Patience Collier
Born
Irene Marjorie Ritscher

(1910-08-19)19 August 1910
London, England
Died13 July 1987(1987-07-13) (aged 76)
London, England
OccupationActress
SpouseHenry Oswald Jackson Collier
ChildrenSusan Collier
Joe Collier
Sarah Campbell

Patience Collier (born Irene Marjorie Ritscher; 19 August 1910 – 13 July 1987) was a British actress.[1]

Career

Patience Collier began her theatrical career in Manchester.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

On television, she appeared as Katerina Matakis in Who Pays the Ferryman and Emma Mullrine in Sapphire & Steel.[6][7] 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 (1981), and appeared in TV series such as The Avengers, in the "Crescent Moon" episode (1961),[8] David Copperfield (1974–75), Edward the Seventh (1975), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), and The Pickwick Papers (1985).[9] She portrayed Elizabeth I several times, including in the 1978 TV series Will Shakespeare.[10]

Personal life

She was married to scientist Henry Oswald Jackson Collier and had three children with him.[11] Her daughters, Susan and Sarah became noted textiles designers, founding the company, Collier Campbell. Her son is Joe Collier, a clinical pharmacologist.[12][13]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1962 The Girl on the Boat Miss Millican
1964 The Third Secret Mrs. Pelton
1965 The Wild Affair Woman in Travel Agency
1969 Baby Love Mrs. Carmichael
1969 House of Cards Gabrielle de Villemont
1968 Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher Flossie Fagan
1968 Mystery and Imagination Madame de la Rougierre episode: "Uncle Silas"
1970 Every Home Should Have One Mrs. Monty Levin
1970 Perfect Friday Nanny
1971 Countess Dracula Julie
1971 Fiddler on the Roof Grandma Tzeitel
1972 Endless Night Miss Townsend
1973 The National Health The Lady Visitor
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman Mrs. Poulteney

References

  1. ^ "Patience Collier – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  2. ^ Peter Gill (2008). Apprenticeship. Oberon Books. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-78319-359-2.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Phoenix Theatre." The Times (London, England) 6 April 1956: p. 3; retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ^ "'Nude with Violin'." The Times (London, England) 25 September 1956: p.3. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Lively Choice of Plays for Aldwych." The Times (London, England) 22 April 1966: pg. 17; retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Patience Collier". www.aveleyman.com.
  7. ^ "Sapphire & Steel Adventure Five Episode 5 (1981)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
  8. ^ Carraze, Alain; Putheaud, Jean-Luc; Geairns, Alex J. (1998). The Avengers Companion. Bay Books. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-912333-61-8.
  9. ^ "Patience Collier". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018.
  10. ^ "REBELLION'S MASTERPIECE (1978)". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019.
  11. ^ New Scientist. Reed Business Information. 29 August 1957. p. 35. ISSN 0262-4079.
  12. ^ Horwell, Veronica (15 May 2011). "Susan Collier obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  13. ^ Levy, Paul (30 June 2011). "Susan Collier: Award-winning textile designer best known for her work for Liberty and Habitat". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

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