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Not Young, Still Restless: A Memoir Kindle Edition

by Jeanne Cooper (Author), Lindsay Harrison (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,781 ratings
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The New York Times–bestselling memoir from one of daytime television’s most beloved actresses.

Jeanne Cooper, the Emmy Award–winning American actress best known for her portrayal of Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, recounts the steps and missteps of her six-decade career in Not Young, Still Restless. Exploring a career that began with the birth of a phenomenon called television, Cooper’s life story co-stars a cast of characters that reads like a who’s-who of Hollywood’s Golden Age: Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, and Shelley Winters, to name just a few. Intimate, honest, and inspiring, Not Young, Still Restless is a fascinating memoir of a life in daytime drama—and proof positive that that growing older doesn’t have to mean giving up.
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The long-awaited memoir from one of daytime television's most celebrated and beloved actresses.

Three or four days a week, Jeanne Cooper drives from her Hollywood Hills home to the job she's held for more than three decades: bringing life to the character of Katherine Chancellor, the outspoken, powerful, and insanely wealthy force of nature who, along with Jeanne herself, has become a legend in the world of daytime television and its number-one show, The Young and the Restless.

Now, for the first time, her fans will get to know the woman behind the iconic character. With her signature fearlessness, honesty, and humor, Jeanne chronicles her long tenure in Hollywood and describes her life before, during, and away from the CBS soundstage.

Not Young, Still Restless follows Jeanne as she makes her way from small-town Taft, California, to the heart of the Los Angeles movie industry, where the list of her feature-film costars reads like a Who's Who of Hollywood's Golden Age—Maureen O'Hara, Raymond Burr, David Janssen, Robert Taylor, Tony Curtis, Shelley Winters, Glenn Ford, and Lee J. Cobb, to name just a few. Jeanne writes vividly of her first foray into the new phenomenon of television and how she found her home at The Young and the Restless.

Jeanne's story charts the ups and downs of a long and rich life, including the breakup of a marriage that produced the three great loves of her life—her daughter, Caren, and her sons Collin and the actor Corbin Bernsen—before it ended, leaving her a single working mother. She also speaks honestly and openly about her battles to overcome alcoholism, defeat breast cancer, and age gracefully in Hollywood, a process that made her the first reality-television star when her character's (and her own) face-lift was filmed live on The Young and the Restless.

In Not Young, Still Restless, the Emmy Award–winning actress inspires readers with her ability not only to survive but thrive as an octogenarian in today's Hollywood.

About the Author

Jeanne Cooper has earned the love of soap-opera fans for her long-running role as Katherine Chancellor on CBS's The Young and the Restless. She received back-to-back Daytime Emmy Award nominations as Outstanding Leading Actress in a Drama Series in 1989, 1990, and 1991. In 1993, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in recognition of her many years in show business.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007678V5G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dey Street Books; Reprint edition (July 31, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 31, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
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Born in 1928 as the youngest child of part-Cherokee parents, Jeanne Cooper has been working in show business for the past seven decades of her 83 years. She became beloved by soap opera fans for her long-running role as the wealthy, tough-as-nails but generally good-hearted Katherine Chancellor on CBS' The Young and the Restless. She is the only actor who has been with the show since its premiere. For her work on the series, she received back-to-back Daytime Emmy Award nominations as Outstanding Leading Actress in a Drama Series in 1989, 1990 and 1991. In 1993, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, recognizing her years of work in show business. When asked what she feels her legacy to daytime drama is, Cooper replied: "Respect. I've made other actors of repute realize and recognize the quality and integrity of a lot of actors in daytime. I think I set the standard by which people are measured."

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wasn't Sure I Was Going To Like This
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2012
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I had a fleeting encounter with Jeanne Cooper once at a hotel in Santa Monica. I am not sure if she was having a bad day but I wasn't going to find out. Keep in mind that I was not approaching her or trying to make contact in any way. She looked tense and authoritarian and it made me wonder if real life mimicked Katherine Chancellor's latest problems. At the time Cooper's alter ego Chancellor was going through some heavy stuff. Needless to say, I was curious about what she had to say in this book but I wasn't sure I'd like Jeanne Cooper.
All things considered, this was a darn good book. Cooper, at least through the written word, seems to have a pretty good sense of humor while being tough when she needs to be. And apparently she really needed to be at times whether during disputes at work or in her home life with a cheating hubby who didn't seem to have any qualms regarding letting his successful actress wife support him.
Cooper has lived a very interesting and un-Katherine Chancellor life that I think most people can relate to because she wasn't born into the good life. She is frank and gutsy and, at times, far more revealing and honest than most celebs. She has a unique way with words and storytelling that left me howling at times whether she was talking about kicking that scoundrel husband Harry Bernsen to the curb finally or her romance with co-star/fictional son Beau Kayzer. While she waxes about her soap co-stars and the business of acting, she keeps it interesting and relevant. Even a first trip to a drive-thru sounds like high adventure through Cooper's eyes.
Needless to say, now when I think back to Jeanne Cooper and that day in Santa Monica, I can help but wonder if she was thinking about Harry Bernsen or just having a Katherine Chancellor sized trauma. This is a great read and one that moves far too swiftly.
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Nancy Kessler
5.0 out of 5 stars So honest and Jeanne
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2021
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Highly recommend! I felt like The author sitting right there tellng me her life story detail by detail ! One of the most honest forthright autobiographies I've ever had the pleasure to read. And its funny and sad and happy. All real life emotions. Love her honesty. Jeanne has a wonderful life story to tell a few surprises too! A few shocks ! Jeanne was definitely a strong woman! She helped make Young and Restless the top story and I do miss her . Worth the read and read in 2 days such a page turner.
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E.J.Mac Crakin
4.0 out of 5 stars Gone but Never Forgotten
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2013
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I was a late commer to viewing Y&R but soon learned that Jeannie Coopers portryal of Kathrine Chancelor was definately a Leading Lady. It was fun to look at the jewels she always wore and the beautiful clothes. Those were her sparkeling trademark but her portrayal of the role was so filled with drama and emothion I felt I was in the room watching the. I could not resist purchasing her book and as I read her words, it was like having her in my house and she was telling the story to me personally. She shared her life with all her readers. Some of it was very sad and some of it was full of joy. Her three children were wonderful and I loved the stories about her animals.

