Constance Collier
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
34
Gender
Female
Birthday
1878-01-22 (147 years old)
Place of Birth
Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
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

The Perils of Pauline as Julia Gibbs

1947

An Ideal Husband as Lady Markby

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

Wee Willie Winkie as Mrs. Allardyce

1937

A Damsel in Distress as Lady Caroline

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

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