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