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name: "Cora Sue Collins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cora-sue-collins"
roles: []
born: "19 April 1927"
died: "27 April 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T00:05:08.259821+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Cora Sue Collins

Actor. Born 19 April 1927 in Beckley, West Virginia, USA. Died 27 April 2025.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 April 1927, Beckley, West Virginia, USA
- **Died:** 27 April 2025
- **Also known as:** Cora Susan Collins
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 66 (2), 1940s 64 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Romance 3, Drama 2, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Sue_Collins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16090591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103015

## Biography

Cora Sue Collins was an American child actress. Born in Beckley, West Virginia, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother and older sister, making her film debut in 1932 at the age of five.

She appeared in dozens of films during the 1930s and early 1940s, often in uncredited or supporting child roles. Her credits include *Smilin' Through* (1932) as Young Kathleen, *Queen Christina* (1933) as Christina as a Child, *Anna Karenina* (1935) as Tania, *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* (1938) as Amy Lawrence, and *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940) as Louise de Rham. She retired from acting at the age of 18.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Smilin' Through* (1932), Fi1m 67, as Young Kathleen — [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Fi1m 64, as Louise de Rham (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)
- *Naughty Marietta* (1935), Fi1m 64, as Felice (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Week-End at the Waldorf* (1945), as Jane Rand
- *Roughly Speaking* (1945), as Elinor Randall as a Girl (uncredited)
- *Youth on Trial* (1945), as Cam Chandler
- *Johnny Doughboy* (1942), as Cora Sue Collins
- *Get Hep to Love* (1942), as Elaine Sterling
- *Blood and Sand* (1941), as Encarnacion (as a child)
- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), as Louise de Rham (uncredited) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)
- *Stop, Look and Love* (1939), as Dora Haller
- *The Greener Hills* (1939), as Miller Daughter
- *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* (1938), as Amy Lawrence
- *Three Married Men* (1936), as Sue Cary
- *Devil's Squadron* (1936), as Mary
- *The Harvester* (1936), as Naomi Jameson
- *Magnificent Obsession* (1935), as Ruth, the Child in the Park
- *Beautiful Dreamer* (1935), Actor
- *Mary Burns, Fugitive* (1935), as Little girl
- *Harmony Lane* (1935), as Marian Foster
- *Two Sinners* (1935), as Sally Pym
- *The Dark Angel* (1935), as Kitty as a Child
- *Anna Karenina* (1935), as Tania
- *Mad Love* (1935), as Crippled Girl (Uncredited)
- *Public Hero Number 1* (1935), as Little Girl (uncredited)
- *Without Children* (1935), as Carol Cole as a Child
- *Naughty Marietta* (1935), as Felice (uncredited) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md)
- *Caravan* (1934), as Young Latzi (Uncredited)
- *The World Accuses* (1934), as 'Pat' Collins
- *Evelyn Prentice* (1934), as Dorothy Prentice
- *Elinor Norton* (1934), as Betty, little girl
- *The Spectacle Maker* (1934), as The Little Princess
- *The Scarlet Letter* (1934), as Pearl
- *Treasure Island* (1934), as Young Girl at the Inn (uncredited)
- *Black Moon* (1934), as Nancy Lane
- *Keep 'Em Rolling* (1934), as Young Marjorie Deane (uncredited)
- *As the Earth Turns* (1934), as Marie
- *Queen Christina* (1934), as Christina as a Child (uncredited)
- *Little Men* (1934), as Daisy
- *The Sin of Nora Moran* (1933), as Nora Moran, as a Child
- *The Prizefighter and the Lady* (1933), as Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
- *Torch Singer* (1933), as Sally, Age 5
- *Mary Stevens, M.D.* (1933), as Jane Simmons (uncredited)
- *Jennie Gerhardt* (1933), as Vesta at Age 6
- *Picture Snatcher* (1933), as Jerry's Little Girl (uncredited)
- *New Deal Rhythm* (1933), as Little Girl (uncredited)
- *The Mysterious Rider* (1933), as Jo-Jo Foster
- *They Just Had to Get Married* (1933), as Rosalie
- *Silver Dollar* (1932), as Maryann Silver-Dollar Echo Honeymoon Martin -  Girl (uncredited)
- *Smilin' Through* (1932), as Young Kathleen — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md)
- *The Strange Case of Clara Deane* (1932), as Nancy Deane (as a child)
- *The Unexpected Father* (1932), as Pudge

## Gallery

- ![Cora Sue Collins (1927-2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1226604/gallery-d743dfce0cc4.jpg) Cora Sue Collins (1927-2025) — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Cora_Sue_Collins_%281927-2025%29_%281930s%29_%2854493439405%29.jpg/1280px-Cora_Sue_Collins_%281927-2025%29_%281930s%29_%2854493439405%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cora Sue Collins (1927-2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1226604/gallery-fac4ae223c3f.jpg) Cora Sue Collins (1927-2025) — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Cora_Sue_Collins_%281927-2025%29_%281930s%29_%2854493439410%29.jpg/1280px-Cora_Sue_Collins_%281927-2025%29_%281930s%29_%2854493439410%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait photograph of child actress Cora Sue Collins (1931)](https://film.one/media/person/1226604/gallery-53eb4540257b.jpg) Portrait photograph of child actress Cora Sue Collins (1931) — Unknown authorUnknown author — likely to be Universal Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Cora-Sue-Collins-1931.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cora Sue Collins](https://film.one/media/person/1226604/gallery-c9ac2d9649f3.jpg) Cora Sue Collins — Image via TMDB
- ![Cora Sue Collins](https://film.one/media/person/1226604/gallery-3e90af4d3912.jpg) Cora Sue Collins — Image via TMDB
- ![Cora Sue Collins](https://film.one/media/person/1226604/gallery-326a62bc24b3.jpg) Cora Sue Collins — Image via TMDB
- ![Cora Sue Collins](https://film.one/media/person/1226604/gallery-07782789e69d.jpg) Cora Sue Collins — Image via TMDB
- ![Cora Sue Collins](https://film.one/media/person/1226604/gallery-6285efab36f7.jpg) Cora Sue Collins — Image via TMDB

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