Cora Sue Collins
Cora Sue Collins (born April 19, 1927 in Beckley , West Virginia ) is a former American child actress.
Life
Cora Sue Collins made the leap into the movie business when she was four because she had the ability to cry on command in her movie roles. Her first film was the Slim Summerville comedy The Unexpected Father from 1932. In the years that followed, Collins had minor appearances in many major Hollywood productions and was one of the busiest child actresses. She starred alongside big screen stars such as Greta Garbo , Bette Davis , James Cagney , Claudette Colbert , Fredric March , Ginger Rogers and William Powell . Cora Sue Collins had her most notable appearances in literary adaptations : She embodied Tania in Anna Karenina (1935), the film adaptation of Lev Tolstoy 's novel of the same name, and the role of Amy Lawrence in Tom's Adventure (1938), a film adaptation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . The big breakthrough to the child star was denied her.
At the age of 18 she retired from the film business; by then she had made almost 50 films. She married a wealthy farmer in Nevada . In the past few years she has made a few public appearances at events related to old Hollywood.
Filmography (selection)
- 1932: Liebesleid (Smilin 'Through)
- 1932: Silver Dollar
- 1933: The Man with the Camera (Picture Snatcher)
- 1933: Torch Singer
- 1933: Mary Stevens, MD
- 1933: Queen Christine (Queen Christina)
- 1933: The Prizefighter and the Lady (The Prizefighter and the Lady)
- 1934: Black Moon
- 1934: Treasure Island (Treasure Iceland)
- 1934: I fight for you (Evelyn Prentice)
- 1935: Tolle Marietta (Naughty Marietta)
- 1935: Public Hero No. 1
- 1935: Mad Love
- 1935: Anna Karenina
- 1935: The road in the dark (The Dark Angel)
- 1935: Harmony Lane
- 1935: Magnificent Obsession
- 1938: Tom's adventures (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
- 1939: Stop, Look and Love
- 1940: Hell, where is your victory? (All this, and Heaven too)
- 1941: King of the Toreros (Blood and Sand)
- 1942: Get Hep to Love
- 1942: Johnny Doughboy
- 1945: A Roughly Speaking Woman
- 1945: Week-End at the Waldorf
Web links
- Cora Sue Collins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- One hour interview with Cora Sue Collins from 2015 at Vimeo
- Eight-minute interview with Cora Sue Collins from 2019 on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Newspaper article from 1932
- ^ Cora Sue Collins on All Movie
- ^ Cora Sue Collins making a public appearance in 2008
- ^ Cora Sue Collins making a public appearance in 2010
- ↑ AfterBuzz TV Red Carpets, Junkets & Events: Cora Sue Collins at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival 2018 on YouTube. April 27, 2018, accessed August 1, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Collins, Cora Sue |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American child actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beckley , West Virginia |