Constance Collier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 22, 1878
- Died
- April 25, 1955 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Biography
Constance Collier (born Laura Constance Hardie; 22 January 1878 – 25 April 1955) was an English stage and film actress and acting coach. She made her stage debut at the age of three, when she played Fairy Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and later appeared in several Shakespearean stage plays. Her brief visit to New York in the 1910s yielded her work in a few silent films. When she was diagnosed with diabetes, she became the first ever patient in Europe to receive insulin treatment following its recent discovery. She served as an acting coach for many silent film stars in 1920s Hollywood following the tumultuous change to "talkies". While her most famous pupil was arguably Colleen Moore, her most acclaimed lifelong friend was fellow Stage Door co-star, Katharine Hepburn. Collier has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Filmography
Rope Unleashed
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Whirlpool
Movie · as Tina Cosgrove
Rope
Movie · as Mrs. Anita Atwater
The Girl from Manhattan
Movie · as Mrs. Brooke
An Ideal Husband
Movie · as Lady Markby
The Perils of Pauline
Movie · as Julia Gibbs
The Dark Corner
Movie · as Mrs. Kingsley
Monsieur Beaucaire
Movie · as The Queen of France
Kitty
Movie · as Lady Susan Dowitt
Susan and God
Movie · as Lady Millicent Wigstaff
Half a Sinner
Movie · as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
Zaza
Movie · as Nathalie
Stage Door
Movie · as Miss Luther
Wee Willie Winkie
Movie · as Mrs. Allardyce
A Damsel in Distress
Movie · as Lady Caroline
Thunder in the City
Movie · as Duchess Of Glenavon
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · as Lady Constantia Lorridaile
Girls' Dormitory
Movie · as Professor Augusta Wimmer
Professional Soldier
Movie · as Lady Augusta
Shadow of Doubt
Movie · as Aunt Melissa
Downhill
Movie · as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)
The Bohemian Girl
Movie · as Queen
Bleak House
Movie · as Lady Dedlock
Macbeth
Movie · as Lady Macbeth
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
The Tongues of Men
Movie · as Jane Bartlett
The Code of Marcia Gray
Movie · as Marcia Gray