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.
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Full filmography
- Rope (1948) as Mrs. Anita Atwater
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) as Extra (uncredited)
- Stage Door (1937) as Miss Luther
- The Dark Corner (1946) as Mrs. Kingsley
- Whirlpool (1950) as Tina Cosgrove
- Downhill (1927) as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)
- Bleak House (1920) as Lady Dedlock
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) as Lady Constantia Lorridaile
- The Perils of Pauline (1947) as Julia Gibbs
- Wee Willie Winkie (1937) as Mrs. Allardyce
- An Ideal Husband (1947) as Lady Markby
- Kitty (1945) as Lady Susan Dowitt
- Susan and God (1940) as Lady Wigstaff
- A Damsel in Distress (1937) as Lady Caroline
- Zaza (1939) as Nathalie
- The Girl from Manhattan (1948) as Mrs. Brooke
- Rope Unleashed (2001) as Self (archive footage)
- Half a Sinner (1940) as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
- Professional Soldier (1935) as Lady Augusta
- Girls' Dormitory (1936) as Professor Augusta Wimmer
- Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) as The Queen of France
- Shadow of Doubt (1935) as Aunt Melissa
- The Bohemian Girl (1922) as Queen
- Macbeth (1916) as Lady Macbeth