
Constance Collier
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1878-01-22
Day of Death
1955-04-25 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Constance Collier
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.
Known For
Acting
(2001)
Rope Unleashed
as Self (archive footage)
(1950)
Whirlpool
as Tina Cosgrove
(1948)
Rope
as Mrs. Anita Atwater
(1948)
The Girl from Manhattan
as Mrs. Brooke
(1947)
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
(1947)
The Perils of Pauline
as Julia Gibbs
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Mrs. Kingsley
(1946)
Monsieur Beaucaire
as The Queen of France
(1945)
Kitty
as Lady Susan Dowitt
(1940)
Susan and God
as Lady Wigstaff
(1940)
Half a Sinner
as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
(1938)
Zaza
as Nathalie
(1937)
Stage Door
as Miss Luther
(1937)
A Damsel in Distress
as Lady Caroline
(1937)
Wee Willie Winkie
as Mrs. Allardyce
(1937)
Thunder in the City
as Duchess Of Glenavon
(1936)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Lady Constantia Lorridaile
(1936)
Girls Dormitory
as Professor Augusta Wimmer
(1935)
Professional Soldier
as Lady Augusta
(1935)
Shadow of Doubt
as Aunt Melissa
(1927)
Downhill
as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)
(1922)
The Bohemian Girl
as Queen
(1920)
Bleak House
as Lady Dedlock
(1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
(1916)
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
Crew
(1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Dialogue Coach
(1945)
Kitty
Dialogue Coach
(1937)
The Rat
Theatre Play
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
Adaptation
(1929)
The Return of the Rat
Theatre Play
(1929)
The Taming of the Shrew
Vocal Coach
(1927)
Downhill
Original Story
(1925)
The Rat
Writer
(1921)
Forever
Scenario Writer