José Collins
(1887-1958), ActressJosephine Charlotte ('José') Collins
Sitter in 11 portraits
Actress and singer, Collins's early stage career was in the music halls and pantomimes, including appearances in Glasgow with Harry Lauder. In 1911 she went to New York and established herself as a singer, and upon returning London in 1916, she shot to fame the following year as Teresa in the operetta The Maid of the Mountains at Daly's Theatre. With music by Harold Fraser-Simson and her step-father James W. Tate, the show ran for 1,352 performances and her song, Love Will Find A Way became a huge hit in the last years of the war.
by Foulsham & Banfield
photogravure postcard print, 1910s
NPG x135824
by Guttenberg
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x138220
by Guttenberg
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x138221
by Guttenberg
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x138222
by Unknown photographer
modern bromide print, mid 1910s
NPG x135825
by Unknown photographer
vintage bromide print, mid 1910s
NPG x135827
José Collins in 'The Passing Show'
by White Studio
vintage bromide print, 1914
NPG x135826
José Collins as Dolores in 'A Southern Maid'
by Reville, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1920
NPG x200165
by Reville
vintage bromide print, mid 1920s
NPG x135828
after Howard van Dusen, and after John Hassall
lithograph, early 20th century
NPG D34042
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