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Constance Collier (born Laura Constance Hardie; 22 January 1878 – 25 April 1955) was an English stage and film actress and acting coach. She wrote plays and films with Ivor Novello and she was the first person to be treated with insulin in Europe.
Constance Collier. Actress: Rope. In a career that covered six decades, Constance Collier evolved into one of Broadway and London's finest tragediennes during the first half of the 1900s.
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- Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
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- New York City, New York, USA
Constance Collier was an English stage and film actress and acting coach who appeared in many silent and sound films. She was also the first European patient to receive insulin treatment for diabetes and a friend of Katharine Hepburn.
Constance Collier was a versatile and popular actress who appeared in theatre, film, and radio. She was known for her roles in Intolerance, Zaza, Rope, and many other plays and movies.
Constance Collier was a respected stage and film actress whose career spanned four decades. She was born Laura Constance Hardie on January 22, 1878 in Windsor, England. Her parents were both actors and she made her stage debut at the age of three. When she was a teenager she joined the dance troupe The Gaeity Girls.
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...
Died April 25, 1955 of heart attack. C onstance Collier was a British actress who became famous for her roles on the stages of London and Broadway. Early in her career she shared the London...
