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Joan Collins

Dame Joan Henrietta Collins DBE (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. Collins is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.


Joan Collins

Collins in 1952
Born
Joan Henrietta Collins

(1933-05-23) 23 May 1933 (age 90)
Paddington, London, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • author
  • columnist
Years active1946–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1952; div. 1956)
  • (m. 1963; div. 1971)
  • (m. 1972; civ. ann. 1983)
  • (m. 1985; civ. ann. 1987)
  • Percy Gibson
    (m. 2002)
Children3, including Tara and Alexander
RelativesJackie Collins (sister)
Websitejoancollins.net
Signature

In 1983, Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been recognised for her philanthropy, particularly her advocacy towards causes relating to children, which has earned her many honours. In 2015, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her charitable services.

Collins was born in Paddington, London and trained as an actress in her teens at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She signed to The Rank Organisation at the age of 17 and had small roles in the British films Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) and The Woman's Angle (1952) before taking on a supporting role in Judgment Deferred (1952). Collins went under contract to 20th Century Fox in 1955, and in that same year she starred as Evelyn Nesbit in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, Elizabeth Raleigh in The Virgin Queen and Princess Nellifer in Land of the Pharaohs, the latter garnering a cult following. Collins continued to take on film roles throughout the late 1950s appearing in The Opposite Sex (1956), Sea Wife (1957) and The Wayward Bus (1957). After starring in the epic film Esther and the King (1960), she was released on request from her contract with 20th Century Fox.

Collins appeared only in a few film roles in the 1960s, notably starring in The Road to Hong Kong (1962), and Warning Shot (1967). Collins also appeared in the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" as Edith Keeler (1967), and Subterfuge (1968). Collins began to take on local roles again back in Britain in the 1970s, appearing in the films Revenge (1971), Quest for Love (1971), Tales from the Crypt (1972) Fear in the Night (1972) and Dark Places (1973), as well as Tales That Witness Madness (1973), Empire of the Ants (1977), which earned her a Saturn Award nomination, The Stud (1978), Zero to Sixty (1978), Game for Vultures (1979) and The Bitch (1979). From 1981 to 1989, she starred as Alexis Colby in the soap opera Dynasty, which made her an international superstar. It brought her critical acclaim, winning her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama in 1982, and earning her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1984.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Collins worked sporadically in acting. She took fewer film roles, most notably appearing in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) and the TV movie These Old Broads (2001) alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds and Shirley MacLaine. She made her comeback to mainstream television in the 2010s, taking on recurring roles in the series Happily Divorced (2011–2013), The Royals (2014–2018), Benidorm (2014–2017) and American Horror Story: Apocalypse (2018). Her first starring film role since the 1980s was The Time of Their Lives (2017), and she has also appeared in various independent films, which includes the critically acclaimed Gerry (2018).

Early life Edit

Collins was born on 23 May 1933 in Paddington, London, and brought up in Maida Vale, the daughter of Elsa Collins (née Bessant), a dance teacher, and Joseph William Collins, a talent agent[citation needed] whose clients would later include Shirley Bassey, The Beatles and Tom Jones.[1] Her father, a native of South Africa, was Jewish, and her British mother was Anglican.[2][3][4][5] She had two younger siblings, Jackie, a novelist, and Bill, a property agent.[6][7] She was educated at the Francis Holland School, an independent day school for girls in London.[8]

Collins made her stage debut in the Henrik Ibsen play A Doll's House at the age of nine, and at the age of 16 trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. At the age of 17, Collins was signed to the Rank Organisation, a British film studio.[9]

Acting career Edit

1950s Edit

After signing with Rank, Collins appeared in many British films. Her feature debut as a film extra playing a beauty contestant in Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) which featured Diana Dors.[10][11] Collins followed up with The Woman's Angle (1952) a minor role as a Greek maid. Next was a more significant role as a gangster's moll in Judgment Deferred (1952).

Collins's big break came with a major, highly publicised role as a juvenile delinquent in I Believe in You (1952). Her success in the part led to her initial stardom and the press nickname "Britain's Bad Girl". Her subsequent films whilst under contract to Rank included Decameron Nights (1953) with Joan Fontaine; England's first X certificate drama, Cosh Boy (1953), directed by Lewis Gilbert; Turn the Key Softly (1953), a drama about three women released from prison on the same day; and the boxing saga The Square Ring (1953).

Collins was top-billed in the desert island comedy Our Girl Friday (1953), co starring Kenneth More. She was directed again by Lewis Gilbert in The Good Die Young (1954) with Laurence Harvey and Gloria Grahame. Between films, she appeared in several plays in London including The Seventh Veil (1952), Jassy (1952), Claudia and David (1954), and The Skin of Our Teeth (1954), as well as a UK tour of The Praying Mantis (1953).

 
Collins in Land of the Pharaohs (1954)

In 1954, Collins was chosen by American director Howard Hawks to star as the scheming Princess Nellifer in her first international production, Land of the Pharaohs. The lavish Warner Brothers historical epic was unsuccessful upon release but has been lauded by Martin Scorsese and French critics supporting the auteur theory for numerous elements of its physical production. Danny Peary in his book Cult Movies (1981), selected it as a cult classic.[12] Collins's sultry performance so impressed 20th Century Fox chief Darryl Zanuck that he signed the young star to a seven-year contract with the Hollywood studio.

Collins made her Hollywood film debut in the lavish historical drama The Virgin Queen (1955). The British newcomer was given equal billing with established stars Bette Davis and Richard Todd. The same year, Collins was cast in the starring role of Evelyn Nesbitt in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing with Ray Milland and Farley Granger. The part had originally been intended for Marilyn Monroe, however problems between Monroe and Fox led to Collins gaining the role.[13]

MGM borrowed Collins for The Opposite Sex (1956), a musical remake of The Women (1939) in which she was cast as the gold digging Crystal, the role played by Joan Crawford in the original. She then starred as a young nun in Sea Wife (1956), top-billed over co-star Richard Burton, followed by the all-star Island in the Sun (1957), which was a major box-office success. The film earned $5,550,000 worldwide, and finished as the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1957.[14] In 1957, she was top-billed over Jayne Mansfield in the film version of John Steinbeck's The Wayward Bus, which despite disappointing reviews[15] was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.[16] She then starred opposite Robert Wagner in the espionage thriller Stopover Tokyo (1957), and was Gregory Peck's leading lady in the Western drama The Bravados (1958).

The Leo McCarey comedy Rally Round the Flag, Boys (1958) cast Collins as a temptress out to seduce Paul Newman away from Joanne Woodward. Next came the tense crime caper Seven Thieves (1960) opposite Edward G. Robinson and Rod Steiger.

1960s Edit

In 1960, Collins became increasingly disillusioned with 20th Century Fox when, having been the original choice to play the title role in Cleopatra, the part went instead to Elizabeth Taylor. Collins withdrew from the studio's production of Sons and Lovers, and requested a release from her contract, however she agreed to star in one last film for Fox, top-billed again in the biblical epic Esther and the King (1960).

In 1961, she returned to London to star opposite Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the last of that film duo's "road" pictures, The Road to Hong Kong (1962). Former "road" leading lady Dorothy Lamour was relegated to a guest appearance in the film. In Italy, Collins starred in Hard Time for Princes (1965); back in the US she played David Janssen's wife in the detective thriller Warning Shot (1967); in the UK she was the leading lady in the spy caper Subterfuge (1968); and made a cameo appearance in the comedy If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969).

In the US, Collins starred opposite her husband in Newley's autobiographical musical Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969), a decision she later regretted.[17] Then came the female lead in the Italian drama L'amore brave (1969), The Executioner (1970), a thriller with George Peppard, and Up in the Cellar (1970), a quasisequel to Three in the Attic. Although she had made several appearances on interview and game shows in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Collins began her television dramatic career with a guest role in The Human Jungle in 1963. Her notable appearances on American television during the 1960s included playing the villainous Siren in Batman, Run For Your Life, The Virginian, Mission: Impossible, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and in Star Trek: The Original Series, she played Edith Keeler in the episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever".

