Acting · Salley, South Carolina, USA · Born March 21, 1919
Collier's acting career started in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro and Marian Marsh. From 1940 through 1949, her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies. During that period, she often starred opposite western stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, and Dennis Moore. In 1950, she starred in the sci-fi serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars. Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead. Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning December 6, 1948, she was featured in You, a program on KMGM in Los Angeles, California. In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper. From 1950 through 1957, she starred mostly on television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie, which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.
MovieMissile Monsters
1958
as Helen
MovieJungle Safari
1956
as Pamela Courtney
TVScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Lady Elaine
TVBoston Blackie
1951
as Mary Wesley
MovieRhythm Inn
1951
as Betty Parker
MovieFlying Disc Man from Mars
1950
as Helen Hall
TVDick Tracy
1950
as Fluff
MovieJoe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1950
as Anne Howe Palooka
MovieMiss Mink of 1949
1949
as Alice Forrester
MovieOut of the Storm
1948
as Ginny Powell
MovieArthur Takes Over
1948
as Margaret Bixby
MovieSlave Girl
1947
as Aleta
MovieWild Beauty
1946
as Linda Gibson
MovieThe Cat Creeps
1946
as Gay Elliot
MovieA Night in Casablanca
1946
as Annette
MovieGirl on the Spot
1946
as Kathy Lorenz
MovieThe Crimson Canary
1945
as Jean Walker
MoviePenthouse Rhythm
1945
as Linda Reynolds
MovieThe Naughty Nineties
1945
as Miss Caroline Jackson
MovieJungle Queen
1945
as Pamela Courtney
MovieJungle Woman
1944
as Joan Fletcher
MovieCobra Woman
1944
as Veeda
MovieFollow the Boys
1944
as Lois Collier (uncredited)
Prices Unlimited
1944
MovieWeird Woman
1944
as Margaret Mercer
MovieLadies Courageous
1944
as Jill Romilly
MovieShe's for Me
1943
as Eileen Crane
MovieYoung Ideas
1943
as Co-ed (uncredited)
MovieGet Going
1943
as Doris
MovieSanta Fe Scouts
1943
as Claire Robbins
MovieMy Son, The Hero
1943
as Nancy Cavanaugh
MovieThe Phantom Plainsmen
1942
as Judy Barrett
MovieWestward Ho
1942
as Anne Henderson
MovieThe Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Receptionist
MovieRaiders of the Range
1942
as Jean Travers
MovieThe Man Who Returned to Life
1942
as Mary Tuller
MovieBlondie Goes to College
1942
as Coed
MovieWest of Cimarron
1941
as Doris Conway
MovieGauchos of El Dorado
1941
as Ellen
MovieSailors on Leave
1941
as Pretty Brunette (uncredited)
MovieOutlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941
as Doris Sheldon
MovieIce-Capades
1941
as Audition Girl
MovieGirls of the Road
1940
as Road Girl (Uncredited)
