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Cora Sue Collins

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Cora Sue Collins

Born April 19, 1927 in Beckley, West Virginia, USADied April 27, 202548 films

Cora Susan Collins (April 19, 1927 – April 27, 2025) was an American child actress who appeared in films during the Golden Years of Hollywood. Although she did not make the transition to a grown star, she appeared in 47 films in total. She was one the last surviving actors to have extensive credits in the 1930s.

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Mad Love posterFirst watchMad Love19357.0as Crippled Girl (Uncredited)An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Queen Christina poster6.9Queen Christina1934Anna Karenina poster6.6Anna Karenina1935All This, and Heaven Too poster7.2All This, and Heaven Too1940Treasure Island poster6.6Treasure Island1934Blood and Sand poster6.5Blood and Sand1941The Adventures of Tom Sawyer poster6.6The Adventures of Tom Sawyer1938

Filmography

48 films as actor
  1. 1945Week-End at the WaldorfJane Rand
  2. 1945Roughly SpeakingElinor Randall as a Girl (uncredited)
  3. 1945Youth on TrialCam Chandler
  4. 1942Johnny DoughboyCora Sue Collins
  5. 1942Get Hep to LoveElaine Sterling
  6. 1941Blood and SandEncarnacion (as a child)
  7. 1940All This, and Heaven TooLouise de Rham (uncredited)
  8. 1939Stop, Look and LoveDora Haller
  9. 1939The Greener HillsMiller Daughter
  10. 1938The Adventures of Tom SawyerAmy Lawrence
  11. 1936Three Married MenSue Cary
  12. 1936Devil's SquadronMary
  13. 1936The HarvesterNaomi Jameson
  14. 1935Magnificent ObsessionRuth, the Child in the Park
  15. 1935Beautiful Dreamer
  16. 1935Mary Burns, FugitiveLittle girl
  17. 1935Harmony LaneMarian Foster
  18. 1935Two SinnersSally Pym
  19. 1935The Dark AngelKitty as a Child
  20. 1935Anna KareninaTania
  21. 1935Mad LoveCrippled Girl (Uncredited)
  22. 1935Public Hero Number 1Little Girl (uncredited)
  23. 1935Without ChildrenCarol Cole as a Child
  24. 1935Naughty MariettaFelice (uncredited)
  25. 1934CaravanYoung Latzi (Uncredited)
  26. 1934The World Accuses'Pat' Collins
  27. 1934Evelyn PrenticeDorothy Prentice
  28. 1934Elinor NortonBetty, little girl
  29. 1934The Spectacle MakerThe Little Princess
  30. 1934The Scarlet LetterPearl
  31. 1934Treasure IslandYoung Girl at the Inn (uncredited)
  32. 1934Black MoonNancy Lane
  33. 1934Keep 'Em RollingYoung Marjorie Deane (uncredited)
  34. 1934As the Earth TurnsMarie
  35. 1934Queen ChristinaChristina as a Child (uncredited)
  36. 1934Little MenDaisy
  37. 1933The Sin of Nora MoranNora Moran, as a Child
  38. 1933The Prizefighter and the LadyFarmer's Daughter (uncredited)
  39. 1933Torch SingerSally, Age 5
  40. 1933Mary Stevens, M.D.Jane Simmons (uncredited)
  41. 1933Jennie GerhardtVesta at Age 6
  42. 1933Picture SnatcherJerry's Little Girl (uncredited)
  43. 1933The Mysterious RiderJo-Jo Foster
  44. 1933They Just Had to Get MarriedRosalie
  45. 1932Silver DollarMaryann Silver-Dollar Echo Honeymoon Martin - Girl (uncredited)
  46. 1932Smilin' ThroughYoung Kathleen
  47. 1932The Strange Case of Clara DeaneNancy Deane (as a child)
  48. 1932The Unexpected FatherPudge