Patricia Collinge

Patricia Collinge was an IrishAmerican actress and writer, best known for her role as the tragic alcoholic Birdie Hubbard in The Little Foxes.

Eileen Cecilia Collinge was born in Dublin, Ireland to F. Channon Collinge and Emmie Collinge. She was educated first by a visiting governess and then at a girls school. She took dancing and piano lessons none of which interested her. She finally settled on being an actress. She made her first stage appearance at ageat the Garrick Theatre on December 21, 1904, as a Chinese doll in a Little Black Sambo. Her first New York stage appearance was on December 7, 1908 in The Queen of the Moulin Rouge.

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