<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Harry Bernsen, Jr. (m . 1954; div. 1977) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> 3, including Corbin Bernsen </Td> </Tr> <P> Wilma Jeanne Cooper (October 25, 1928--May 8, 2013) was an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973--2013). At the time of her death, she was eighth on the all - time list of longest - serving soap opera actors in the United States . She was the mother of actor Corbin Bernsen . </P> <P> Cooper was born in Taft, California, to Albert Troy Cooper, and his wife, the former Sildeth Evelyn Moore . She was the youngest of three siblings . The family lived in Kern County for several years, first in Taft until 1942 and then moving to Bakersfield . Her mother died August 21, 1944, and her father died April 11, 1986 . </P>

Who played katherine chancellor on the young and the restless