Kiss Me Deadly
Cooper made her film debut in the 1955 thriller "Kiss Me Deadly", which was based on a novel by Mickey Spillane. Director Robert Aldrich cast Cooper in "Kiss Me Deadly" after seeing her turn as the character Anitra in a Los Angeles production of the play "Peer Gynt". Aldrich later cast Cooper in two of his other films, "Autumn Leaves" (1956) and "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962).