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Constance Collier

Constance Collier
  • Name: Constance Collier
  • Birthday: 1878-01-22
  • Also known as: Laura Constance Hardie,David L'Estrange
  • Place of birth: Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
  • Popularity: 4.612
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... Read More

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Title Release date
Rope Unleashed   as  Self (archive footage) 2001-03-06
Whirlpool   as  Tina Cosgrove 1950-01-13
The Girl from Manhattan   as  Mrs. Brooke 1948-10-01
Rope   as  Mrs. Anita Atwater 1948-03-11
An Ideal Husband   as  Lady Markby 1947-11-14
The Perils of Pauline   as  Julia Gibbs 1947-07-04
Monsieur Beaucaire   as  The Queen of France 1946-09-04
The Dark Corner   as  Mrs. Kingsley 1946-04-09
Kitty   as  Lady Susan Dowitt 1945-10-16
Susan and God   as  Lady Wigstaff 1940-06-07
Half a Sinner   as  Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge 1940-04-05
Zaza   as  Nathalie 1938-12-29
A Damsel in Distress   as  Lady Caroline 1937-11-19
Stage Door   as  Miss Luther 1937-10-08
Wee Willie Winkie   as  Mrs. Allardyce 1937-07-30
Thunder in the City   as  Duchess Of Glenavon 1937-04-22
Girls Dormitory   as  Professor Augusta Wimmer 1936-08-08
Little Lord Fauntleroy   as  Lady Constantia Lorridaile 1936-03-06
Professional Soldier   as  Lady Augusta 1935-12-27
Shadow of Doubt   as  Aunt Melissa 1935-02-15
Downhill   as  Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited) 1927-10-24
The Bohemian Girl   as  Queen 1922-07-27
Bleak House   as  Lady Dedlock 1920-01-15
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages   as  Extra (uncredited) 1916-09-04
Macbeth   as  Lady Macbeth 1916-01-02