1970s Edit

In the 1970s, Collins remained busy on television. She starred in the TV movies The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972) with Orson Welles and Lee Remick, and Drive Hard, Drive Fast (1973) opposite Brian Kelly. Her many guest appearances during the decade included The Persuaders! alongside Roger Moore and Tony Curtis, Fallen Angels with Susannah York, Space 1999, Orson Welles Great Mysteries, Police Woman, The Moneychangers with Kirk Douglas and Christopher Plummer, Starsky and Hutch, Tattletales, Switch, Future Cop, Ellery Queen, The Fantastic Journey, Baretta and three separate episodes of Tales of the Unexpected. She rounded off the decade playing Cleopatra in an episode of Aaron Spelling's Fantasy Island.

 
Collins in Empire of the Ants (1977)

In 1970, Collins returned to Britain and starred in several films, mostly thrillers and horror films: Revenge (1971), as the vengeance-seeking mother of a murdered child; Quest for Love (1971), a romantic science-fiction piece; Tales from the Crypt (1972), a highly successful horror anthology; Fear in the Night (1972), a psychological horror from Jimmy Sangster; Dark Places (1973), a thriller with Christopher Lee; and Tales That Witness Madness (1973), another horror anthology. She went to Italy for the football-themed comedy L'arbitro (1974), to Spain for The Great Adventure opposite Jack Palance and returned to England for yet another horror, playing the mother of a murderous infant in I Don't Want to Be Born (1975).

After two comedies, Alfie Darling (1975) and The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976), Collins returned to the US to make what she now refers to as the nadir of her film career, the giant insect science-fiction piece Empire of the Ants (1977). In Italy she was the leading lady in the thriller Fearless (1978); in the US made the lighthearted Zero to Sixty (1978); and back in the UK appeared with Robert Mitchum in The Big Sleep. In 1978, Collins was catapulted back to major stardom in the UK when she starred in the film version of her sister Jackie Collins's racy novel The Stud. It was made for $600,000 and went on to gross over $20,000,000 internationally.[18] At the same time she published her autobiography, Past Imperfect, which went to number 1 in the bestseller charts. The Stud was so successful that a sequel, The Bitch (1979).[19] was hastily arranged. It too was a hit.

After shooting Game for Vultures (1979) opposite Richard Harris and Sunburn (1979) with Farrah Fawcett, Collins returned to the stage for the first time in many years to play the title role in The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1980) in London's West End.

1980s Edit

 
Joan Collins with Dynasty co-stars Stephanie Beacham and Emma Samms in London, 2009

In 1981 Collins accepted a role in the second season of the then-struggling soap opera Dynasty (1981–89), as Alexis Colby, the beautiful and vengeful ex-wife of oil tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe). Dynasty became an enormous worldwide phenomenon, and by 1985 the programme was the number-one show in the United States, beating out CBS rival Dallas, which ranked number two.[20] For her portrayal of Alexis, Collins was nominated six times for a Golden Globe Award (every year from 1982 to 1987), winning in 1983,[21] the same year she was nominated for an Emmy as Best Actress in a Drama Series.[22] In accepting the award, Collins thanked Sophia Loren for turning down the part of Alexis.[23]

Her performance is generally credited as the chief factor in the fledgling show's subsequent rise in the Nielsen ratings[24] to a hit rivalling Dallas. In the 2001 E! True Hollywood Story episode featuring Dynasty, former ABC executive Ted Harbert stated, "The truth is we didn't really believe that we had this thing done as a hit until Joan Collins walked down that courtroom aisle."[citation needed] Co-star Al Corley noted that Collins "just flew" in the role that was "tailor made... just spot on." In Dynasty producer Aaron Spelling's final press interview, he said of Collins: "We didn't write Joan Collins. She played Joan Collins. Am I right? We wrote a character, but the character could have been played by 50 people and 49 of them would have failed. She made it work."[25] In recognition of her new status, in 1983 Collins was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for career achievement.

Whilst filming Dynasty, Collins starred in the feature film Nutcracker (1982) and the TV movies Paper Dolls (1982), The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982), Making of a Male Model (1983) with Jon-Erik Hexum, Her Life as a Man (1984), and The Cartier Affair (1984) with David Hasselhoff. She made guest star appearances in The Love Boat and Faerie Tale Theatre, and co-hosted an ABC-TV special created for her, Blondes vs. Brunettes. At the age of 50, Collins appeared in a 12-page photo layout for Playboy magazine shot by George Hurrell.[26] With Dynasty at the height of its success, Collins both produced and starred in the smash hit 1986 CBS miniseries Sins,[27] and also in the same year, Monte Carlo.[28][29]

1990s Edit

When Dynasty ended in 1989, Collins began rehearsals for her Broadway stage debut, as Amanda in a successful revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives (1990). She subsequently toured the US in the same play and also starred as Amanda in a production in London's West End.[30] In 1991, she also starred for BBC Television in a series of eight individual Noël Coward plays under the title Tonight at 8.30. In 1991, Collins rejoined her co-stars for Dynasty: The Reunion, a miniseries that concluded the cliffhanger ending left after the show's abrupt 1989 cancellation. In the 1990s, Collins continued to star in films including Decadence (1994) and In The Bleak Midwinter (1995).

On American television she made the TV movies Hart to Hart – Two Harts in 3/4 Time (1995), Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995) and Sweet Deception (1998). She also made guest-star appearances on series such as Roseanne (1993), The Nanny (1996) and Will & Grace (2000), and played a recurring role in seven episodes of Pacific Palisades (1997). She was selected as the cover star for the relaunch of the popular celebrity magazine OK! when it changed from a monthly to a weekly.[31]

In 1999, Collins was cast in the film version of the musical theatre show Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, with Donny Osmond. She then starred opposite Nigel Hawthorne in the film The Clandestine Marriage (1999), which she also co-produced.

2000s Edit

In 2000, Collins replaced Elizabeth Taylor as Pearl Slaghoople, Wilma Flintstone's mother, in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, a prequel to the Universal Studios live-action film The Flintstones (1994, Taylor had originated the role in the first film). The following year, Collins co-starred with Taylor, Shirley MacLaine and Debbie Reynolds in the television film These Old Broads, written by Reynolds's daughter, Carrie Fisher. In 2002, Collins returned to soap operas in a limited guest run on the American daytime soap Guiding Light.[32] In 2005, actress Alice Krige impersonated Collins in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalised television film based on the creation and behind-the-scenes production of Dynasty.[33]

In early 2006, Collins toured the United Kingdom in An Evening with Joan Collins (US title One Night With Joan), a one-woman show in which she related the highs and lows of her career and life. The show was directed by her husband Percy Gibson, whom she married in 2002. She has continued to tour the world with the show and its sequel Joan Collins Unscripted ever since, including appearances in New York, Las Vegas, Dubai, Sydney, and twice at the London Palladium. In 2006—2007 she also toured North America for 30 weeks in the play Legends! with former Dynasty co-star Linda Evans.

In the mid-2000s, Collins's television work included the hit British television series Footballer's Wives as Eva de Wolffe (2005), the BBC series Hotel Babylon (2006) and Dynasty Reunion: Catfights and Caviar, a 2006 special featuring several of her Dynasty co-stars reminiscing about the original series. Collins guest-starred in They Do It with Mirrors, a two-hour episode of the murder-mystery drama Marple in 2009, as Ruth Van Rydock, a friend of detective Miss Jane Marple. In 2009, Collins presented her own reality television series entitled Joan Collins Does Glamour.[34]

2010s Edit

 
Collins at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection Fashion Show in 2010

In 2010 she joined the cast of the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love) for a short run, playing an aristocratic British woman, Lady Joan, who takes a young German prince in tow.[35] Famed for her double act with Leonard Rossiter in the Cinzano advertisements, in 2012 she starred in a Europe-wide commercial for Snickers chocolate bars, alongside Stephanie Beacham. Within a short time the advert was re-edited and Beacham's appearance cut.[36]

She made her first (and, to date, only) venture into pantomime as Queen Rat in Dick Whittington at the Birmingham Hippodrome during the 2010 Christmas season, starring alongside Nigel Havers and Julian Clary.[37] In 2012–2013, she appeared as herself in the US sitcom Happily Divorced. She also lent her voice to the animated feature film Saving Santa (2013).

