Jackie Cooper

Cooper has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1501 Vine Street. He married Bond Girl Carole Bouquet in 1997. The title comes from Norman Taurog's threat to shoot young Jackie's dog if he couldn't cry in Skippy. He also did "Le Retour de Martin Guerre" in 1982. His autobiography, Please Don't Shoot My Dog, was published in 1981. In addition to the nearly sixty motion-pictures he has appeared in, he has also directed and/or produced several major films through his company, "DD Productions". Later in the 1970s, he found renewed fame as Clark Kent's editor, Perry White, in the Superman feature film series starring Christopher Reeve. Depardieu is the highest paid actor in France, and one of the most powerful within the French film industry.

It was his television acting that convinced him that he could become a director, and he successfully moved behind the camera, to become one of the busier television directors, for which he won Emmy Awards. His most significant English-language productions are Green Card with Andie MacDowell and 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Cooper had problems finding roles as he became an adolescent, and he served in World War II, so his career was at a nadir when he starred in two popular television series, The People's Choice and Hennesey. In the 1990s he achieved some fame in North America too. He began a long on-screen relationship with actor Wallace Beery in such films as The Champ (1931), The Bowery (1933), Treasure Island (1934), and O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935). In addition he also earned the following:. Our Gang producer Hal Roach sold Jackie's contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in mid-1931, as he felt the youngster would have a better future in features. He has been nominated a record-setting 14 times for the Cesar Award as Best Actor. After his first win in 1981, he won a second time in 1991 for Cyrano de Bergerac for which he was also nominated for the 1990 Academy Award for Best Actor.

The movie catapulted young Jackie into superstardom. His acting career started in the 1970s and by the early 1980s, he was one of the leading French actors gaining much attention for his role opposite Fanny Ardant in Francois Truffaut's film La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door), and winning his first Cesar Award for Best Actor for his role in Le Dernier métro. His first non-Our Gang role was in 1931, when his uncle Norman Taurog hired him to star in Skippy, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (the youngest actor ever to receive the nomination). He was born in Chateauroux, Centre, France, the son of a sheet metal worker. He conntinued to appear in Our Gang for two more years, becoming its main character. His most notable Our Gang shorts explore his character's crush on Miss Crabtree, the schoolteacher played by June Marlowe. Gérard Depardieu (born December 27, 1948) is a French actor. Born in Los Angeles, California the nephew of director Norman Taurog, Cooper first appeared in the movies in Boxing Gloves in 1929, one of the Our Gang comedies. Cinema of France.

Jackie Cooper (born September 15, 1922) is an American actor and director, one of the few child actors who managed to transition into an adult career. Maitresse - (1973). Les Valseuses - (1974). 1900 - (1976). La Femme d'à côté - (1981).

Le Dernier métro - (1981). Police (movie) - (1985). Jean de Florette - (1986). Camille Claudel - (1989).

Green Card - (1990) (English). Cyrano de Bergerac - (1990). Uranus - (1990). 1492: Conquest of Paradise - (1992) (English).

My Father, the Hero - (1994) (English). Bogus - (1996) (English). The Man in the Iron Mask - (1998) (English). Le comte de Monte Cristo - (1999) (TV miniseries).

Balzac: A Life of Passion - (1999). Un Pont entre deux rives (The Bridge) - (2000) - (Acted, Produced & Directed). 102 Dalmatians - (2000). Les Misérables - (2001) - (TV miniseries co-produced by Depardieu).

Le Placard (The Closet) - (2001). I Am Dina - (2002). CQ - (2002). 1997: Lion d'or: Venice Film Festival.

1991: winner Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Green Card. 1990: Best Actor Award: Cannes Film Festival for his role in Camille Claudel. 1985: Best Actor Award: Venice Film Festival for his role in Police.