Trivia

Her original secretary, Phyllis Wilbourn, was 'inherited' by actress Katharine Hepburn upon her death.

For her work in training and guiding actors in Shakespearean roles, she was presented with the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre Award.

Finding it increasingly difficult to take even a few steps without visible assistance, Ms. Collier's final screen roles involved an absolute minimum of such mobility, most apparent in her final film, Le mystérieux docteur Korvo (1950), filmed in mid-1949, and released in 1950.