{{Short description|British actress (1910–1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Patience Collier | image = Patience_Collier.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Irene Marjorie Ritscher | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1910|08|19}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1987|07|13|1910|08|19}} | death_place = London, England | restingplace = | othername = | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = | spouse = Henry Oswald Jackson Collier | children = Susan Collier<br/>Joe Collier<br/>Sarah Campbell | website = | awards = }} '''Patience Collier''' (born '''Irene Marjorie Ritscher'''; 19 August 1910 – 13 July 1987) was a British actress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/patience-collier-98455|title=Patience Collier – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
==Career==
Patience Collier began her theatrical career in Manchester.<ref name="Gill2008">{{cite book|author=Peter Gill|title=Apprenticeship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_q6M1iXLwIC&pg=PA97|year=2008|publisher=Oberon Books|isbn=978-1-78319-359-2|page=97}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 1956 she played Maria in Denis Cannan and Pierre Bost's ''The Power and the Glory'' opposite Brian Wilde, Roger Delgado and Paul Scofield at the Phoenix Theatre.<ref>"Phoenix Theatre." ''The Times'' (London, England) 6 April 1956: p. 3; retrieved 10 October 2014.</ref> The same year, she appeared as a "delightful vignette" opposite John Gielgud in Noël Coward's ''Nude with Violin'', which appeared in Dublin in the September.<ref>"'Nude with Violin'." ''The Times'' (London, England) 25 September 1956: p.3. Retrieved 10 October 2014.</ref>
From 25 May 1966, she appeared in Sławomir Mrożek's play ''Tango'' at the Aldwych Theatre alongside Ursula Mohan, Mike Pratt, Peter Jeffrey and Dudley Sutton under director Trevor Nunn.<ref>"Lively Choice of Plays for Aldwych." ''The Times'' (London, England) 22 April 1966: pg. 17; retrieved 9 October 2014.</ref>
On television, she appeared as Katerina Matakis in ''Who Pays the Ferryman'' and Emma Mullrine in ''Sapphire & Steel''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=3403|title=Patience Collier|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bfa5e40|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024045322/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bfa5e40|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2020|title=Sapphire & Steel Adventure Five Episode 5 (1981)|website=BFI}}</ref> She played a retiring schoolteacher, in the 1973 episode, 'The Classroom', in ITV (TV channel)'s 'The Frighteners', with Clive Swift.
In film, Collier appeared in ''The Third Secret'' (1964), ''Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher'' (1968), ''Baby Love'' (1969), ''House of Cards'' (1969), ''Perfect Friday'' (1970), ''Every Home Should Have One'' (1970), ''Fiddler on the Roof'' (1971), ''Countess Dracula'' (1971), ''Endless Night'' (1972) and ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' (1981), and appeared in TV series such as ''The Avengers'', in the "Crescent Moon" episode (1961),<ref name="CarrazePutheaud1998">{{cite book|last1=Carraze|first1=Alain|last2=Putheaud|first2=Jean-Luc|last3=Geairns|first3=Alex J.|title=The Avengers Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QH5zpSEa9WYC|year=1998|publisher=Bay Books|isbn=978-0-912333-61-8|page=40}}</ref> ''David Copperfield'' (1974–75), ''Edward the Seventh'' (1975), ''Love in a Cold Climate'' (1980), and ''The Pickwick Papers'' (1985).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efe98df|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313164602/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efe98df|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2018|title=Patience Collier|website=BFI}}</ref> She portrayed Elizabeth I several times, including in the 1978 TV series ''Will Shakespeare''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b835ad5a0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421142336/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b835ad5a0|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2019|title=REBELLION'S MASTERPIECE (1978)|website=BFI}}</ref>
==Personal life== She was married to scientist Henry Oswald Jackson Collier and had three children with him.<ref name="Information1957">{{cite book|title=New Scientist|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_apy5k2u_oIMC|date=29 August 1957|publisher=Reed Business Information|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_apy5k2u_oIMC/page/n34 35]|issn=0262-4079}}</ref> Her daughters, Susan and Sarah became noted textiles designers, founding the company, Collier Campbell. Her son is Joe Collier, a clinical pharmacologist.<ref>{{cite news|last=Horwell|first=Veronica|title=Susan Collier obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/may/15/susan-collier-obituary|work=The Guardian|date=15 May 2011|accessdate=11 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="independentobituary">{{cite news|last=Levy|first=Paul|date=30 June 2011|title=Susan Collier: Award-winning textile designer best known for her work for Liberty and Habitat|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/susan-collier-award-winning-textile-designer-best-known-for-her-work-for-liberty-and-habitat-2305036.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/susan-collier-award-winning-textile-designer-best-known-for-her-work-for-liberty-and-habitat-2305036.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1962|| ''The Girl on the Boat'' || Miss Millican || |- |1964|| ''The Third Secret'' || Mrs. Pelton || |- |1965|| ''The Wild Affair'' || Woman in Travel Agency || |- |1969|| ''Baby Love'' || Mrs. Carmichael || |- |1969|| ''House of Cards'' || Gabrielle de Villemont || |- |1968|| ''Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher'' || Flossie Fagan || |- |1968|| ''Mystery and Imagination'' || Madame de la Rougierre ||episode: "Uncle Silas" |- |1970|| ''Every Home Should Have One'' || Mrs. Monty Levin || |- |1970|| ''Perfect Friday'' || Nanny || |- |1971|| ''Countess Dracula'' || Julie || |- |1971|| ''Fiddler on the Roof'' || Grandma Tzeitel || |- |1972|| ''Endless Night'' || Miss Townsend || |- |1973|| ''The National Health'' || The Lady Visitor || |- |1974|| ''David Copperfield'' ||Betsey Trotwood || |- |1981|| ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' || Mrs. Poulteney || |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0171950}} *[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=Patience+collier#top Patience in BBC radio plays]{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} *{{IBDB name|98455}} *"The Performer's Tale: The Nine Lives of Patience Collier" book by Vanessa Morton [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLL01020087629&indx=1&recIds=BLL01020087629&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&frbg=&&dscnt=0&vl(2084770704UI0)=any&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&tb=t&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&srt=rank&tab=local_tab&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=Vanessa%20Morton&dstmp=1615244456203]
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