Maria Cooper Janis – 1937

Maria Cooper Janis is still working every day to promote her late father, Hollywood legend Gary Cooper, through a range of planned initiatives and events. She is a recognized artist and painter and handles her dad’s archives and website, garycooper.com. Janis even wrote Gary Cooper off Camera: A Daughter Remembers, and it provides an insight into the persona of one of the most outstanding cinematic performers of all time.

She pursued a painting career in New York before marrying Byron Janis, a world-renowned concert pianist, in 1966. She works hard on her paintings and exhibits them throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Aside from her credits, Janis also volunteers with the Neuropathy Foundation and is a member of the ASPR’s board of directors.