BIO

Patricia Collinge was born Eileen Cecilia Collinge in Dublin, Ireland, in 1892.   Her first West End stage performance was in London in 1904, at the age of 12.

Collinge came to America with her mother in 1907 and began her career as a stage comedian in 1908.

She spent the next 25 years on the Broadway stage, acting with many of the top players of the time.   After 28 productions, her last Broadway appearance was in 1952.

Collinge was in the original Broadway cast of the The Little Foxes in 1939.   Two years later, she played the same part in the motion picture version, her first time on film, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Actress in a Supporting Role.

Collinge turned to television roles in the 1950s.   Her last motion picture was released in 1959.

She married James Nichols Smith in 1921. The couple had no children.

Collinge died following a heart attack in New York City, in 1974. She was 81 years old.

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