Constance Collier
Actor
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.
Filmography
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited) 1916
Stage Door
as Miss Luther 1937
Whirlpool
as Tina Cosgrove 1950
Downhill
as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited) 1927
The Dark Corner
as Mrs. Kingsley 1946
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Lady Constantia Lorridaile 1936
A Damsel in Distress
as Lady Caroline 1937
Wee Willie Winkie
as Mrs. Allardyce 1937
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby 1947
Susan and God
as Lady Wigstaff 1940
Kitty
as Lady Susan Dowitt 1945
Half a Sinner
as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge 1940
Monsieur Beaucaire
as The Queen of France 1946
The Perils of Pauline
as Julia Gibbs 1947
Rope Unleashed
as Self (archive footage) 2001
Thunder in the City
as Duchess Of Glenavon 1937