COLLINGE, PATRICIA

(1892-1974)

   Born in Dublin, Ireland, she made her stage debut in London before emigrating to the United States in 1908 to appear in a small role in the musical The Queen of the Moulin Rouge. Her varied and long career on stage and screen included the ingénue in The Show Shop (1914) and the title role in Pollyanna (1915), which she played for three years in New York and on tour. She acted in revivals of Hedda Gabler (1926), The Importance of Being Earnest (1926), She Stoops to Conquer (1928), Becky Sharp (1929), and others.