Birthday: 1919-03-21
Deathday: 1999-01-27
Birthplace: Salley, South Carolina, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
Collier's acting career started in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro and Marian Marsh. From 1940 through 1949, her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies. During that period, she often starred opposite western stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, and Dennis Moore. In 1950, she starred in the sci-fi serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars.
Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead. Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning December 6, 1948, she was featured in You, a program on KMGM in Los Angeles, California.
In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper. From 1950 through 1957, she starred mostly on television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie, which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.
Year | Title | Character | |
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1958-01-01 | Missile Monsters | Helen | |
1956-01-01 | Jungle Safari | Pamela Courtney | |
1951-02-11 | Rhythm Inn | Betty Parker | |
1950-10-25 | Flying Disc Man from Mars | Helen Hall | |
1950-06-04 | Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Anne Howe Palooka | |
1949-02-11 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Alice Forrester | |
1948-09-11 | Out of the Storm | Ginny Powell | |
1948-04-07 | Arthur Takes Over | Margaret Bixby | |
1947-07-17 | Slave Girl | Aleta | |
1946-08-08 | Wild Beauty | Linda Gibson | |
1946-05-17 | The Cat Creeps | Gay Elliot | |
1946-05-10 | A Night in Casablanca | Annette | |
1946-01-11 | Girl on the Spot | Kathy Lorenz | |
1945-11-09 | The Crimson Canary | Jean Walker | |
1945-06-22 | Penthouse Rhythm | Linda Reynolds | |
1945-06-20 | The Naughty Nineties | Miss Caroline Jackson | |
1945-01-22 | Jungle Queen | Pamela Courtney | |
1944-06-01 | Jungle Woman | Joan Fletcher | |
1944-05-12 | Cobra Woman | Veeda | |
1944-03-16 | Prices Unlimited | ||
1944-03-01 | Weird Woman | Margaret Mercer | |
1944-02-02 | Ladies Courageous | Jill Romilly | |
1943-12-10 | She's for Me | Eileen Crane | |
1943-08-02 | Young Ideas | Co-ed (uncredited) | |
1943-06-21 | Get Going | Doris | |
1943-04-15 | Santa Fe Scouts | Claire Robbins | |
1943-04-05 | My Son, The Hero | Nancy Cavanaugh | |
1942-06-16 | The Phantom Plainsmen | Judy Barrett | |
1942-04-24 | Westward Ho | Anne Henderson | |
1942-03-27 | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Receptionist | |
1942-03-18 | Raiders of the Range | Jean Travers | |
1942-02-05 | The Man Who Returned to Life | ||
1942-01-15 | Blondie Goes to College | Coed | |
1941-12-15 | West of Cimarron | Doris Conway | |
1941-10-24 | Gauchos of El Dorado | Ellen | |
1941-09-30 | Sailors on Leave | Pretty Brunette (uncredited) | |
1941-09-10 | Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | Doris Sheldon | |
1941-08-19 | Ice-Capades | Audition Girl | |
1940-07-24 | Girls of the Road | Road Girl (Uncredited) |