Constance Collier
Also Known As: Laura Constance Hardie, David L'Estrange
Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: January 22, 1878
Age: 147 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: April 25, 1955
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Rope
Overview: Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-11
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The Dark Corner
Overview: Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-09
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Overview: An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-06
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Rope Unleashed
Overview: A short documentary about the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Interviews with screenwriter Arthur Laurents delve into the troubles of secretly making a movie about gay murderers in the 1940s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-06
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An Ideal Husband
Overview: A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compounded by his wife's intolerance of the slightest character flaws.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-14
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Whirlpool
Overview: The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-13
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Stage Door
Overview: The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl confident in her talent and ability to make it to the top on the stage, and Jean Maitland, a world weary and cynical trouper who has taken the hard knocks of the ruthless and over-populated world of the Broadway apprentice.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-08
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Wee Willie Winkie
Overview: In 1897, little Priscilla Williams, along with her widowed mother, goes to live with her army colonel paternal grandfather on the British outpost he commands in northern India.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-30
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A Damsel in Distress
Overview: Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert then summons Jerry to Alyce's aid in order to 'protect his investment'.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-19
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Thunder in the City
Overview: A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-22
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Kitty
Overview: Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-16
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The Perils of Pauline
Overview: Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials. But the consequences of movie stardom may be more than her leading man can take
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-04
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Professional Soldier
Overview: Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to keep him safe while a revolution is planned.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-27
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Girls Dormitory
Overview: When a busybody teacher in a girls' finishing school finds a love letter from a student to an unknown man, a minor scandal erupts.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-08
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Shadow of Doubt
Overview: When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-15
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Zaza
Overview: A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-29
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Macbeth
Overview: Shakespeare's tragedy of the Scots nobleman whose ambition leads him to betrayal, murder, and damnation.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-02
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The Bohemian Girl
Overview: A Polish officer posing as a gypsy loves a gypsy girl who is really the count's daughter.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-07-27
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Monsieur Beaucaire
Overview: A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-04
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Susan and God
Overview: A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-07
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Half a Sinner
Overview: Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure. Her new confidence inspires her to flirt with complete strangers. When a gangster pays unwanted attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware that there's a corpse in the trunk. Determined to recover his stolen vehicle and its incriminating cargo the thug begins a desperate search. The oblivious Anne, comes to the aid of a handsome young man stranded alongside the road. Romance blooms, but after the shocking discovery of a body in the trunk, the duo decide they have to return the car. The bickering lovebirds head back to the city, trailed by both the angry gangster and the cops, who suspect the young couple of murder.
Genres: Mystery Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-05
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Overview: The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-04
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Downhill
Overview: Roddy, first son of the rich Berwick family, is expelled from school when he takes the blame for his friend Tim's charge. His family sends him away and all of his friends leave him alone. Through many life choices that don't work out in his favor, Roddy begins to find his life slowly spiraling out of his control.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-24
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The Girl from Manhattan
Overview: A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that her somewhat dotty uncle has mortgaged his boarding house to the hilt. In her efforts to help him keep his boarding house, she becomes involved with a handsome young minister and his superior, an older bishop.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-01
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Bleak House
Overview: 'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-15
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