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She started as a dancer in Bandmann's Musical Comedy, a Eurasian troupe before being employed by Madan's Corinithian Stage Company.

Cooper was often cast as the sexually troubled but innocent woman at the center of moral dilemmas, a forerunner to the type of roles played later by Nargis.

Cooper first made an impact with Nala Damayanti ( 1920 ).

The film starred Keki Adajania as Nala and Cooper as Damayanti.

The film was a big budget Madan Theatre production and was directed by Italian Eugenio De Liguoro, known in Italy for his Orientalist spectacles like Fascino d ' Oro ( 1919 ).

Nala Damayanti was famous for its special effects at the time-Narada's ascent of Mount Meru to heaven, the transformations of four gods into impersonations of Nala, the transformation of Kali into a serpant among others.