From 2013 to 2017, Collins had a recurring guest role in the British sitcom Benidorm as Crystal Hennessy-Vass, the fierce CEO of the fictional Solana Hotel Group. From 2014 to 2018, she played the Grand Duchess of Oxford, mother of fictional British Queen Helena (Elizabeth Hurley) in the E! drama series The Royals.[38] In June 2015, Collins backed the children's fairytales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF, together with others such as Roger Moore, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, and Michael Caine.[39] The same year she starred in the fantasy film Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism.

In 2016, Collins made a cameo appearance as herself in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. The following year she returned to the big screen with the starring role in the British comedy-drama The Time of Their Lives, playing a faded Hollywood star. In 2018 she appeared in a critically acclaimed short film, Gerry, for which she won the Best Actress award at the LA Shorts International Film Festival.

In April 2018, Ryan Murphy announced that Collins had joined the cast of American Horror Story for its eighth season American Horror Story: Apocalypse. She first portrayed Evie Gallant, the glamorous and rich grandmother of Evan Peters' character, and later portrayed witch actress Bubbles McGee. In March 2019 she guest-starred in an episode of the new Hawaii Five-O TV-series.[40]

2020s Edit

In October 2019, she worked on the feature film The Loss Adjuster opposite Luke Goss and Martin Kemp, which was released in late 2020.[41] In 2021, Collins appeared in a short comedy spoof for Comic Relief entitled 2020: The Movie, in which she played Maggie Keenan, the first person to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.[42] Collins was set to star as Adelaide of Maurienne in the historical drama television series Glow and Darkness, alongside Jane Seymour and Denise Richards which she began filming for in 2020; it was set to be released in late 2021.[43] In May 2021, it was announced that Collins would have a role in the musical film Tomorrow Morning, based on the acclaimed musical play of the same name; the film was released in September 2022.[44]

Other ventures Edit

 
Collins at the 2012 Monte Carlo Television Festival

Philanthropy Edit

Collins has publicly supported several charities for several decades. In 1982, Collins spoke before the U.S. Congress about increasing funding for neurological research. In 1983, she was named a patron of the International Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities, earning the foundation's highest honour in 1988 for her continuing support. Additionally, 1988 also saw the opening of the Joan Collins Wing of the Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. In 1990, she was made an honorary founding member of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

In 1994, Collins was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the Association of Breast Cancer Studies in Great Britain for her contribution to breast cancer awareness in the UK. Collins is patron of Fight for Sight; in 2003, she became a patron of the Shooting Star Chase Children's Hospice in Great Britain, while continuing to support several foster children in India, something she has done for the past 35 years. Collins serves her former school, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, as the Honorary President of the RADA Associates.[45]

Writing Edit

Since the late 1990s, Collins has been a regular guest diarist for The Spectator. In 2008, she had a weekly opinions column in The Sunday Telegraph. She continues to write occasionally for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Lady in the United Kingdom, and Harper's Bazaar in the United States.

Collins has established herself as a successful author. In addition to her bestselling novels, including Prime Time and Love & Desire & Hate, she has also written six lifestyle books, including The Joan Collins Beauty Book, as well as memoirs, including Past Imperfect. To date, she has sold over 50 million copies of her books, which have been translated into 30 languages.[46]

Personal life Edit

Marriages and family Edit

Collins has been married five times,[47] first to Northern Irish actor Maxwell Reed, whom she married on 24 May 1952 after he allegedly raped her.[48] She divorced Reed in 1956.[49]

In 1959, Collins began a relationship with the then-unknown actor Warren Beatty. They became engaged in 1960, but his infidelity led to their split.[50] Collins revealed in her 1978 autobiography that she became pregnant by Beatty but had an abortion to avoid a scandal that at the time could have seriously damaged their careers.[51]

In 1963, she married actor and singer-songwriter Anthony Newley, with whom she had two children, Tara and Alexander. She wed her third husband, American businessman Ron Kass in 1972, and the couple had a daughter.

After Collins' marriage to Kass ended in divorce in 1983, she married former singer Peter Holm[citation needed] on 3 November 1985 in a ceremony in Las Vegas. After a bitter separation, they were divorced on 25 August 1987.

She married her fifth and current husband Percy Gibson, who is 31 years her junior, on 17 February 2002 at Claridge's Hotel in London.[52]

As of 2019, Collins had three grandchildren.[53]

Collins's younger sister was Jackie Collins, a bestselling author, who died in September 2015. Collins was informed only two weeks before her sister's death about the breast cancer Jackie had suffered from for over six years.

Over the years, Collins has been named "England's most beautiful girl",[54] "the most beautiful woman in the world"[citation needed], and "the world's sexiest woman"[citation needed].

Collins maintains residences in London, Los Angeles, New York City, and France,[55] describing her life in 2010 as being "that of a gypsy".[56]

In 2019, Collins and Gibson escaped a "terrifying" fire at her London flat in Eaton Place. Gibson was able to contain the blaze using a fire extinguisher before the emergency services arrived. Collins was treated for smoke inhalation but was otherwise unharmed and thanked the emergency response crews on social media.[57][58]

Political views Edit

She was a supporter of the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and was invited to attend her funeral on 17 April 2013.[59] Collins is also a staunch monarchist, stating "I'm a big monarchist and I love the Queen."[60] In 2004, it was announced she had become a Patron of the UK Independence Party, though she later said this did not necessarily mean she would vote for the party.[61] In 2013 Collins supported British withdrawal from the European Union.[62]

Honours Edit

Collins was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1997 New Year Honours for services to drama[63] and advanced to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to charity.[64]

Bibliography Edit

Memoir

  • Past Imperfect: An Autobiography – UK version (1978)
  • Katy: A Fight for Life, A Memoir (1982)
  • Past Imperfect: An Autobiography – US version (1984)
  • Second Act: An Autobiography (1996)
  • The World According to Joan (2011)
  • Passion For Life: An Autobiography (2013)[65]
  • My Unapologetic Diaries by Joan Collins (2021)[66]
  • Behind the Shoulder Pads: Stories I only tell my friends (2023)[67]

Nonfiction

  • The Joan Collins Beauty Book (1980)
  • My Secrets (1994)
  • Health, Youth and Happiness: My Secrets (1995)
  • My Friends' Secrets (1999)
  • Joan's Way: Looking Good, Feeling Great (2002)
  • The Art of Living Well: Looking Good, Feeling Great (2007)

Fiction

  • Prime Time, a novel (1988)
  • Love and Desire and Hate, a novel (1990)
  • Too Damn Famous, a novel (1995) retitled Infamous for US (1996)
  • Star Quality, a novel (2002)
  • Misfortune's Daughters, a novel (2005)
  • The St. Tropez Lonely Hearts Club, a novel (2015)

By other authors

  • Joan Collins by John Kercher, Gallery Books (1984)
  • Joan Collins: The Unauthorised Biography by Jeff Rovin, Bantam Books (1984)
  • Joan Collins, Superstar: A Biography by Robert Levine, Dell Publishing (1985)
  • A Touch of Collins by Joe Collins, Columbus Books (1986)
  • Portraits of a Star by Eddie Sanderson, Hodder & Stoughton (1987)
  • Inside Joan Collins: A Biography by Jay David, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. (1988)
  • Hollywood Sisters: Jackie and Joan Collins by Susan Crimp and Patricia Burstein, St. Martin's Press (1989)
  • Joan Collins: The Biography of an Icon by Graham Lord, Orion (2007)

