Cora Sue Collins

Cora Sue Collins

Born: April 19, 1927
in Beckley, West Virginia, USA
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Cora Sue Collins (born April 19, 1927) is an American former child actress.

Cora Sue Collins was born on April 19, 1927, in Beckley, West Virginia. In 1932, she made her acting debut in The Unexpected Father at the age of five.

Collins continued to appear in numerous films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, such as Queen Christina , Anna Karenina, and All This, and Heaven Too. She made her last movie in 1945, when she retired from show business at the age of 18. In total, she has 47 credits to her name.

Movies for Cora Sue Collins...

Week-End at the Waldorf
Title: Week-End at the Waldorf
Character: Jane Rand
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
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Roughly Speaking
Title: Roughly Speaking
Character: Elinor Randall as a Girl (uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1945
Type: Movie
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again.
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Youth on Trial
Title: Youth on Trial
Character: Cam Chandler
Released: January 11, 1945
Type: Movie
A female juvenile court judge learns that her own daughter is one of the town delinquents in this minor low-budget potboiler.
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Johnny Doughboy
Title: Johnny Doughboy
Character: Cora Sue Collins
Released: December 31, 1942
Type: Movie
As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group of former child stars to perform in a USO show.
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Get Hep to Love
Title: Get Hep to Love
Character: Elaine Sterling
Released: October 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
Title: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Fourth film in the Hedda Hopper series.
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Blood and Sand
Title: Blood and Sand
Character: Encarnacion (as a child)
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
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All This, and Heaven Too
Title: All This, and Heaven Too
Character: Louise de Rham (uncredited)
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
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Stop, Look and Love
Title: Stop, Look and Love
Character: Dora Haller
Released: September 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Daughter has trouble holding onto boyfriends because of her critical mother until understanding father comes to her aid.
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The Greener Hills
Title: The Greener Hills
Character: Miller Daughter
Released: January 1, 1939
Type: Movie
An MGM Miniature about an incurable optimist who is always giving up on his job or project to try something new, while his wife and kids humor him, thinking that some day he may make that million he always talks about. He takes over a peanut farm, but immediately starts off on a bee-hive project, leaving his wife and kids to run the peanut farm.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Character: Amy Lawrence
Released: February 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
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Three Married Men
Title: Three Married Men
Character: Sue Cary
Released: September 24, 1936
Type: Movie
Jennie Mullins and her fiancé Peter Cary are happily in love but their families are miserable about their relationship. The Carys and Mullinses have been feuding for years over the apparent failure of the Carys' business which was caused by the now-deceased Mr. Mullins. Despite familial pressure to the contrary, Jennie and Peter proceed with their wedding. Just before the wedding, Peter receives advice from his soon-to-be brothers-in-law, Jeff and Bill Mullins. Both men warn him about the drudgery of marriage, ply him with drink, and destroy his fantasy of an ideal, romantic marriage.
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Devil's Squadron
Title: Devil's Squadron
Character: Mary
Released: April 30, 1936
Type: Movie
In this action film, a courageous test pilot works with experimental aircraft for the US Armed Forces. When an important airplane manufacturer dies, his daughter is left to run the company. The company seems to be producing dangerous prototypes, so the woman decides to close the company.
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The Harvester
Title: The Harvester
Character: Naomi Jameson
Released: April 18, 1936
Type: Movie
In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the town's prize catch, harvester David Langston, who is wedded to the soil. David is friends with orphan Ruth Jameson and, although she is in love with him, he eventually gives in to the machinations of Mrs. Biddle and consents to marry Thelma. Meanwhile, technological advances come to town, including its first gasoline buggy, galvanic battery, and metal bathtub fitted with running water. When Mrs. Biddle tries to convince David to give up the farming life and join her husband in real estate, Mr. Biddle, hen-pecked and dissatisfied with city life, warns David against selling his farm.
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Magnificent Obsession
Title: Magnificent Obsession
Character: Ruth, the Child in the Park
Released: December 30, 1935
Type: Movie
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
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Mary Burns, Fugitive
Title: Mary Burns, Fugitive
Character: Little girl
Released: November 15, 1935
Type: Movie
A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.
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Harmony Lane
Title: Harmony Lane
Character: Marian Foster
Released: October 22, 1935
Type: Movie
The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.
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Two Sinners
Title: Two Sinners
Character: Sally Pym
Released: September 12, 1935
Type: Movie
An ex-convict gets released after shooting a fellow who made a play for his wife. When he meets Sleeper, his life takes a change for the better, but along with her comes the boisterous little Collins, for whom she is a governess.
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The Dark Angel
Title: The Dark Angel
Character: Kitty as a Child
Released: September 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.
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Anna Karenina
Title: Anna Karenina
Character: Tania
Released: August 30, 1935
Type: Movie
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
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Mad Love
Title: Mad Love
Character: Crippled Girl (Uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1935
Type: Movie
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
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Public Hero Number 1
Title: Public Hero Number 1
Character: Little Girl (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
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Without Children
Title: Without Children
Character: Carol Cole as a Child
Released: April 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high society as a means of drumming up business. This inadvertently leads to him having an affair with a rich older woman. When his wife Sue discovers the infidelity, she divorces him and takes away their two children. It turns out this was Phil's intent all along - so he could marry Sue. With David now living in Europe, the two children grow up spoiled and self-centered under Phil and Sue's neglectful care. When one of them is shot while roughhousing, David realizes he must own up to his responsibilities as a father...but it may be too late to make a difference in his children's lives...
