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department store selling cosmetics, as well as holding down a small modeling job. She had also modeled jewelry in New York, during a relatively uneventful period in her life. She was also known to have traveled around the world, from Mexico to as far as
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discovered her at a nightclub in 1941, mistaking her for Lamarr. After being offered a professional acting contract, Cooper entered the film industry and studied dramatics, although initially could only secure minor roles.
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when she was six, while she was experienced with a rifle just a year later. During her early childhood, she would spend several summer months each year visiting her grandmother's plantation in
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on her birthday, having been engaged for several months. In 1951, she was reported to be preparing marriage to actor Mike Carr.
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