Filmography Edit

Film Edit

Year Title Role Notes
1951 Lady Godiva Rides Again Beauty Queen Contestant Uncredited
Facts and Fancies Teenager Short film
1952 The Woman's Angle Marina
Judgment Deferred Lil Carter
I Believe in You Norma Hart
1953 Decameron Nights Pampinea / Maria
Cosh Boy Rene Collins
Turn the Key Softly Stella Jarvis
The Square Ring Frankie
Our Girl Friday Sadie Patch
1954 The Good Die Young Mary Halsey
1955 Land of the Pharaohs Princess Nellifer
The Virgin Queen Beth Throckmorton
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
1956 The Opposite Sex Crystal
1957 Sea Wife Sea Wife
The Wayward Bus Alice Chicoy
Island in the Sun Jocelyn Fleury
Stopover Tokyo Tina Llewellyn
1958 The Bravados Josefa Velarde
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! Angela Hoffa
1960 Seven Thieves Melanie
Esther and the King Esther
1962 The Road to Hong Kong Diane
1965 Hard Time for Princes Jane
1967 Warning Shot Joanie Valens
1968 Subterfuge Anne Langley
1969 Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? Polyester Poontang
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Girl on Sidewalk Cameo appearance
Besieged Roberta
1970 The Executioner Sarah Booth
Up in the Cellar Pat Camber
1971 Revenge Carol Radford
Quest for Love Ottilie Trafford / Tracy Fletcher
1972 Tales from the Crypt Joanne Clayton Segment: "And All Through The House"
Fear in the Night aka 'Fright In The Night' Molly Carmichael
1973 Tales That Witness Madness Bella Thompson Segment: "Mel"
1974 L'arbitro aka 'Football Crazy' Elena Sperani
Dark Places Sarah Mandeville
1975 Alfie Darling Fay
The Great Adventure Sonia Kendall
I Don't Want to Be Born aka 'The Monster' Lucy Carlesi
1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones Black Bess
1977 Empire of the Ants Marilyn Fryser
1978 Fearless Brigitte
The Big Sleep Agnes Lozelle
The Stud Fontaine Khaled
Zero to Sixty Gloria Martine
1979 Game for Vultures Nicolle
Sunburn Nera
The Bitch Fontaine Khaled
1982 Homework Diane
Nutcracker Laura Carrere
1994 Decadence Helen / Sybil
1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Margaretta D'Arcy
1997 Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas! Joan Collins
1999 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Mrs. Potiphar
The Clandestine Marriage Mrs. Heidelberg Also associate producer
2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Pearl Slaghoople
2004 Ellis in Glamourland Susan
2006 Ozzie Max Happy
2009 Banksy's Coming for Dinner Joan
2010 Fetish Francesca Vonn Short film
2013 Saving Santa Vera Baddington Voice
2015 Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism Nockman's Mother
2016 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Herself Cameo
2017 The Time of Their Lives Helen Shelley Also executive producer[68]
2018 Gerry Hilda Short film
2020 The Loss Adjuster Margaret Rogerton-Sykes [69]
2022 Tomorrow Morning Anna [70]
The Gentle Sex Major Connie Brown [71]
TBC In Bed with the Duchess[72] Wallis Simpson Filming

Television Edit

Year Title Role Notes
1964 The Human Jungle Liz Kross Episode: "Struggle for a Mind"
1966 Run for Your Life Gilian Wales Episode: "The Borders of Barbarism"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Baroness Bibi De Chasseur / Rosy Shlagenheimer Episode: "The Galatea Affair"
1967 The Virginian Lorna Marie Marshall Episode: "The Lady from Wichita"
Batman The Siren (Lorelei Circe) Episodes: "Ring Around the Riddler" and "The Wail of the Siren"
The Danny Thomas Hour Myra Episode: "The Demon Under the Bed"
Star Trek Edith Keeler Episode: "The City on the Edge of Forever"
1969 Mission: Impossible Nicole Vedette Episode: "Nicole"
1972 The Persuaders! Sidonie Episode: "Five Miles to Midnight"
The Man Who Came to Dinner Lorraine Sheldon TV movie
1973 Drive Hard, Drive Fast Carole Bradley TV movie
Orson Welles Great Mysteries Jane Blake Episode: "The Dinner Party"
1974 Fallen Angels Jane Banbury TV movie
1975 Ellery Queen Lady Daisy Frawley Episode: "The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne"
Switch Jackie Simon Episode: "Stung from Beyond"
Space: 1999 Kara Episode: "Mission of the Darians"
1976 Baretta Lynn Stiles Episode: "Pay or Die"
Police Woman Lorelei Frank / Prudence Clark Episodes: "The Pawn Shop" and "The Trick Book"
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers Avril Devereaux TV Mini-series
Gibbsville Andrea Episode: "Andrea"
1977 The Fantastic Journey Queen Halyana Episode: "Turnabout"
Future Cop Eve Di Falco Episode: "The Kansas City Kid"
Starsky and Hutch Janice Episode: "Starsky and Hutch on Playboy Island"
1979 Tales of the Unexpected Lady Natalia Turton Episode: "Neck"
1980 Clare Duckworth/Julia Roach Episode: "Georgy Porgy"
Suzy Starr Episode "A Girl Can't Always Have Everything"
Fantasy Island Lucy Atwell Episode: "My Fair Pharaoh/The Power"
1981–1989 Dynasty Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Series regular (Season 2–8), recurring (Season 9) 195 episodes
1982 Paper Dolls Racine TV movie
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch Annie McCulloch TV movie
1983 Making of a Male Model Kay Dillon TV movie
The Love Boat Janine Adams Episode: "The Captain's Crush/Out of My Hair/Off-Course Romance"
Faerie Tale Theatre Stepmother / Witch Episode: "Hansel and Gretel"
1984 The Cartier Affair Cartier Rand / Marilyn Hallifax TV movie
Her Life as a Man Pam Dugan TV movie
1986 Sins Helene Junot TV Mini-series, also executive producer
Monte Carlo Katrina Petrovna TV Mini-series, also executive producer
1991 Tonight at 8:30 Various Series regular, 8 episodes, also executive producer
Dynasty: The Reunion Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan TV Mini-series
1993 Roseanne Ronnie Episode: "First Cousin, Twice Removed"
Mama's Back Tamara Hamilton TV pilot
Egoli: Place of Gold Catherine Sinclair Special Guest Star
1995 Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time Lady Camilla TV movie
Annie: A Royal Adventure! Lady Edwina Hogbottom TV movie
1996 The Nanny Joan Sheffield Episode: "Me and Mrs. Joan"
1997 Pacific Palisades Christina Hobson 7 episodes
1998 Sweet Deception Arianna TV movie
2000 Will & Grace Helena Barnes Episode: "My Best Friend's Tush"
2001 These Old Broads Addie Holden TV movie
2002 Guiding Light Alexandra Spaulding 7 episodes
2005 Slavery and the Making of America Reenactor Episode: "Seeds of Destruction"
2006 Hotel Babylon Lady Imogen Patton Episode: "1.7"
Footballers' Wives Eva De Wolffe 2 episodes
2009 Marple Ruth Van Rydock Episode: "They Do It with Mirrors"
2010 Verbotene Liebe Lady Joan 3 episodes
Rules of Engagement Bunny Dunbar Episode: "Les-bro"
2012–2013 Happily Divorced Joan Collins 3 episodes
2014–2017 Benidorm Crystal Hennessy-Vass 4 episodes
2013 Celebrity Deal or No Deal Herself / Contestant Television special[73]
2015–2018 The Royals Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Oxford 7 episodes
2018 American Horror Story: Apocalypse Evie Gallant Episodes: "The End" and "The Morning After"
Bubbles McGee Episodes: "Traitor" and "Fire and Reign"
2019 Hawaii Five-0 Amanda Savage Episode: "Ai no i ka 'ape he mane'o no ko ka nuku"
TBC Glow and Darkness Adelaide of Maurienne[74] 10 episodes, post-production

