Age, Biography and Wiki
Who is it? | Actress, Writer |
Birth Day | February 04, 1935 |
Birth Place | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
Age | 85 YEARS OLD |
Died On | October 14, 2009(2009-10-14) (aged 74)\nHighlands, North Carolina, U.S. |
Birth Sign | Pisces |
Occupation | Film, stage, and television actress |
Years active | 1953–2003 |
Spouse(s) | Walter Beakel (divorced) Geoffrey Horne (divorced) Scott Paxton (1979–2009; her death) |
Children | 3 |
Net worth: $1.7 Million (2024)
Collin Wilcox Paxton, a renowned actress and writer in the United States, is said to possess a net worth of approximately $1.7 million by the year 2024. With her talent and creativity, Collin has captivated audiences through her captivating performances on screen and her compelling written works. Her contribution to the entertainment industry has undoubtedly played a significant role in accumulating her wealth, making her a well-respected figure in the world of acting and writing.
Biography/Timeline
She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved with her family to Highlands, North Carolina, as a baby. Her interest in theater was sparked by her parents, Jack H. and Virginia Wilcox, who founded the Highlands Community Theatre (now known as the Highlands Playhouse) in 1939. She made her professional debut in Chicago as part of the improvisational group, The Compass Players, which included Mike Nichols, Elaine May, and Shelley Berman.
Playing opposite Richard Basehart, Kevin McCarthy, and william Hansen, Wilcox won the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance in The Day The Money Stopped by Maxwell Anderson and Brendan Gill, which lasted only three nights on Broadway in 1958. She starred in the 1961 play Look, We've Come Through with Burt Reynolds on Broadway. She replaced another Actress in the 1963 revival of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude and then went on to do the 1965 play The Family Way, both on Broadway.
A life member of The Actors Studio, Wilcox is perhaps best known for her role in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, in which she played Mayella Violet Ewell, who falsely accuses Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) of raping her. Following that cinematic acting success, she performed two very memorable roles for television in 1964: The Twilight Zone episode "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Jar", based on the Ray Bradbury short story.
She appeared as Bess Frye in a 1972 episode of "Gunsmoke" titled "Jubilee". In 1974, she co-starred with Peter Falk and Robert Conrad in the Columbo episode An Exercise in Fatality as Ruth Stafford. She remained active performing both on television and in films. Her final role was that of Mrs. Kline in the movie A Touch of Fate, which was released in 2003, six years before her death.
On October 14, 2009, Wilcox died from brain cancer, aged 74, at her home in Highlands, North Carolina.