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.

Known For

Rope

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Stage Door

The Dark Corner

Whirlpool

Downhill

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Kitty

All Movies (27)

• Rope Unleashed2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Whirlpool1950 · as Tina Cosgrove
• The Girl from Manhattan1948 · as Mrs. Brooke
• Rope1948 · as Mrs. Anita Atwater
• An Ideal Husband1947 · as Lady Markby
• The Perils of Pauline1947 · as Julia Gibbs
• Monsieur Beaucaire1946 · as The Queen of France
• The Dark Corner1946 · as Mrs. Kingsley
• Kitty1945 · as Lady Susan Dowitt
• Susan and God1940 · as Lady Wigstaff
• Half a Sinner1940 · as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
• Zaza1939 · as Nathalie
• A Damsel in Distress1937 · as Lady Caroline
• Stage Door1937 · as Miss Luther
• Wee Willie Winkie1937 · as Mrs. Allardyce
• Thunder in the City1937 · as Duchess Of Glenavon
• Girls' Dormitory1936 · as Professor Augusta Wimmer
• Little Lord Fauntleroy1936 · as Lady Constantia Lorridaile
• Professional Soldier1935 · as Lady Augusta
• Shadow of Doubt1935 · as Aunt Melissa
• Downhill1927 · as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)
• The Bohemian Girl1922 · as Queen
• Bleak House1920 · as Lady Dedlock
• Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916 · as Extra (uncredited)
• Macbeth1916 · as Lady Macbeth
• The Tongues of Men1916 · as Jane Bartlett
• The Code of Marcia Gray1916 · as Marcia Gray