Theatre Edit

Awards and nominations Edit

Award Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
CableACE Awards 1983 Faerie Tale Theatre Actress in a Dramatic Presentation Nominated [77]
East Europe International Film Festival 2020 The Loss Adjuster Best Lead Actress Won [78]
Golden Apple Awards 1982 Herself Female Star of the Year Won [79]
Golden Kamera Awards 1999 Dynasty Millennium Award Won [80]
Golden Globe Awards 1982 Dynasty Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama Nominated [81]
1983 Won [82]
1984 Nominated [83]
1985 Nominated [84]
1986 Nominated [85]
1987 Nominated [86]
Monte Carlo TV Festival 2001 Herself Outstanding Female Actor Won [87]
People's Choice Awards 1984 Dynasty Favorite Female TV Performer Nominated [88]
1985 Won [89]
1986 Nominated [88]
Primetime Emmy Awards 1984 Dynasty Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated [90]
Saturn Awards 1978 Empire of the Ants Best Actress Nominated [91]
Soap Opera Digest Awards 1984 Dynasty Outstanding Villainess Won [92]
1985 Won [93]
1986 Outstanding Actress/Actor in a Comic Relief Role Nominated [94]
Outstanding Villainess Nominated
1988 Nominated [95]
TV Land Awards 2003 Dynasty Hippest Fashion Plate Female Nominated [96]

