She produced the original Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer-prize winning play - Talley's Folly - and the Emmy-nominated and Wilbur Award-winner - Snow in August - based on the book by Pete Hamil.
As a director of television, Cooperstein's work includes the LA Emmy award-winning film, Pioneer Women and the ABC Afternoon Special - UNDER THE LIMIT.
She was born and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts, where she began her professional acting career at age 11, appearing opposite Edward Arnold in The Apple of His Eye.
Later in New York City, she continued her radio career on WEVD, where she wrote, directed and produced a weekly program called Women in the News.
[citation needed] Her acting credits include Elaine May's Name of a Soup and A New Leaf, Jean Claude Van Itallie's King of the United States and Mystery Play and Connie Kaiserman's My Little Girl.