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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

6.9

Self (archive footage)

Rope Unleashed

2001

6.5

Tina Cosgrove

Whirlpool

1950

5.0

Mrs. Brooke

The Girl from Manhattan

1948

7.9

Mrs. Anita Atwater

Rope

1948

6.3

Lady Markby

An Ideal Husband

1947

6.2

Julia Gibbs

The Perils of Pauline

1947

5.6

The Queen of France

Monsieur Beaucaire

1946

6.6

Mrs. Kingsley

The Dark Corner

1946

5.5

Lady Susan Dowitt

Kitty

1945

6.5

Lady Wigstaff

Susan and God

1940

Credits

Rope Unleashed

as Self (archive footage)

2001

6.9

Whirlpool

as Tina Cosgrove

1950

6.5

The Girl from Manhattan

as Mrs. Brooke

1948

5.0

Rope

as Mrs. Anita Atwater

1948

7.9

An Ideal Husband

as Lady Markby

1947

6.3

The Perils of Pauline

as Julia Gibbs

1947

6.2

Monsieur Beaucaire

as The Queen of France

1946

5.6

The Dark Corner

as Mrs. Kingsley

1946

6.6

Kitty

as Lady Susan Dowitt

1945

5.5

Susan and God

as Lady Wigstaff

1940

6.5

Half a Sinner

as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge

1940

5.1

Zaza

as Nathalie

1938

4.3

A Damsel in Distress

as Lady Caroline

1937

6.4

Stage Door

as Miss Luther

1937

7.0

Wee Willie Winkie

as Mrs. Allardyce

1937

6.5

Thunder in the City

as Duchess Of Glenavon

1937

5.4

Girls' Dormitory

as Professor Augusta Wimmer

1936

5.9

Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Lady Constantia Lorridaile

1936

6.7

Professional Soldier

as Lady Augusta

1935

4.5

Shadow of Doubt

as Aunt Melissa

1935

6.2

Downhill

as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)

1927

5.8

The Bohemian Girl

as Queen

1922

6.6

Bleak House

as Lady Dedlock

1920

0.0

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as Extra (uncredited)

1916

7.1

Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

1916

0.0