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For other people named Joan Collins see Joan Collins disambiguation Dame Joan Henrietta Collins DBE born 23 May 1933 is an English actress author and columnist Collins is the recipient of several accolades including a Golden Globe Award a People s Choice Award two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema DameJoan CollinsDBECollins in 1952BornJoan Henrietta Collins 1933 05 23 23 May 1933 age 90 Paddington London EnglandOccupationsActress author columnistYears active1946 presentSpousesMaxwell Reed m 1952 div 1956 wbr Anthony Newley m 1963 div 1971 wbr Ronald S Kass m 1972 civ ann 1983 wbr Peter Holm m 1985 civ ann 1987 wbr Percy Gibson m 2002 wbr Children3 including Tara and AlexanderRelativesJackie Collins sister Websitejoancollins wbr netSignatureIn 1983 Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame She has been recognised for her philanthropy particularly her advocacy towards causes relating to children which has earned her many honours In 2015 she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her charitable services Collins was born in Paddington London and trained as an actress in her teens at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art She signed to The Rank Organisation at the age of 17 and had small roles in the British films Lady Godiva Rides Again 1951 and The Woman s Angle 1952 before taking on a supporting role in Judgment Deferred 1952 Collins went under contract to 20th Century Fox in 1955 and in that same year she starred as Evelyn Nesbit in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Elizabeth Raleigh in The Virgin Queen and Princess Nellifer in Land of the Pharaohs the latter garnering a cult following Collins continued to take on film roles throughout the late 1950s appearing in The Opposite Sex 1956 Sea Wife 1957 and The Wayward Bus 1957 After starring in the epic film Esther and the King 1960 she was released on request from her contract with 20th Century Fox Collins appeared only in a few film roles in the 1960s notably starring in The Road to Hong Kong 1962 and Warning Shot 1967 Collins also appeared in the Star Trek episode The City on the Edge of Forever as Edith Keeler 1967 and Subterfuge 1968 Collins began to take on local roles again back in Britain in the 1970s appearing in the films Revenge 1971 Quest for Love 1971 Tales from the Crypt 1972 Fear in the Night 1972 and Dark Places 1973 as well as Tales That Witness Madness 1973 Empire of the Ants 1977 which earned her a Saturn Award nomination The Stud 1978 Zero to Sixty 1978 Game for Vultures 1979 and The Bitch 1979 From 1981 to 1989 she starred as Alexis Colby in the soap opera Dynasty which made her an international superstar It brought her critical acclaim winning her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama in 1982 and earning her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1984 In the 1990s and 2000s Collins worked sporadically in acting She took fewer film roles most notably appearing in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 2000 and the TV movie These Old Broads 2001 alongside Elizabeth Taylor Debbie Reynolds and Shirley MacLaine She made her comeback to mainstream television in the 2010s taking on recurring roles in the series Happily Divorced 2011 2013 The Royals 2014 2018 Benidorm 2014 2017 and American Horror Story Apocalypse 2018 Her first starring film role since the 1980s was The Time of Their Lives 2017 and she has also appeared in various independent films which includes the critically acclaimed Gerry 2018 Contents 1 Early life 2 Acting career 2 1 1950s 2 2 1960s 2 3 1970s 2 4 1980s 2 5 1990s 2 6 2000s 2 7 2010s 2 8 2020s 3 Other ventures 3 1 Philanthropy 3 2 Writing 4 Personal life 4 1 Marriages and family 4 2 Political views 5 Honours 6 Bibliography 7 Filmography 7 1 Film 7 2 Television 7 3 Theatre 8 Awards and nominations 9 References 10 External linksEarly life EditCollins was born on 23 May 1933 in Paddington London and brought up in Maida Vale the daughter of Elsa Collins nee Bessant a dance teacher and Joseph William Collins a talent agent citation needed whose clients would later include Shirley Bassey The Beatles and Tom Jones 1 Her father a native of South Africa was Jewish and her British mother was Anglican 2 3 4 5 She had two younger siblings Jackie a novelist and Bill a property agent 6 7 She was educated at the Francis Holland School an independent day school for girls in London 8 Collins made her stage debut in the Henrik Ibsen play A Doll s House at the age of nine and at the age of 16 trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RADA in London At the age of 17 Collins was signed to the Rank Organisation a British film studio 9 Acting career Edit1950s Edit After signing with Rank Collins appeared in many British films Her feature debut as a film extra playing a beauty contestant in Lady Godiva Rides Again 1951 which featured Diana Dors 10 11 Collins followed up with The Woman s Angle 1952 a minor role as a Greek maid Next was a more significant role as a gangster s moll in Judgment Deferred 1952 Collins s big break came with a major highly publicised role as a juvenile delinquent in I Believe in You 1952 Her success in the part led to her initial stardom and the press nickname Britain s Bad Girl Her subsequent films whilst under contract to Rank included Decameron Nights 1953 with Joan Fontaine England s first X certificate drama Cosh Boy 1953 directed by Lewis Gilbert Turn the Key Softly 1953 a drama about three women released from prison on the same day and the boxing saga The Square Ring 1953 Collins was top billed in the desert island comedy Our Girl Friday 1953 co starring Kenneth More She was directed again by Lewis Gilbert in The Good Die Young 1954 with Laurence Harvey and Gloria Grahame Between films she appeared in several plays in London including The Seventh Veil 1952 Jassy 1952 Claudia and David 1954 and The Skin of Our Teeth 1954 as well as a UK tour of The Praying Mantis 1953 Collins in Land of the Pharaohs 1954 In 1954 Collins was chosen by American director Howard Hawks to star as the scheming Princess Nellifer in her first international production Land of the Pharaohs The lavish Warner Brothers historical epic was unsuccessful upon release but has been lauded by Martin Scorsese and French critics supporting the auteur theory for numerous elements of its physical production Danny Peary in his book Cult Movies 1981 selected it as a cult classic 12 Collins s sultry performance so impressed 20th Century Fox chief Darryl Zanuck that he signed the young star to a seven year contract with the Hollywood studio Collins made her Hollywood film debut in the lavish historical drama The Virgin Queen 1955 The British newcomer was given equal billing with established stars Bette Davis and Richard Todd The same year Collins was cast in the starring role of Evelyn Nesbitt in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing with Ray Milland and Farley Granger The part had originally been intended for Marilyn Monroe however problems between Monroe and Fox led to Collins gaining the role 13 MGM borrowed Collins for The Opposite Sex 1956 a musical remake of The Women 1939 in which she was cast as the gold digging Crystal the role played by Joan Crawford in the original She then starred as a young nun in Sea Wife 1956 top billed over co star Richard Burton followed by the all star Island in the Sun 1957 which was a major box office success The film earned 5 550 000 worldwide and finished as the sixth highest grossing film of 1957 14 In 1957 she was top billed over Jayne Mansfield in the film version of John Steinbeck s The Wayward Bus which despite disappointing reviews 15 was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival 16 She then starred opposite Robert Wagner in the espionage thriller Stopover Tokyo 1957 and was Gregory Peck s leading lady in the Western drama The Bravados 1958 The Leo McCarey comedy Rally Round the Flag Boys 1958 cast Collins as a temptress out to seduce Paul Newman away from Joanne Woodward Next came the tense crime caper Seven Thieves 1960 opposite Edward G Robinson and Rod Steiger 1960s Edit In 1960 Collins became increasingly disillusioned with 20th Century Fox when having been the original choice to play the title role in Cleopatra the part went instead to Elizabeth Taylor Collins withdrew from the studio s production of Sons and Lovers and requested a release from her contract however she agreed to star in one last film for Fox top billed again in the biblical epic Esther and the King 1960 In 1961 she returned to London to star opposite Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the last of that film duo s road pictures The Road to Hong Kong 1962 Former road leading lady Dorothy Lamour was relegated to a guest appearance in the film In Italy Collins starred in Hard Time for Princes 1965 back in the US she played David Janssen s wife in the detective thriller Warning Shot 1967 in the UK she was the leading lady in the spy caper Subterfuge 1968 and made a cameo appearance in the comedy If It s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium 1969 In the US Collins starred opposite her husband in Newley s autobiographical musical Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness 1969 a decision she later regretted 17 Then came the female lead in the Italian drama L amore brave 1969 The Executioner 1970 a thriller with George Peppard and Up in the Cellar 1970 a quasisequel to Three in the Attic Although she had made several appearances on interview and game shows in the late 1950s and early 1960s Collins began her television dramatic career with a guest role in The Human Jungle in 1963 Her notable appearances on American television during the 1960s included playing the villainous Siren in Batman Run For Your Life The Virginian Mission Impossible The Man From U N C L E and in Star Trek The Original Series she played Edith Keeler in the episode The City on the Edge of Forever 1970s EditIn the 1970s Collins remained busy on television She starred in the TV movies The Man Who Came to Dinner 1972 with Orson Welles and Lee Remick and Drive Hard Drive Fast 1973 opposite Brian Kelly Her many guest appearances during the decade included The Persuaders alongside Roger Moore and Tony Curtis Fallen Angels with Susannah York Space 1999 Orson Welles Great Mysteries Police Woman The Moneychangers with Kirk Douglas and Christopher Plummer Starsky and Hutch Tattletales Switch Future Cop Ellery Queen The Fantastic Journey Baretta and three separate episodes of Tales of the Unexpected She rounded off the decade playing Cleopatra in an episode of Aaron Spelling s Fantasy Island Collins in Empire of the Ants 1977 In 1970 Collins returned to Britain and starred in several films mostly thrillers and horror films Revenge 1971 as the vengeance seeking mother of a murdered child Quest for Love 1971 a romantic science fiction piece Tales from the Crypt 1972 a highly