Patience Collier
Patience Collier (born Renee Ritcher; 19 August 1910 – 13 July 1987 in London) was a British actress.
In 1956 she played Maria in Denis Cannan and Pierre Bost's "The Power and the Glory" opposite Brian Wilde, Roger Delgado and Paul Scofield at the Phoenix Theatre.[1] The same year, she appeared as a "delightful vignette" opposite John Gielgud in Noël Coward's "Nude with Violin", which appeared in Dublin in the September.[2]
From 25 May 1966 she appeared in Sławomir Mrożek's play Tango at the Aldwych Theatre alongside Ursula Mohan, Mike Pratt, Peter Jeffrey and Dudley Sutton under director Trevor Nunn.[3]
In film, Collier appeared in The Third Secret (1964), Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968), Baby Love (1968), House of Cards (1968), Perfect Friday (1970), Every Home Should Have One (1970), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Countess Dracula (1971), Endless Night (1972) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), and appeared in TV series such as The Avengers, in the "Crescent Moon" episode (1961),[4] Edward the Seventh (1975), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), and The Pickwick Papers (1985). She portrayed Elizabeth I several times, including in the 1978 TV series Will Shakespeare.
Personal life
She was married to scientist Henry Oswald Jackson Collier and had three children with him.[5] One, Susan, became a noted textiles designer.[6]
Partial filmography
- The Girl on the Boat (1962) - Miss Millican
- The Third Secret (1964) - Mrs. Pelton
- The Wild Affair (1965) - Woman in Travel Agency
- Baby Love (1968) - Mrs. Carmichael
- House of Cards (1968) - Gabrielle de Villemont
- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968) - Flossie Fagan
- Every Home Should Have One (1970) - Mrs. Monty Levin
- Perfect Friday (1970) - Nanny
- Countess Dracula (1971) - Julie
- Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Grandma Tzeitel
- Endless Night (1972) - Miss Townsend
- The National Health (1973) - The Lady Visitor
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) - Mrs. Poulteney
References
- ↑ "Phoenix Theatre." The Times (London, England) 6 April 1956: p. 3; retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "'Nude With Violin'." The Times (London, England) 25 September 1956: p.3. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Lively Choice of Plays for Aldwych." The Times (London, England) 22 April 1966: pg. 17; retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ Carraze, Alain; Putheaud, Jean-Luc; Geairns, Alex J. (1998). The Avengers Companion. Bay Books. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-912333-61-8.
- ↑ New Scientist. Reed Business Information. 29 August 1957. p. 35. ISSN 0262-4079.
- ↑ Horwell, Veronica (15 May 2011). "Susan Collier obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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