Jeanne Cooper
Wilma Jeanne Cooper (born October 25, 1928 in Taft, California) is an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless, which she has played since 1973.
Cooper has broken ground in the daytime medium, as her character Katherine has been involved in a lesbian relationship, endured alcoholism, and 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).
Cooper was married for 23 years to television producer Harry Bernsen, and is mother to actor Corbin Bernsen, of L.A. Law fame (she guest-starred twice as his character's mother on the series).
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