Patience Collier (born Irene Marjorie Ritscher; 19 August 1910 – 13 July 1987) was a British actress.
Career
Patience Collier began her theatrical career in Manchester.
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. The same year, she appeared as a "delightful vignette" opposite
John Gielgud in
Noël Coward
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's ''
Nude with Violin'', which appeared in Dublin in the September.
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.
On television, she appeared as Katerina Matakis in ''
Who Pays the Ferryman'' and Emma Mullrine in ''
Sapphire & Steel''.
She played a retiring schoolteacher, in the 1973 episode, 'The Classroom', in
ITV (TV channel)'s 'The Frighteners', with
Clive Swift.
In film, Collier appeared in ''
The Third Secret'' (1964), ''
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher'' (1968), ''
Baby Love'' (1969), ''
House of Cards'' (1969), ''
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
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'' (1981), and appeared in TV series such as ''
The Avengers'', in the "
Crescent Moon" episode (1961),
''
David Copperfield
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'' (1974–75), ''
Edward the Seventh'' (1975), ''
Love in a Cold Climate'' (1980), and ''
The Pickwick Papers'' (1985). She portrayed
Elizabeth I
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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.
Her daughters,
Susan
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and
Sarah
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became noted textiles designers, founding the company, Collier Campbell. Her son is
Joe Collier, a clinical pharmacologist.
Filmography
References
External links
*
Patience in BBC radio plays*
*"The Performer's Tale: The Nine Lives of Patience Collier" book by Vanessa Morto
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1910 births
1987 deaths
20th-century English actresses
English stage actresses
Actresses from London
English film actresses