Patience Collier
Biography
Patience Collier was a British actress who started her theater career in Manchester. Born in London in 1910, she worked in theater and television. In 1956 she played Maria in The Power and the Glory at the Phoenix Theatre, and the same year appeared with John Gielgud in Noël Coward's Nude with Violin in Dublin. She acted in Sławomir Mrożek's Tango at the Aldwych Theatre in 1966. On television she had roles in Who Pays the Ferryman and Sapphire & Steel, and she played a schoolteacher in a 1973 episode of The Frighteners. Her films included The Third Secret (1964), Baby Love (1969), Perfect Friday (1970), Every Home Should Have One (1970), Countess Dracula (1971), Endless Night (1972) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). She also appeared in David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers, and played Elizabeth I several times, including in Will Shakespeare in 1978.
76years old at death
- Born London
- Died
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 17 years1964 to 1981
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Patience Collier took on the role of Elizabeth I on more than one occasion. Among these was the 1978 television series Will Shakespeare.
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Patience Collier shares two films with David Warner, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Karel ReiszDirector, 1 film, 1981
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Peter SasdyDirector, 1 film, 1971
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Sidney GilliatDirector, 1 film, 1972
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