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name: "Collin Wilcox Paxton"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 February 1935"
died: "14 October 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:01.522379+00:00"
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# Collin Wilcox Paxton

Actor. Born 4 February 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Died 14 October 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 February 1935, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 14 October 2009
- **Also known as:** Collin Wilcox, Collin Wilcox-Horne, Collin Wilcox Horne , Collin Wilcox-Horn , Colin Wilcox,  Collin Wilcox-Paxton

## Biography

Collin Wilcox Paxton was an American actress who worked in film, television and theatre. She appeared under the names Collin Wilcox, Collin Wilcox-Horne and Collin Wilcox-Paxton.

She is known for her role as Mayella Violet Ewell in the 1962 film *To Kill a Mockingbird*. Other screen credits include *Catch-22* (1970), *Jaws 2* (1978), *Fluke* (1995) and *Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil* (1997), as well as guest roles in series such as *The Twilight Zone*, *Columbo* and *Little House on the Prairie*.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, she moved to Highlands, North Carolina, as an infant. Her parents helped found the local community theatre, where she began performing. She studied at the University of Tennessee and the Goodman School of Drama, trained at the Actors Studio and made her Broadway debut in 1958.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), Fi1m 84, as Mayella Violet Ewell — [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md)

## Also known for

- *Jaws 2* (1978), Dr. Lureen Elkins
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), Beth Novak
- *Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil* (1997), Woman at Party
- *Catch-22* (1970), Nurse Cramer
- *Fluke* (1995), Bella
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Julie
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), Martha Harrison
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), Bess Frye

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