successful horror anthology Fear in the Night 1972 a psychological horror from Jimmy Sangster Dark Places 1973 a thriller with Christopher Lee and Tales That Witness Madness 1973 another horror anthology She went to Italy for the football themed comedy L arbitro 1974 to Spain for The Great Adventure opposite Jack Palance and returned to England for yet another horror playing the mother of a murderous infant in I Don t Want to Be Born 1975 After two comedies Alfie Darling 1975 and The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones 1976 Collins returned to the US to make what she now refers to as the nadir of her film career the giant insect science fiction piece Empire of the Ants 1977 In Italy she was the leading lady in the thriller Fearless 1978 in the US made the lighthearted Zero to Sixty 1978 and back in the UK appeared with Robert Mitchum in The Big Sleep In 1978 Collins was catapulted back to major stardom in the UK when she starred in the film version of her sister Jackie Collins s racy novel The Stud It was made for 600 000 and went on to gross over 20 000 000 internationally 18 At the same time she published her autobiography Past Imperfect which went to number 1 in the bestseller charts The Stud was so successful that a sequel The Bitch 1979 19 was hastily arranged It too was a hit After shooting Game for Vultures 1979 opposite Richard Harris and Sunburn 1979 with Farrah Fawcett Collins returned to the stage for the first time in many years to play the title role in The Last of Mrs Cheyney 1980 in London s West End 1980s Edit Joan Collins with Dynasty co stars Stephanie Beacham and Emma Samms in London 2009In 1981 Collins accepted a role in the second season of the then struggling soap opera Dynasty 1981 89 as Alexis Colby the beautiful and vengeful ex wife of oil tycoon Blake Carrington John Forsythe Dynasty became an enormous worldwide phenomenon and by 1985 the programme was the number one show in the United States beating out CBS rival Dallas which ranked number two 20 For her portrayal of Alexis Collins was nominated six times for a Golden Globe Award every year from 1982 to 1987 winning in 1983 21 the same year she was nominated for an Emmy as Best Actress in a Drama Series 22 In accepting the award Collins thanked Sophia Loren for turning down the part of Alexis 23 Her performance is generally credited as the chief factor in the fledgling show s subsequent rise in the Nielsen ratings 24 to a hit rivalling Dallas In the 2001 E True Hollywood Story episode featuring Dynasty former ABC executive Ted Harbert stated The truth is we didn t really believe that we had this thing done as a hit until Joan Collins walked down that courtroom aisle citation needed Co star Al Corley noted that Collins just flew in the role that was tailor made just spot on In Dynasty producer Aaron Spelling s final press interview he said of Collins We didn t write Joan Collins She played Joan Collins Am I right We wrote a character but the character could have been played by 50 people and 49 of them would have failed She made it work 25 In recognition of her new status in 1983 Collins was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for career achievement Whilst filming Dynasty Collins starred in the feature film Nutcracker 1982 and the TV movies Paper Dolls 1982 The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch 1982 Making of a Male Model 1983 with Jon Erik Hexum Her Life as a Man 1984 and The Cartier Affair 1984 with David Hasselhoff She made guest star appearances in The Love Boat and Faerie Tale Theatre and co hosted an ABC TV special created for her Blondes vs Brunettes At the age of 50 Collins appeared in a 12 page photo layout for Playboy magazine shot by George Hurrell 26 With Dynasty at the height of its success Collins both produced and starred in the smash hit 1986 CBS miniseries Sins 27 and also in the same year Monte Carlo 28 29 1990s Edit When Dynasty ended in 1989 Collins began rehearsals for her Broadway stage debut as Amanda in a successful revival of Noel Coward s Private Lives 1990 She subsequently toured the US in the same play and also starred as Amanda in a production in London s West End 30 In 1991 she also starred for BBC Television in a series of eight individual Noel Coward plays under the title Tonight at 8 30 In 1991 Collins rejoined her co stars for Dynasty The Reunion a miniseries that concluded the cliffhanger ending left after the show s abrupt 1989 cancellation In the 1990s Collins continued to star in films including Decadence 1994 and In The Bleak Midwinter 1995 On American television she made the TV movies Hart to Hart Two Harts in 3 4 Time 1995 Annie A Royal Adventure 1995 and Sweet Deception 1998 She also made guest star appearances on series such as Roseanne 1993 The Nanny 1996 and Will amp Grace 2000 and played a recurring role in seven episodes of Pacific Palisades 1997 She was selected as the cover star for the relaunch of the popular celebrity magazine OK when it changed from a monthly to a weekly 31 In 1999 Collins was cast in the film version of the musical theatre show Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmond She then starred opposite Nigel Hawthorne in the film The Clandestine Marriage 1999 which she also co produced 2000s Edit In 2000 Collins replaced Elizabeth Taylor as Pearl Slaghoople Wilma Flintstone s mother in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas a prequel to the Universal Studios live action film The Flintstones 1994 Taylor had originated the role in the first film The following year Collins co starred with Taylor Shirley MacLaine and Debbie Reynolds in the television film These Old Broads written by Reynolds s daughter Carrie Fisher In 2002 Collins returned to soap operas in a limited guest run on the American daytime soap Guiding Light 32 In 2005 actress Alice Krige impersonated Collins in Dynasty The Making of a Guilty Pleasure a fictionalised television film based on the creation and behind the scenes production of Dynasty 33 In early 2006 Collins toured the United Kingdom in An Evening with Joan Collins US title One Night With Joan a one woman show in which she related the highs and lows of her career and life The show was directed by her husband Percy Gibson whom she married in 2002 She has continued to tour the world with the show and its sequel Joan Collins Unscripted ever since including appearances in New York Las Vegas Dubai Sydney and twice at the London Palladium In 2006 2007 she also toured North America for 30 weeks in the play Legends with former Dynasty co star Linda Evans In the mid 2000s Collins s television work included the hit British television series Footballer s Wives as Eva de Wolffe 2005 the BBC series Hotel Babylon 2006 and Dynasty Reunion Catfights and Caviar a 2006 special featuring several of her Dynasty co stars reminiscing about the original series Collins guest starred in They Do It with Mirrors a two hour episode of the murder mystery drama Marple in 2009 as Ruth Van Rydock a friend of detective Miss Jane Marple In 2009 Collins presented her own reality television series entitled Joan Collins Does Glamour 34 2010s Edit Collins at The Heart Truth s Red Dress Collection Fashion Show in 2010In 2010 she joined the cast of the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe Forbidden Love for a short run playing an aristocratic British woman Lady Joan who takes a young German prince in tow 35 Famed for her double act with Leonard Rossiter in the Cinzano advertisements in 2012 she starred in a Europe wide commercial for Snickers chocolate bars alongside Stephanie Beacham Within a short time the advert was re edited and Beacham s appearance cut 36 She made her first and to date only venture into pantomime as Queen Rat in Dick Whittington at the Birmingham Hippodrome during the 2010 Christmas season starring alongside Nigel Havers and Julian Clary 37 In 2012 2013 she appeared as herself in the US sitcom Happily Divorced She also lent her voice to the animated feature film Saving Santa 2013 From 2013 to 2017 Collins had a recurring guest role in the British sitcom Benidorm as Crystal Hennessy Vass the fierce CEO of the fictional Solana Hotel Group From 2014 to 2018 she played the Grand Duchess of Oxford mother of fictional British Queen Helena Elizabeth Hurley in the E drama series The Royals 38 In June 2015 Collins backed the children s fairytales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF together with others such as Roger Moore Ewan McGregor Stephen Fry Joanna Lumley and Michael Caine 39 The same year she starred in the fantasy film Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism In 2016 Collins made a cameo appearance as herself in Absolutely Fabulous The Movie The following year she returned to the big screen with the starring role in the British comedy drama The Time of Their Lives playing a faded Hollywood star In 2018 she appeared in a critically acclaimed short film Gerry for which she won the Best Actress award at the LA Shorts International Film Festival In April 2018 Ryan Murphy announced that Collins had joined the cast of American Horror Story for its eighth season American Horror Story Apocalypse She first portrayed Evie Gallant the glamorous and rich grandmother of Evan Peters character and later portrayed witch actress Bubbles McGee In March 2019 she guest starred in an episode of the new Hawaii Five O TV series 40 2020s Edit In October 2019 she worked on the feature film The Loss Adjuster opposite Luke Goss and Martin Kemp which was released in late 2020 41 In 2021 Collins appeared in a short comedy spoof for Comic Relief entitled 2020 The Movie in which she played Maggie Keenan the first person to receive a COVID 19 vaccination 42 Collins was set to star as Adelaide of Maurienne in the historical drama television series Glow and Darkness alongside Jane Seymour and Denise Richards which she began filming for in 2020 it was set to be released in late 2021 43 In May 2021 it was announced that Collins would have a role in the musical film Tomorrow Morning based on the acclaimed musical play of the same name the film was released in September 2022 44 Other ventures Edit Collins at the 2012 Monte Carlo Television FestivalPhilanthropy Edit Collins has publicly supported several charities for several decades In 1982 Collins spoke before the U S Congress about increasing funding for neurological research In 1983 she was named a patron of the International Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities earning the foundation s highest honour in 1988 for her continuing support Additionally 1988 also saw the opening of the Joan Collins Wing of the Children s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit In 1990 she was made an honorary founding member of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children In 1994 Collins was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the Association of Breast Cancer Studies in Great Britain for her contribution to breast cancer awareness