Lassie was a rough-coated standard collie The one on TV was a rough coated sable collie, the one in the Lassie Come Home book is described as a tri color collie, but pictured as a sable. There are several color varieties of collies as well as some with a smooth or short coat.
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Vanity - 3.19 was released on: USA: 13 January 1957
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Day - 3.23 was released on: USA: 10 February 1957
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Interlude - 17.1 was released on: USA: 20 September 1970
Lassie - 1954 Lassie and the Calf - 8.34 was released on: USA: 13 May 1962
Pal has: Played Lassie in "Lassie Come Home" in 1943. Played Bill aka Duke in "Courage of Lassie" in 1946. Played Larry in "My Brother Talks to Horses" in 1947. Played Lassie in "Hills of Home" in 1948. Played Lassie in "Challenge to Lassie" in 1949. Played Lassie in "The Sun Comes Up" in 1949. Played Shep in "The Painted Hills" in 1951. Played Lassie in "Lassie" in 1954. Played Lassie in "50 Greatest TV Animals" in 2003.
Lassie was a Collie.
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Day 3-23 was released on: USA: 10 February 1957
Lassie - 1954 Lassie and the Greyhound 7-33 was released on: USA: 30 April 1961
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Ordeal 9-9 was released on: USA: 25 November 1962
Lassie - 1954 Lassie and the Eagle 8-28 was released on: USA: 25 March 1962
Lassie - 1954 Lassie to the Rescue 10-3 was released on: USA: 13 October 1963