Patricia Collins

Patricia Collins (born 1937) is a British-Canadian actress, prominently associated with the Stratford Festival. Life and career Collins was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. She worked as a copywriter for the Simpson catalogue after immigrating to Canada in the 1950s, sold knitwear at a department shop, and performed occasional stage work to make ends meet. Beginning in 1963, she had various small parts in CBC Television anthology series such as Playdate and Festival before being cast in her breakthrough role as Marty, the wife of John Vernon's title character, in the drama series Wojeck. Her performances at Stratford included productions of King Lear (1985), A Comedy of Errors (1995), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1998), The Night of the Iguana (1998), Pride and Prejudice (1999), Medea (2000), Tartuffe (2000), Present Laughter (2003), Gigi (2003), Anything Goes (2004), Guys and Dolls (2004), To Kill a Mockingbird (2007), Measure for Measure (2013), Mary Stuart (2013) and Christina, The Girl Queen (2014).