Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/22/1878
Place of Birth
Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Laura Constance HardieDavid 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 Hollyw...
Known For
Downhill
as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)
Rope
as Mrs. Anita Atwater
Professional Soldier
as Lady Augusta
Kitty
as Lady Susan Dowitt
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
Stage Door
as Miss Luther
Girls' Dormitory
as Professor Augusta Wimmer
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
Zaza
as Nathalie
Monsieur Beaucaire
as The Queen of France
A Damsel in Distress
as Lady Caroline
Rope Unleashed
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Corner
as Mrs. Kingsley
Wee Willie Winkie
as Mrs. Allardyce
Whirlpool
as Tina Cosgrove
Susan and God
as Lady Wigstaff
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Lady Constantia Lorridaile
Half a Sinner
as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
The Girl from Manhattan
as Mrs. Brooke