Constance Collier

Actor

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Also Known As

Laura Constance Hardie

Birth Place

Berkshire, England, GB

Born

January 22, 1878

Died

April 25, 1955

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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An accomplished and popular stage actress in New York and London, Collier made her film debut in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" (1916). She went on to offer a numer of fine silent performances (e.g., Lady MacBeth in "MacBeth" 1916), and made the transition to sound, appearing infrequently throughout the 1930s and 40s. Generally cast as upper-crust women, she graced such features as "Littl...

Filmography

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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

Dialogue Director

Wisecracks (1991)

Whirlpool (1949)

The Girl from Manhattan (1948)

The Perils of Pauline (1947)

Photos & Videos

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Stage Door (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Miss Randall's Baggage

Rope (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Deserve Justice?

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Julian L'Estrange

Husband

Actor. Married from 1912 until his death in 1918.

Biography

An accomplished and popular stage actress in New York and London, Collier made her film debut in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" (1916). She went on to offer a numer of fine silent performances (e.g., Lady MacBeth in "MacBeth" 1916), and made the transition to sound, appearing infrequently throughout the 1930s and 40s. Generally cast as upper-crust women, she graced such features as "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1936), "Stage Door" (1937, as a drama coach) and "Rope" (1948).

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

Dialogue Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Wisecracks (1991)

Whirlpool (1949)

The Girl from Manhattan (1948)

The Perils of Pauline (1947)

An Ideal Husband (1947)

Lady Susan Dewitt

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

The Queen of France

The Dark Corner (1946)

Half a Sinner (1940)

Mrs. [Jefferson] Breckenridge

Susan and God (1940)

Lady [Millicent] Wigstaff

Stage Door (1937)

Miss [Catherine] Luther

Wee Willie Winkie (1937)

A Damsel in Distress (1937)

Thunder in the City (1937)

Professional Soldier (1936)

Girls' Dormitory (1936)

Professor Augusta Wimmer

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

Lady Lorridaile

Anna Karénina (1935)

Shadow of Doubt (1935)

Bohemian Girl (1922)

Bleak House (1920)

The Code of Marcia Gray (1916)

Tongues of Men (1916)

Writer (Feature Film)

Peter Ibbetson (1935)

Downhill (1927)

Play As Source Material

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Baroness and the Butler (1938)

Diction adv for Annabella

Taming of the Shrew (1929)

Production Manager

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Wisecracks (1991)

Life Events

1916

Film acting debut in "Intolerance"

Videos

Stage Door (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Miss Randall's Baggage Part of the arrival of Terry (Katharine Hepburn) at the theatrical boarding house, meeting Miss Luther (Constance Collier) and her brassy roommate Jean (Ginger Rogers) in Gregory La Cava's Stage Door, 1937.

Rope (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Deserve Justice? From another of director Alfred Hitchcock’s disguised edits, Constance Collier with pianist David (Farley Granger) who with roommate Brandon (John Dall) has hidden murder victim David in the trunk, James Stewart as their old prep school teacher finally arriving, meeting Cedric Hardwicke, Joan Chandler, Douglas Dick and Edith Evanson as the maid, in Rope, 1948.

Whirlpool (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Your Soul Can Undress Crooked quasi-hypnotist Korvo (Jose Ferrer) has persuaded socialite Ann (Gene Tierney), whom he saved from a shoplifting arrest, to attend an LA reception honoring him and, after frightening an Italian nobleman (Fortunio Bonanova), tightens his grip, in Otto Preminger’s Whirlpool, 1949.

Thunder In The City (1937) -- (Movie Clip) The Duchess Fails Knocking about the English manor home of distant relatives, American ad-man Armstrong (Edward G. Robinson), cut loose by his firm, meets the forthright duke and duchess (Nigel Bruce, Constance Collier) and their daughter (Luli Deste), with her suitor (Ralph Richardson), in Thunder In The City, 1937.

Thunder In The City (1937) -- (Movie Clip) The World's Best Jockey English financier Manningdale (Ralph Richardson) joins visiting American executive Armstrong (Edward G. Robinson), who's pitching his newly discovered metal to the press, then has to tell his partners (Nigel Bruce, Luli Deste, Constance Collier) he's low on cash, in Thunder In The City, 1937.

Ideal Husband, An (1947) -- (Movie Clip) It Starts In The Right Manner Party at the Grosvenor Square home of Lady (Diana Wynyard) and Sir Robert (Hugh Williams) Chiltern, gossip Lady Markby (Constance Collier) and unexpected Mrs. Cheveley (Paulette Goddard) arriving, in An Ideal Husband, 1947, from Oscar Wilde's play.

Ideal Husband, An (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Center Of The Universe Following the titles, original Oscar Wilde prose from the published edition of his play, producer-director Alexander Korda and brother Vincent's design on display, with the actor's credits, from An Ideal Husband, 1947.

Perils Of Pauline, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Gesundheit! Pearl (Betty Hutton) has an on-stage catastrophe with Farrington (John Lund), leading to an intense clash as his traveling theater leaves town, in The Perils Of Pauline, 1947.

Susan and God - (Original Trailer) A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group in Susan and God (1940) starring Joan Crawford, directed by George Cukor.

Dark Corner, The - (Original Trailer) Secretary Lucille Ball helps her private eye boss when he's framed for murder in The Dark Corner (1946).

Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The - (Original Trailer) A spirited widow (Gene Tierney) rents a haunted cottage and builds an emotional bond with the resident ghost (Rex Harrison) in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Kitty - (Original Trailer) A penniless British lord (Ray Milland) passes a street urchin (Paulette Goddard) off as a lady to sell her to a rich husband in Kitty (1946).

Shadow Of Doubt - (Original Trailer) Murder charges threaten an actress's marriage plans in Shadow of Doubt (1935) starring Ricardo Cortez.

Rope! - (Original Trailer) Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope! (1948) starring James Stewart.

Stage Door - (Re-issue Trailer) Women at a theatrical boarding house vie for choice roles on Broadway in Stage Door (1937), with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, & Lucille Ball.

Perils Of Pauline, The - (Original Trailer) Betty Hutton plays silent serial heroine Pearl White in The Perils Of Pauline (1947). Songs by Frank Loesser (Guys & Dolls).

Companions

Julian L'Estrange

Husband

Actor. Married from 1912 until his death in 1918.

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