- Gladys Cooper, Now, Voyager, 1942 A tale of two British dowager types… Producer Hal Wallis wanted veteran Dame May Witty to be the mother of Bette Davis in the romantic melodrama. (The one lighting two cigarettes at once). Newish director Irving Rapper refused. He preferred Cooper. Wallis said he’d never heard of her. He did on the 1943 Oscarnight.
Birth year: 1865Death year: 1948Other name: Casting Calls: 1