Jeannie Cooper was a very gracious woman who extended herself financially to many people who needed assistance, wether it just be a sympathetic ear or financial, she found a way to help so many people. She unselfishly asked for nothing in return. I know that all the lives she touched have been blessed. Just as my own life has been both enriched and blessed after reading her book.

Y&R willl never be quite the same.

Her family will always feel a void when they are together.

This is one book I have saved on my Kindle. I want to go back again and again to fill my cup with her wisdom.
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Linda Barnett
5.0 out of 5 stars What a delightful book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2016
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Having been only an intermittent viewer of The Young and the Restless, over the years, I still enjoyed the story of her life and the character she brought life and credibility to, Katherine Chancellor.

Part behind the scenes look at the making of a soap opera, part tribute to her friends and co-workers for so many years, generous in her praise, sparing in her criticism and part showcase, by a proud mother, of her three beautiful children and their many accomplishments.

There are great stories about on set high-jinx, the odd argument or tiff, occasional screaming matches over dialogue and her long running campaign to get the last line in, in any scene with her good friend Eric Braeden, aka Victor Newman.

If she improvised an additional line, at the end of the scene, he would carry right on with the exchange and the instant there was a pause after his line the director would immediately yell "cut!". Just one time she managed to one up him by throwing a line out and quickly exiting the scene, so he was left with nobody to respond to, and responding with glee at the sound of "cut" following her off stage.

Get it, read it and enjoy it - they don't make them like Jeanne Cooper any more!
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James K
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE FOR ANY Y&R FAN. Ive been a fan for over 36 years...and counting.
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2012
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I just got my book Not Young, Still Restless: A memoir. I am 41 year old male and can remember my mom and I watching the Y&R at age 5. Through the years I consitantly watched it up till about 2000-2004 where I was so busy with college I just had no time. I'm back to watching it and never miss an episode. I absolutely love some of the characters such as the acting icon Katherine Chancellor, Phyllis Newman, Nicky Newman, to name a few. The latest additions have wow'd me like Avery Clark, Noah Newman(dark haired). I seriously cannot get enough of this show. So of coarse I would want to read the book written by the woman who has held her own, has had some of the craziest and life touching story lines. I like at Kay today and its so weird when they do a flashback. To me the woman never ages and is always interesting to watch. I looking forward to reading her book and a friend read it and said it was a must read. Thank you Jeanne Cooper for you years of laughs, tears, triumph moments, your words of wisdom, and being a real human being, who just happens to be loaded. You can actually catch a few of her early black and white films on Netflix just by typing in her name. I found two and what hottie back in the day :) Again, thank you for years of entertainment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 'A Beautiful, Well-Written Book By The Late, Great Actress Jeanne Cooper!'
Reviewed in Canada on November 4, 2020
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WOW!!! What can I say? I loved the book very much!!! It was well-written and actress Jeanne Cooper told it like it was: from her childhood to her very 'toxic' marriage to her acting roles in various movies and TV shows to her three beautiful children to her eight beautiful grand children to her one and only 'Emmy Award' as Katherine Chancellor in the 'Young And The Restless' Ms. Cooper has seen and done it all with beauty, grace, class and dignity. It took me three days to read this wonderful book and I laughed and cried along with Ms. Cooper's words and I was amazed as to how she got into Hollywood without sleeping around and she was very outspoken about everything, including her plastic surgery (both Jeanne and her character, Katherine) on the 'Y&R'. I cried when Ms. Cooper passed away seven years ago; I didn't know she was an alcoholic and a smoker in real life and the show hasn't been the same since she passed away. Both Jeanne Cooper and her character, the great Katherine Chancellor, were the 'glue' that held the show together; I grew up watching the 'Y&R' and it's still my favorite soap opera to watch to this day. It was Ms. Cooper's birthday last week and she was a Scorpio, just like me! REST IN POWER, Ms. Wilma Jeanne Cooper (October 25, 1928-May 8, 2013): 'You may be gone but you will never, ever be, forgotten.'
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Darren
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2014
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This is a superb book. It is frank and simple to read and the writer does not mince her words. It was also not unwieldy like some autobiographies. This is a great book by a fascinating and strong woman.
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Roberta HINKEL
4.0 out of 5 stars grande et drole dame
Reviewed in France on October 2, 2013
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elle écrit comme elle a vécu. Très beau livre, Aurait du sortir bien plus tôt car je lui aurais bien écrit ! J'ai l'impression de connaitre tout le plateau de "Les Feux de l'Amour". Merci pour ces bons et beaux moments de lecture, HR
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claudia w.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on August 10, 2023
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Very nice reading
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Christine
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2013
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Enjoyed Reading this book Jeanne cooper was a great actress she was in the programme called the young and the Restless which I enjoyed watching her she is greatly missed !!
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