Cine AI
Constance Collier

Constance Collier

Actor · Born 1878-01-22 · Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK

Get the app Browse on web

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Rope (1948) — Mrs. Anita Atwater
  2. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) — Extra (uncredited)
  3. Stage Door (1937) — Miss Luther
  4. Whirlpool (1950) — Tina Cosgrove
  5. Downhill (1927) — Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)
  6. The Dark Corner (1946) — Mrs. Kingsley
  7. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) — Lady Constantia Lorridaile
  8. A Damsel in Distress (1937) — Lady Caroline
  9. Wee Willie Winkie (1937) — Mrs. Allardyce
  10. Susan and God (1940) — Lady Wigstaff
  11. An Ideal Husband (1947) — Lady Markby
  12. Kitty (1945) — Lady Susan Dowitt
  13. Half a Sinner (1940) — Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
  14. The Perils of Pauline (1947) — Julia Gibbs
  15. Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) — The Queen of France
  16. Rope Unleashed (2001) — Self (archive footage)
  17. Thunder in the City (1937) — Duchess Of Glenavon
  18. Girls' Dormitory (1936) — Professor Augusta Wimmer
  19. Zaza (1939) — Nathalie
  20. The Bohemian Girl (1922) — Queen
  21. Shadow of Doubt (1935) — Aunt Melissa
  22. Professional Soldier (1935) — Lady Augusta
  23. The Girl from Manhattan (1948) — Mrs. Brooke
  24. Bleak House (1920) — Lady Dedlock
  25. Macbeth (1916) — Lady Macbeth
  26. The Tongues of Men (1916) — Jane Bartlett
  27. The Code of Marcia Gray (1916) — Marcia Gray