Lessons From My Father GARY COOPER

THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE HIGH NOON HERO SHARES HER FAVORITE MEMORIES WITH CLOSER

- Lisa Chambers, Fortune Benatar

Two-time Oscar winner Gary Cooper was one of the biggest celebrities in the world in his heyday, with glittery co-stars like Audrey Hepburn and famous friends such as Pablo Picasso a nd Ernest Hemingway. But he was also a protective dad. “My father taught me boxing,” his daughter, Maria Cooper Janis, shared with Closer at a recent screening of her father’s most celebrated film, High Noon. “He said, ‘Look, not every man is going to be a gentleman, and you’re going to be an attractive woman. Let me give you a few pointers.’ He taught me the graceful art of self-defense!”