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name: "Constance Collier"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 January 1878"
died: "25 April 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T23:38:41.154325+00:00"
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# Constance Collier

Actor. Born 22 January 1878 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK. Died 25 April 1955.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 January 1878, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 25 April 1955
- **Also known as:** Laura Constance Hardie, David L'Estrange
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Collier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443743, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171887/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17660

## Biography

Constance Collier (born Laura Constance Hardie) was an English stage and film actress and acting coach. She was born on 22 January 1878 in Windsor, Berkshire, and died on 25 April 1955 in New York City. She made her stage debut at the age of three in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and later appeared in several Shakespearean plays. She married actor Julian L'Estrange in 1905; he died in 1918.

Collier appeared in silent films from 1916, including an uncredited role in *Intolerance*. Her later film roles included Miss Luther in *Stage Door* (1937), Mrs Anita Atwater in *Rope* (1948) and Tina Cosgrove in *Whirlpool* (1950). She also worked as a drama coach in Hollywood and had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Stage Door* (1937), Fi1m 85, as Miss Luther — [page](https://film.one/film/stage-door.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Whirlpool* (1950), as Tina Cosgrove
- *The Girl from Manhattan* (1948), as Mrs. Brooke
- *Rope* (1948), as Mrs. Anita Atwater
- *An Ideal Husband* (1947), as Lady Markby
- *The Perils of Pauline* (1947), as Julia Gibbs
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Dialogue Coach
- *Monsieur Beaucaire* (1946), as The Queen of France
- *The Dark Corner* (1946), as Mrs. Kingsley
- *Kitty* (1945), as Lady Susan Dowitt · Dialogue Coach
- *Susan and God* (1940), as Lady Millicent Wigstaff
- *Half a Sinner* (1940), as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
- *Zaza* (1939), as Nathalie
- *A Damsel in Distress* (1937), as Lady Caroline
- *The Rat* (1937), Theatre Play
- *Stage Door* (1937), as Miss Luther — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/stage-door.md)
- *Wee Willie Winkie* (1937), as Mrs. Allardyce
- *Thunder in the City* (1937), as Duchess Of Glenavon
- *Girls' Dormitory* (1936), as Professor Augusta Wimmer
- *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1936), as Lady Constantia Lorridaile
- *Professional Soldier* (1935), as Lady Augusta
- *Peter Ibbetson* (1935), Adaptation
- *Shadow of Doubt* (1935), as Aunt Melissa
- *The Taming of the Shrew* (1929), Vocal Coach
- *The Return of the Rat* (1929), Theatre Play
- *Downhill* (1927), as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited) · Original Story
- *The Rat* (1925), Writer
- *The Bohemian Girl* (1922), as Queen
- *Forever* (1921), Scenario Writer
- *Bleak House* (1920), as Lady Dedlock
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), as Extra (uncredited)
- *Macbeth* (1916), as Lady Macbeth
- *The Tongues of Men* (1916), as Jane Bartlett
- *The Code of Marcia Gray* (1916), as Marcia Gray

## Gallery

- ![Portrait of Constance Collier (1878–1955) as Iras in Ben-Hur from The Sketch, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 486, May 21, 1902, cover](https://film.one/media/person/1230116/gallery-93c2fb1f599a.png) Portrait of Constance Collier (1878–1955) as Iras in Ben-Hur from The Sketch, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 486, May 21, 1902, cover — Langfier, Old Bond Street (no individual credited), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Constance_Collier_%281878%E2%80%931955%29_as_Iras_in_Ben-Hur.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Portrait of Constance Collier (1878–1955) as Maggie Jocelyn in The Shop Girl from The Sketch, Vol. IX, No. 117, April 24, 1895, cover (1894)](https://film.one/media/person/1230116/gallery-6e21017dd3f2.png) Portrait of Constance Collier (1878–1955) as Maggie Jocelyn in The Shop Girl from The Sketch, Vol. IX, No. 117, April 24, 1895, cover (1894) — W. and D. Downey (no individual credited), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Constance_Collier_%281878%E2%80%931955%29_as_Maggie_Jocelyn_in_The_Shop_Girl.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Silent film actress Constance Collier. Subjects: actresses (1916)](https://film.one/media/person/1230116/gallery-5e3e740f3a52.jpg) Silent film actress Constance Collier. Subjects: actresses (1916) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Silent_film_actress_Constance_Collier_%28SAYRE_21618%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actress_Constance_Collier_%28SAYRE_21618%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Constance Collier](https://film.one/media/person/1230116/gallery-6f1d94d0c9d6.jpg) Constance Collier — Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Constance_Collier.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Constance Collier](https://film.one/media/person/1230116/gallery-7d8fb6df46ff.jpg) Constance Collier — Image via TMDB
- ![Constance Collier](https://film.one/media/person/1230116/gallery-9c84f40fdd3c.jpg) Constance Collier — Image via TMDB
- ![Portrait of Constance Collier (1878–1955) as Lady Sneerwell in The School for Scandal from The Sketch, Vol. XXXII, No. 412, December 19, 1900, page 346](https://film.one/media/person/1230116/gallery-5a71037fc99e.png) Portrait of Constance Collier (1878–1955) as Lady Sneerwell in The School for Scandal from The Sketch, Vol. XXXII, No. 412, December 19, 1900, page 346 — W. & D. Downey (no individual credited), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Constance_Collier_%281878%E2%80%931955%29_as_Lady_Sneerwell_in_The_School_for_Scandal.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Portrait of Constance Collier (1878–1955) as Roma Volonna in The Eternal City from The Sketch, Vol. XL, No. 511, November 12, 1902, cover](https://film.one/media/person/1230116/gallery-74b04af0c6f5.png) Portrait of Constance Collier (1878–1955) as Roma Volonna in The Eternal City from The Sketch, Vol. XL, No. 511, November 12, 1902, cover — Biograph Studio (no individual credited), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Constance_Collier_%281878%E2%80%931955%29_as_Roma_Volonna_in_The_Eternal_City.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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