Trivia

Married the owner of a large ranch in Nevada.

She was originally cast as Becky Thatcher in 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' but by the time Tommy Kelly was cast as Tom, she was too tall, so her part was given to Ann Gillis and she was recast as Amy.

Was one of a few children who represented Scrappy toys. Scrappy was a cartoon character very popular in the 1930s.

In 1960, robbers stole two mink coats from her home while she was on vacation.

In a 1996 article, Collins was referred to as Susie Nace and lived in Phoenix, Arizona. Her husband at the time was theatre owner Harry Nace, who died in June 2002 at the age of 87.

In the 1980s, Moore interviewed her among many other child actors for his book Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: But Don't Have Sex Or Take the Car.

Although she did not make the transition to a film career in adulthood, she appeared in 47 films in total.

Her last movie appearance was in 1945, after which she retired from show business at the age of 18.

Collins made her acting debut in The Unexpected Father in 1932 at the age of five. She starred opposite Slim Summerville and ZaSu Pitts, playing Summerville's adoptive daughter.

Collins was initially cast as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938), but her role was changed to Amy Lawrence because she was considered to be too tall for Tommy Kelly. She said that writer Harry Ruskin, 33 years her senior, tried to force her to have sex with him in exchange for a good role at age 15. She refused and told Louis B. Mayer about what had happened, who was nonchalant and dismissive about it.

A rare leading role was in the 1945 Columbia Pictures drama Youth on Trial, in which she played the juvenile delinquent daughter of a court judge.

Having appeared with Greta Garbo in two films, Collins and Garbo remained in contact until Garbo's death in 1990.

She played a princess in John Farrow's 21-minute MGM short The Spectacle Maker. It was Farrow's directorial debut and was filmed in full three-strip Technicolor. Collins' reported salary in 1934 was $250 per week (equivalent to $5,876 in 2024).

In "The World Accuses" she had a rare billing in the movie poster. Produced by the small studio Chesterfield Pictures, the film also features fellow child actor Dickie Moore, whom she would appear with later that year in ""Little Men".

Cora Sue Collins was an American child actress who appeared in films during the Golden Years of Hollywood.