Collins, Cora Sue (1927–)

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Collins, Cora Sue (1927–)

American actress and dancer. Born April 19, 1927, in Beckley, West Virginia.

Appeared in Hollywood films as a child, making debut at age 5 in The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932); also appeared in Jennie Gerhardt, The Sin of Nora Moran, Queen Christina, Evelyn Prentice, Little Men, Anna Karenina, Magnificent Obsession, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and most memorably as Colleen Moore's daughter Pearl in The Scarlet Letter (1934), among others; retired from film at age 18.

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