 ) Sesame Street ( 2009 ) Agnes Nixon ( 2010 ) Pat Sajak, Alex Trebek ( 2011 ) Bill Geddie ( 2012 ) Monty Hall, Bob Stewart ( 2013 ) Russell Morash ( 2014 ) Betty White ( 2015 ) Sonia Manzano ( 2016 ) Mary Hart ( 2017 ) Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 1970s Elizabeth Hubbard ( 1974 ) Susan Flannery ( 1975 ) Helen Gallagher ( 1976 ) Helen Gallagher ( 1977 ) Laurie Heineman ( 1978 ) Irene Dailey ( 1979 ) 1980s Judith Light ( 1980 ) Judith Light ( 1981 ) Robin Strasser ( 1982 ) Dorothy Lyman ( 1983 ) Erika Slezak ( 1984 ) Kim Zimmer ( 1985 ) Erika Slezak ( 1986 ) Kim Zimmer ( 1987 ) Helen Gallagher ( 1988 ) Marcy Walker ( 1989 ) 1990s Kim Zimmer ( 1990 ) Finola Hughes ( 1991 ) Erika Slezak ( 1992 ) Linda Dano ( 1993 ) Hillary B. Smith ( 1994 ) Erika Slezak ( 1995 ) Erika Slezak ( 1996 ) Jess Walton ( 1997 ) Cynthia Watros ( 1998 ) Susan Lucci ( 1999 ) 2000s Susan Flannery ( 2000 ) Martha Byrne ( 2001 ) Susan Flannery ( 2002 ) Susan Flannery ( 2003 ) Michelle Stafford ( 2004 ) Erika Slezak ( 2005 ) Kim Zimmer ( 2006 ) Maura West ( 2007 ) Jeanne Cooper ( 2008 ) Susan Haskell ( 2009 ) 2010s Maura West ( 2010 ) Laura Wright ( 2011 ) Heather Tom ( 2012 ) Heather Tom ( 2013 ) Eileen Davidson ( 2014 ) Maura West ( 2015 ) Mary Beth Evans ( 2016 ) Gina Tognoni ( 2017 ) VIAF : 121261024 LCCN : no2010084823 ISNI : 0000 0000 7942 2871 BNF : cb14166319t ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeanne_Cooper&oldid=824358921 '' Categories : 1928 births 2013 deaths American soap opera actresses People from Taft, California Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winners Warner Bros. contract players American television actresses American film actresses Actresses from Los Angeles 20th - century American actresses 21st - century American actresses Actresses from Bakersfield, California Western ( genre ) television actors Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Articles using Template : EmmyTVLegends name Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu تۆرکجه Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Русский Simple English Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 6 February 2018, at 21 : 43. 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Question: who played katherine chancellor on the young and the restless
Answer: Wilma Jeanne Cooper