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 Hollywood following the tumultuous change to "talkies". While her most famous pupil was arguably Colleen Moore, her most acclaimed lifelong friend was fellow Stage Door co-star, Katharine Hepburn. Collier has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2001Rope Unleashed — Self (archive footage)