Millicent Collins

Millicent Collins
Aliases:	Millicent Collins Forbes
Continuity:	Dark Shadows
Notability:	Supporting character
Type:	Independently wealthy
Occupation:	Socialite
Gender:	Female
Race:	Human
Location:	Collinsport, Maine New York City, New York
Associations:	Collins family
Relatives:	Daniel Collins (brother) Nathan Forbes (husband)
Status:	Deceased by virtue of time era
Born:	Unknown
Died:	Sometime between 1820 and 1840
First:	Dark Shadows: 373
Actor:	Nancy Barrett

Millicent Collins is a fictional character featured in the Dark Shadows television franchise. She originally appeared in the first Dark Shadows television series, which ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. She was played by actress Nancy Barrett and was introduced in episode 373 in a storyline commonly referred to as the "1795 Flashback".

Biography

Highlights

• Parents died in an accident in 1790 (Dark Shadows: 373)

• Inherited family’s holding in New York City real estate (Dark Shadows: 373)

• Comes to Collinwood with brother Daniel (10) for the wedding of Barnabas and Josette (Dark Shadows: 373)

• Meets Nathan Forbes and is instantly smitten by him. (Dark Shadows: 377)

• Begins seeing Forbes in secret. Millicent grows concerned that their courtship is inappropriate. (Dark Shadows: 403)

• Barnabas enlists Millicent’s aid to set up a secret meeting with Josette (Dark Shadows: 404)

• Suspects Victoria is a Witch. Argues with Naomi over the matter. (Dark Shadows: 415)

• Watches over ill Sarah Collins. Gives her slate to write her thoughts. She writes “Barnabas”, but is afraid of him. (Dark Shadows: 415)

• Millicent and Nathan Forbes view an eclipse. Nathan indicates that he is not interested in her money and would love her even if she were penniless. (Dark Shadows: 419)

• Goes to her lawyer and has all of her money put into Daniel's name. (Dark Shadows: 447)

• Marries Nathan Forbes (Dark Shadows: 448)

• Nathan learns that Millicent signed away all her money and embarks upon a plan to drive her insane so that he can take legal possession of it. (Dark Shadows: 448)

• Nathan convinces Millicent there is a light coming out from under the abandoned tower room. She goes to investigate and finds the vampire Barnabas. Barnabas offers to spare her if she keeps quiet about him, but she refuses, so Barnabas bites her on the throat. (Dark Shadows: 449)

• Following Nathan Forbes’ death, Joshua Collins has Millicent's marriage annulled and his name is stricken from the Collins family history. (Dark Shadows: 460)

• Leaves Collinsport and dies sometime between 1820 and 1840.

Notes & Trivia

• The character of Millicent Collins was created by Dan Curtis, John Sedwick and Sam Hall.
• Reference to Millicent was made as early as episode 366 when Nathan Forbes briefly mistook Victoria Winters for her.
• Was a hypochondriac. Claimed to have been a sickly and "delicate" child, though this might have been an exaggeration on her part.
• Was a virgin prior to her marriage to Nathan Forbes.
• It is unclear whether Millicent ever produced any offspring. She didn’t have any children from Nathan and it is unknown if she ever re-married.

See also

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External Links

• Millicent Collins at Wikipedia
• Millicent Collins at the Dark Shadows Wiki