Miriam O'Leary Collins

Miriam O'Leary Collins (July 2, 1861 – June 2, 1936) was an American stage actor associated with Boston Museum theatre. After marriage, she staged plays, several times for the benefit of the Home for Destitute Catholic Children. She also worked as a elocution and dramatic action coach.

Early life and education Miriam O'Leary was born in Boston, Massachusetts, July 2, 1861. (According to Willard & Livermore, Miriam O'Leary was born in 1864.)

In 1895, O'Leary-Collins put on the play Cricket on the Hearth at Boston College hall for the benefit of the Home for Destitute Catholic Children; she was also a cast member. Later in the same year, with Prof. George W. Blish, she read she trial scene of Bardell vs. Pickwick at the All-Around-Dickens club.

In February 1896, in aid of the Home for Destitute Catholic Children and under the patronage of the Ladies' Aide Society, O'Leary-Collins staged the play, Rosedale. She appeared in Dr Deborah in 1898 at the Hollis Street Theater for the benefit of the same Home.

By 1907, Collins had shifted her career to coaching elocution and dramatic action. She also directed The Shaughraun at Potter Hall in January 1908.

Personal life On January 25, 1892, she married David Aloysius Collins (1862-1907), and was buried at Old Calvary Cemetery, West Roxbury.