Constance Collier

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1878-01-22

Deathday 1955-04-25 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK

Also Known As Laura Constance Hardie, David L'Estrange

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

Actor

2001
Rope Unleashed

as Self (archive footage)

1950
Whirlpool

as Tina Cosgrove

1948
1948
Rope

as Mrs. Anita Atwater

1947
An Ideal Husband

as Lady Markby

1947
The Perils of Pauline

as Julia Gibbs

1946
Monsieur Beaucaire

as The Queen of France

1946
The Dark Corner

as Mrs. Kingsley

1945
Kitty

as Lady Susan Dowitt

1940
Susan and God

as Lady Wigstaff

1940
Half a Sinner

as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge

1938
Zaza

as Nathalie

1937
A Damsel in Distress

as Lady Caroline

1937
Stage Door

as Miss Luther

1937
Wee Willie Winkie

as Mrs. Allardyce

1937
Thunder in the City

as Duchess Of Glenavon

1936
Girls Dormitory

as Professor Augusta Wimmer

1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Lady Constantia Lorridaile

1935
Professional Soldier

as Lady Augusta

1935
Shadow of Doubt

as Aunt Melissa

1927
Downhill

as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)

1922
1920
Bleak House

as Lady Dedlock

1916
Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

Writer

1937
The Rat

as Theatre Play

1935
Peter Ibbetson

as Adaptation

1929
The Return of the Rat

as Theatre Play

1927
Downhill

as Original Story

1925
The Rat

as Writer

1921
Forever

as Scenario Writer

Crew

1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

as Dialogue Coach

1945
Kitty

as Dialogue Coach

Sound

1929