Known For
Acting
Known Credits
27
Gender
Female
Birthday
January 22, 1878 (148 years old)
Place of Birth
Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
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.
| 2001 | Rope Unleashedas Self (archive footage) | |
| 1950 | Whirlpoolas Tina Cosgrove | |
| 1948 | The Girl from Manhattanas Mrs. Brooke | |
| 1948 | Ropeas Mrs. Anita Atwater | |
| 1947 | An Ideal Husbandas Lady Markby | |
| 1947 | The Perils of Paulineas Julia Gibbs | |
| 1946 | Monsieur Beaucaireas The Queen of France | |
| 1946 | The Dark Corneras Mrs. Kingsley | |
| 1945 | Kittyas Lady Susan Dowitt | |
| 1940 | Susan and Godas Lady Wigstaff | |
| 1940 | Half a Sinneras Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge | |
| 1939 | Zazaas Nathalie | |
| 1937 | A Damsel in Distressas Lady Caroline | |
| 1937 | Stage Dooras Miss Luther | |
| 1937 | Wee Willie Winkieas Mrs. Allardyce | |
| 1937 | Thunder in the Cityas Duchess Of Glenavon | |
| 1936 | Girls' Dormitoryas Professor Augusta Wimmer | |
| 1936 | Little Lord Fauntleroyas Lady Constantia Lorridaile | |
| 1935 | Professional Soldieras Lady Augusta | |
| 1935 | Shadow of Doubtas Aunt Melissa | |
| 1927 | Downhillas Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited) | |
| 1922 | The Bohemian Girlas Queen | |
| 1920 | Bleak Houseas Lady Dedlock | |
| 1916 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Agesas Extra (uncredited) | |
| 1916 | Macbethas Lady Macbeth | |
| 1916 | The Tongues of Menas Jane Bartlett | |
| 1916 | The Code of Marcia Grayas Marcia Gray |
| 1947 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir...Dialogue Coach | |
| 1945 | Kitty...Dialogue Coach | |
| 1937 | The Rat...Theatre Play | |
| 1935 | Peter Ibbetson...Adaptation | |
| 1929 | The Taming of the Shrew...Vocal Coach | |
| 1929 | The Return of the Rat...Theatre Play | |
| 1927 | Downhill...Original Story | |
| 1925 | The Rat...Writer | |
| 1921 | Forever...Scenario Writer |