Cora Sue Collins


Cora Sue Collins is an American former child actress who appeared in numerous films during the Golden Years of Hollywood.

Early life and career

Cora Sue Collins was born on April 19, 1927, in Beckley, West Virginia. She later moved to Los Angeles, California, along with her mother and older sister. Collins made her acting debut in The Unexpected Father in 1932 at the age of five. Her reported salary in 1934 was $250 per week.
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Collins appeared in numerous films including Queen Christina, Anna Karenina, and All This, and Heaven Too. She was initially cast as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer but her role was changed to Amy Lawrence because Collins was considered to be too tall for Tommy Kelly. Her last movie appearance was in 1945, when she retired from show business at the age of 18 with 47 credits to her name.

Personal life

Around 1944, Collins married a rich rancher from Nevada named Ivan Stauffer. In 1960, robbers stole two mink coats from her home while she was on vacation. Around 1961, she married James Morgan Cox. In a 1996 article, Collins was referred to as Susie Nace and lived in Phoenix, Arizona. Her husband at the time was theatre owner Harry Nace, who died in June 2002 at the age of 87. Having appeared with Greta Garbo in two films, Collins and Garbo remained in contact until Garbo's death in 1990.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1932The Unexpected FatherPudge
1932Smilin' ThroughYoung Kathleen
1932Silver DollarMaryanne Martin, as a Girl
1932They Just Had to Get MarriedRosalie
The Strange Case of Clara DeaneNancy at age 4
1933Picture SnatcherJerry's little girl
1933Jennie GerhardtVesta at age 6Uncredited
1933Torch SingerSally at age 5
1933The Prizefighter and the LadyFarmer's daughterUncredited
1933The Sin of Nora MoranNora Moran, as a child
1933Queen ChristinaQueen Christina, as a childUncredited
1934Black MoonNancy Lane
1934The World AccusesPat Collins
1934Treasure IslandYoung girl at the innUncredited
1934The Scarlet LetterPearl
1934The Spectacle MakerThe little princessUncredited
1934CaravanLatzi, as a childUncredited
1934Evelyn PrenticeDorothy Prentice
1934Little MenDaisy
1935Naughty MariettaFelice
1935Public Hero No. 1Little girlUncredited
1935Mad LoveGogol's Lame child patientUncredited
1935Anna KareninaTania
1935The Dark AngelKitty, as a child
1935Two SinnersSally Pym
1935Harmony LaneMarian Foster
1935Mary Burns, FugitiveLittle girlUncredited
1935Magnificent ObsessionRuth
1936The HarvesterNaomi Jameson
1936Devil's SquadronMary
1936Three Married MenSue Cary
1938The Adventures of Tom SawyerAmy Lawrence
1939Stop, Look and LoveDora Haller
1940All This, and Heaven TooLouise de RhamUncredited
1941Blood and SandEncarnacion, as a childUncredited
1942Get Hep to LoveElaine Sterling
1942Johnny DoughboyHerself
1945Youth on TrialCam Chandler
1945Roughly SpeakingElinor Randall, as a girlUncredited
1945Week-End at the WaldorfJane Rand