# Cora Sue Collins: Last of the pre-Code actors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cora-sue-collins-last-of-the-pre-code-actors/853290 "2020-05-06T18:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Princess\_Perfume](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/princess_perfume/32/16518_2.png) [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cora-sue-collins-last-of-the-pre-code-actors/853290/1 "2020-05-06T18:40:10Z")
One of the most femininely beautiful and charming child actresses of the 1930s. I’ve always preferred her to Shirley Temple. And of course Cora Sue has achieved the ultimate revenge over her old rival Temple as she’s substantially outlived her. > **[Cora Sue Collins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Sue_Collins)** > > Cora Susan Collins (born April 19, 1927) is an American former child actress who appeared in numerous films during the Golden Years of Hollywood. > Cora Susan Collins was born on April 19, 1927, in Beckley, West Virginia. She later moved to Los Angeles, California, along with her mother and older sister. Collins made her acting debut in The Unexpected Father in 1932 at the age of five. Her reported salary in 1934 was $250 per week (equivalent to $5,064 in 2021). > Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, ... > **[Cora Sue Collins - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172237/)** > > Cora Sue Collins. Actress: Black Moon. Cora Sue Collins was born on April 19, 1927, in Beckley, West Virginia. She was a beautiful child actress who was very much in demand during the 1930s. She appeared in her first film, The Strange Case of Clara... ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cora-sue-collins-last-of-the-pre-code-actors/853290/2 "2020-05-06T19:38:55Z")
I found this to be a rather odd thread. It seemed very random considering it’s not an RIP thread. It’s also incorrect. Billy Watson was in seven features and one short between 1930-34 and appears to be alive. Mildred Korman was in 4 shorts during the same period and is alive. I did not do an exhaustive search, so there might be others. Yet, the oddest thing for me is that I just watched a Cora Sue Collins movie two days ago, _The Sin of Nora Moran_ (1933), wherein Miss Collins played the main character as a young girl. I did not think she was very good in it. The movie itself, though, was distinguished by unexpectedly dynamic direction, avant-garde narrative techniques and arty montages as it tried to capture the main character’s “opiate”-fueled perspective in flashbacks as she awaits execution for a crime she didn’t commit. It was a very unusual film and not just for its era. It can be seen on YT. As for Miss Collins, she comes off quite well in this piece from Feb., 2020. > **['I was just 15 when I was introduced to the casting couch.' Former child star...](https://www.image.ie/self/cora-sue-collins-my-life-162334)** > > Cora Sue Collins was a famous American child actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She sits down with Shayna Sappington to talk about Hollywood then and now ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cora-sue-collins-last-of-the-pre-code-actors/853290/3 "2020-05-06T19:58:17Z")
[Here’s](https://www.imdb.com/list/ls029057179/?ref_=nm_bio_rls_2) an IMDB list of still-living actors who were active in the 1930s, including Olivia De Havilland, who is now 103. I’m kind of partial to Marilyn Knowlden, who was in “Angels With Dirty Faces”.