Constance Collier
Constance Collier ( born January 22, 1878 in Windsor, England as Laura Constance Hardie, † April 25, 1955 in New York City ) was a British actress and drama teacher.
Life
Already with three years standing in the piece Collier A Midsummer Night's Dream on stage. She also works as an adult was an important theater actress. The dark-haired actress worked about together with Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Later she also appeared regularly on Broadway and wrote pieces themselves.
1916 Collier gave her film debut in the silent film The Tongues of Men, but they only came after the start of the sound era increasingly on in the film. She played among others in addition to Greta Garbo in Anna Karenina, Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers in Stage Door and Joan Crawford in Susan and God. 1948 Collier embodied in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope on the side of James Stewart a lively lady from better society, a type of role in which they occurred frequently. A year later, Collier turned her last film woman on the edge, retired after 28 films back into private life.
In addition, since the 1930s, she worked as a drama teacher. Your students have included Audrey Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Luise Rainer, Marilyn Monroe and Katherine Hepburn. Collier has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was married to actor Julian L' Estrange from 1912 until his death at the Spanish flu in 1918. They had no children and Collier married after his death, never again.