Actor
Constance Collier
January 22, 1878 · Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
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.
Notable work
Often works with
C. Aubrey Smith
4 titles together
Little Lord Fauntleroy, Wee Willie Winkie, An Ideal Husband
Samuel S. Hinds
2 titles together
Stage Door, Shadow of Doubt
Lucille Ball
2 titles together
Stage Door, The Dark Corner
Frank Reicher
2 titles together
Stage Door, Girls' Dormitory
Fortunio Bonanova
2 titles together
Whirlpool, Monsieur Beaucaire
Ivor Novello
2 titles together
Downhill, The Bohemian Girl
Full filmography · 27
Whirlpool
as Tina Cosgrove
19506.4
The Girl from Manhattan
as Mrs. Brooke
1948
Rope
as Mrs. Anita Atwater
19487.9
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
1947
The Perils of Pauline
as Julia Gibbs
1947
Monsieur Beaucaire
as The Queen of France
1946
The Dark Corner
as Mrs. Kingsley
19466.6
Kitty
as Lady Susan Dowitt
1945
Susan and God
as Lady Wigstaff
1940
Half a Sinner
as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
1940
Zaza
as Nathalie
1939
A Damsel in Distress
as Lady Caroline
19376.5