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Naughty Marietta
Title: Naughty Marietta
Character: Felice (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A French princess flees an arranged marriage and sails for New Orleans, where she is rescued from pirates by a dashing mercenary.
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Caravan
Title: Caravan
Character: Young Latzi (Uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1934
Type: Movie
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.
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The World Accuses
Title: The World Accuses
Character: 'Pat' Collins
Released: November 11, 1934
Type: Movie
When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up early in life.
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Evelyn Prentice
Title: Evelyn Prentice
Character: Dorothy Prentice
Released: November 9, 1934
Type: Movie
A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.
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Elinor Norton
Title: Elinor Norton
Character: Betty, little girl
Released: November 2, 1934
Type: Movie
A romantic triangle during WW I provides the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when a young wife gets involved with a coffee baron while her husband is off fighting WW I. Her shell-shocked husband finally returns. He is terribly jealous. To help him, the wife takes him to a Western dude ranch. Her lover also goes, and the two men soon become friends. The coffee magnate helps to cure him, but then breaks his heart by telling him that he and the wife are planning to run away.
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The Spectacle Maker
Title: The Spectacle Maker
Character: The Little Princess
Released: September 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A parable about magic glasses involving on the nature of beauty, truth, good, and evil set in 17th Century Germany with music and Glorious Technicolor.
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The Scarlet Letter
Title: The Scarlet Letter
Character: Pearl
Released: September 18, 1934
Type: Movie
In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
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Treasure Island
Title: Treasure Island
Character: Young Girl at the Inn (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1934
Type: Movie
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.
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Black Moon
Title: Black Moon
Character: Nancy Lane
Released: June 15, 1934
Type: Movie
A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
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Keep 'Em Rolling
Title: Keep 'Em Rolling
Character: Young Marjorie Deane (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1934
Type: Movie
World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends.
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As the Earth Turns
Title: As the Earth Turns
Character: Marie
Released: February 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
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Little Men
Title: Little Men
Character: Daisy
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, to come to the school, where the boys are all loved and well cared for. Dan is a young tough, but his heart is good, and when he is accused of theft at the school, Jo continues to believe in him and that the true thief will be found out.
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Queen Christina
Title: Queen Christina
Character: Christina as a Child (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1933
Type: Movie
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
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The Sin of Nora Moran
Title: The Sin of Nora Moran
Character: Nora Moran, as a Child
Released: December 13, 1933
Type: Movie
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
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The Prizefighter and the Lady
Title: The Prizefighter and the Lady
Character: Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1933
Type: Movie
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
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Torch Singer
Title: Torch Singer
Character: Sally, Age 5
Released: September 8, 1933
Type: Movie
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
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Mary Stevens, M.D.
Title: Mary Stevens, M.D.
Character: Jane Simmons (uncredited)
Released: July 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
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Jennie Gerhardt
Title: Jennie Gerhardt
Character: Vesta at Age 6
Released: June 8, 1933
Type: Movie
This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a series of devastating losses.
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Picture Snatcher
Title: Picture Snatcher
Character: Jerry's Little Girl (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1933
Type: Movie
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
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New Deal Rhythm
Title: New Deal Rhythm
Character: Little Girl (uncredited)
Released: April 13, 1933
Type: Movie
Plotless musical revue celebrating President Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration.
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The Mysterious Rider
Title: The Mysterious Rider
Character: Jo-Jo Foster
Released: January 30, 1933
Type: Movie
The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles to their land. When Harkness gets a better offer, he steals Benton's receipt for the money and Benton is jailed. To fight back, Benton escapes jail at night to become the Phantom.
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They Just Had to Get Married
Title: They Just Had to Get Married
Character: Rosalie
Released: January 5, 1933
Type: Movie
Molly Hull, a maid, and Sam Sutton, a butler, are bequeathed a million dollars, and they encounter many problems and difficulties as they try to become the newest members of the idle rich.
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Silver Dollar
Title: Silver Dollar
Character: Maryann Silver-Dollar Echo Honeymoon Martin - Girl (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1932
Type: Movie
A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.
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Smilin' Through
Title: Smilin' Through
Character: Young Kathleen
Released: September 24, 1932
Type: Movie
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
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The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Title: The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Character: Nancy Deane (as a child)
Released: May 6, 1932
Type: Movie
A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a criminal...
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The Unexpected Father
Title: The Unexpected Father
Character: Pudge
Released: January 3, 1932
Type: Movie
A wealthy bachelor hires a pretty young nanny to look after his adopted daughter. Sparks quickly fly between the two, much to the dismay of the man's calculating, money-hungry fiancée.