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My Take
Jeanne Cooper's career is a quiet monument to endurance. Born in tiny Taft, California, she played Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless for roughly forty years, right up to her death in 2013, ranking among the longest-serving soap actors in America. I find that staggering. In an industry obsessed with novelty, inhabiting one character daily for four decades takes a discipline that outshines any single trophy, and her Hollywood Walk of Fame star feels almost like an afterthought beside it. I have enormous respect for performers who commit to one role as a lifelong craft, and she defined that ideal.
Overview
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 had played Katherine for nearly 40 years, and her name appears on the list of longest-serving soap opera actors in the United States.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jeanne Cooper
- Name (Japanese)
- ジーン・クーパー
- Reading
- じーん・くーぱー
- Born
- October 25, 1928 – May 8, 2013
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dragon
- Origin
- Taft, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Taft Union High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.