in the UK Collins is patron of Fight for Sight in 2003 she became a patron of the Shooting Star Chase Children s Hospice in Great Britain while continuing to support several foster children in India something she has done for the past 35 years Collins serves her former school the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art as the Honorary President of the RADA Associates 45 Writing Edit Since the late 1990s Collins has been a regular guest diarist for The Spectator In 2008 she had a weekly opinions column in The Sunday Telegraph She continues to write occasionally for the Daily Mail The Times The Daily Telegraph and The Lady in the United Kingdom and Harper s Bazaar in the United States Collins has established herself as a successful author In addition to her bestselling novels including Prime Time and Love amp Desire amp Hate she has also written six lifestyle books including The Joan Collins Beauty Book as well as memoirs including Past Imperfect To date she has sold over 50 million copies of her books which have been translated into 30 languages 46 Personal life EditMarriages and family Edit Collins has been married five times 47 first to Northern Irish actor Maxwell Reed whom she married on 24 May 1952 after he allegedly raped her 48 She divorced Reed in 1956 49 In 1959 Collins began a relationship with the then unknown actor Warren Beatty They became engaged in 1960 but his infidelity led to their split 50 Collins revealed in her 1978 autobiography that she became pregnant by Beatty but had an abortion to avoid a scandal that at the time could have seriously damaged their careers 51 In 1963 she married actor and singer songwriter Anthony Newley with whom she had two children Tara and Alexander She wed her third husband American businessman Ron Kass in 1972 and the couple had a daughter After Collins marriage to Kass ended in divorce in 1983 she married former singer Peter Holm citation needed on 3 November 1985 in a ceremony in Las Vegas After a bitter separation they were divorced on 25 August 1987 She married her fifth and current husband Percy Gibson who is 31 years her junior on 17 February 2002 at Claridge s Hotel in London 52 As of 2019 Collins had three grandchildren 53 Collins s younger sister was Jackie Collins a bestselling author who died in September 2015 Collins was informed only two weeks before her sister s death about the breast cancer Jackie had suffered from for over six years Over the years Collins has been named England s most beautiful girl 54 the most beautiful woman in the world citation needed and the world s sexiest woman citation needed Collins maintains residences in London Los Angeles New York City and France 55 describing her life in 2010 as being that of a gypsy 56 In 2019 Collins and Gibson escaped a terrifying fire at her London flat in Eaton Place Gibson was able to contain the blaze using a fire extinguisher before the emergency services arrived Collins was treated for smoke inhalation but was otherwise unharmed and thanked the emergency response crews on social media 57 58 Political views Edit She was a supporter of the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and was invited to attend her funeral on 17 April 2013 59 Collins is also a staunch monarchist stating I m a big monarchist and I love the Queen 60 In 2004 it was announced she had become a Patron of the UK Independence Party though she later said this did not necessarily mean she would vote for the party 61 In 2013 Collins supported British withdrawal from the European Union 62 Honours EditCollins was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in the 1997 New Year Honours for services to drama 63 and advanced to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire DBE in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to charity 64 Bibliography EditMemoir Past Imperfect An Autobiography UK version 1978 Katy A Fight for Life A Memoir 1982 Past Imperfect An Autobiography US version 1984 Second Act An Autobiography 1996 The World According to Joan 2011 Passion For Life An Autobiography 2013 65 My Unapologetic Diaries by Joan Collins 2021 66 Behind the Shoulder Pads Stories I only tell my friends 2023 67 Nonfiction The Joan Collins Beauty Book 1980 My Secrets 1994 Health Youth and Happiness My Secrets 1995 My Friends Secrets 1999 Joan s Way Looking Good Feeling Great 2002 The Art of Living Well Looking Good Feeling Great 2007 Fiction Prime Time a novel 1988 Love and Desire and Hate a novel 1990 Too Damn Famous a novel 1995 retitled Infamous for US 1996 Star Quality a novel 2002 Misfortune s Daughters a novel 2005 The St Tropez Lonely Hearts Club a novel 2015 By other authors Joan Collins by John Kercher Gallery Books 1984 Joan Collins The Unauthorised Biography by Jeff Rovin Bantam Books 1984 Joan Collins Superstar A Biography by Robert Levine Dell Publishing 1985 A Touch of Collins by Joe Collins Columbus Books 1986 Portraits of a Star by Eddie Sanderson Hodder amp Stoughton 1987 Inside Joan Collins A Biography by Jay David Carroll amp Graf Publishers Inc 1988 Hollywood Sisters Jackie and Joan Collins by Susan Crimp and Patricia Burstein St Martin s Press 1989 Joan Collins The Biography of an Icon by Graham Lord Orion 2007 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1951 Lady Godiva Rides Again Beauty Queen Contestant UncreditedFacts and Fancies Teenager Short film1952 The Woman s Angle MarinaJudgment Deferred Lil CarterI Believe in You Norma Hart1953 Decameron Nights Pampinea MariaCosh Boy Rene CollinsTurn the Key Softly Stella JarvisThe Square Ring FrankieOur Girl Friday Sadie Patch1954 The Good Die Young Mary Halsey1955 Land of the Pharaohs Princess NelliferThe Virgin Queen Beth ThrockmortonThe Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Evelyn Nesbit Thaw1956 The Opposite Sex Crystal1957 Sea Wife Sea WifeThe Wayward Bus Alice ChicoyIsland in the Sun Jocelyn FleuryStopover Tokyo Tina Llewellyn1958 The Bravados Josefa VelardeRally Round the Flag Boys Angela Hoffa1960 Seven Thieves MelanieEsther and the King Esther1962 The Road to Hong Kong Diane1965 Hard Time for Princes Jane1967 Warning Shot Joanie Valens1968 Subterfuge Anne Langley1969 Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness Polyester PoontangIf It s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium Girl on Sidewalk Cameo appearanceBesieged Roberta1970 The Executioner Sarah BoothUp in the Cellar Pat Camber1971 Revenge Carol RadfordQuest for Love Ottilie Trafford Tracy Fletcher1972 Tales from the Crypt Joanne Clayton Segment And All Through The House Fear in the Night aka Fright In The Night Molly Carmichael1973 Tales That Witness Madness Bella Thompson Segment Mel 1974 L arbitro aka Football Crazy Elena SperaniDark Places Sarah Mandeville1975 Alfie Darling FayThe Great Adventure Sonia KendallI Don t Want to Be Born aka The Monster Lucy Carlesi1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones Black Bess1977 Empire of the Ants Marilyn Fryser1978 Fearless BrigitteThe Big Sleep Agnes LozelleThe Stud Fontaine KhaledZero to Sixty Gloria Martine1979 Game for Vultures NicolleSunburn NeraThe Bitch Fontaine Khaled1982 Homework DianeNutcracker Laura Carrere1994 Decadence Helen Sybil1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Margaretta D Arcy1997 Coronation Street Viva Las Vegas Joan Collins1999 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Mrs PotipharThe Clandestine Marriage Mrs Heidelberg Also associate producer2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Pearl Slaghoople2004 Ellis in Glamourland Susan2006 Ozzie Max Happy2009 Banksy s Coming for Dinner Joan2010 Fetish Francesca Vonn Short film2013 Saving Santa Vera Baddington Voice2015 Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism Nockman s Mother2016 Absolutely Fabulous The Movie Herself Cameo2017 The Time of Their Lives Helen Shelley Also executive producer 68 2018 Gerry Hilda Short film2020 The Loss Adjuster Margaret Rogerton Sykes 69 2022 Tomorrow Morning Anna 70 The Gentle Sex Major Connie Brown 71 TBC In Bed with the Duchess 72 Wallis Simpson FilmingTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1964 The Human Jungle Liz Kross Episode Struggle for a Mind 1966 Run for Your Life Gilian Wales Episode The Borders of Barbarism The Man from U N C L E Baroness Bibi De Chasseur Rosy Shlagenheimer Episode The Galatea Affair 1967 The Virginian Lorna Marie Marshall Episode The Lady from Wichita Batman The Siren Lorelei Circe Episodes Ring Around the Riddler and The Wail of the Siren The Danny Thomas Hour Myra Episode The Demon Under the Bed Star Trek Edith Keeler Episode The City on the Edge of Forever 1969 Mission Impossible Nicole Vedette Episode Nicole 1972 The Persuaders Sidonie Episode Five Miles to Midnight The Man Who Came to Dinner Lorraine Sheldon TV movie1973 Drive Hard Drive Fast Carole Bradley TV movieOrson Welles Great Mysteries Jane Blake Episode The Dinner Party 1974 Fallen Angels Jane Banbury TV movie1975 Ellery Queen Lady Daisy Frawley Episode The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne Switch Jackie Simon Episode Stung from Beyond Space 1999 Kara Episode Mission of the Darians 1976 Baretta Lynn Stiles Episode Pay or Die Police Woman Lorelei Frank Prudence Clark Episodes The Pawn Shop and The Trick Book Arthur Hailey s the Moneychangers Avril Devereaux TV Mini seriesGibbsville Andrea Episode Andrea 1977 The Fantastic Journey Queen Halyana Episode Turnabout Future Cop Eve Di Falco Episode The Kansas City Kid Starsky and Hutch Janice Episode Starsky and Hutch on Playboy Island 1979 Tales of the Unexpected Lady Natalia Turton Episode Neck 1980 Clare Duckworth Julia Roach Episode Georgy Porgy Suzy Starr Episode A Girl Can t Always Have Everything Fantasy Island Lucy Atwell Episode My Fair Pharaoh The Power 1981 1989 Dynasty Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Series regular Season 2 8 recurring Season 9 195 episodes1982 Paper Dolls Racine TV movieThe Wild Women of Chastity Gulch Annie McCulloch TV movie1983 Making of a Male Model Kay Dillon TV movieThe Love Boat Janine Adams Episode The Captain s Crush Out of My Hair Off Course Romance Faerie Tale Theatre Stepmother Witch Episode Hansel and Gretel 1984 The Cartier Affair Cartier Rand Marilyn Hallifax TV movieHer Life as a Man Pam Dugan TV movie1986 Sins Helene Junot TV Mini series also executive producerMonte Carlo Katrina Petrovna TV Mini series also executive producer1991 Tonight at 8 30 Various Series regular 8 episodes also executive producerDynasty The Reunion Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan TV Mini series1993 Roseanne Ronnie Episode First Cousin Twice Removed Mama s Back Tamara Hamilton TV pilotEgoli Place of Gold Catherine Sinclair Special Guest Star1995 Hart to Hart Two Harts in 3 4 Time Lady Camilla TV movieAnnie A Royal Adventure Lady Edwina Hogbottom TV movie1996 The Nanny Joan Sheffield Episode Me and Mrs Joan 1997 Pacific Palisades Christina Hobson 7 episodes1998 Sweet Deception Arianna TV movie2000 Will amp Grace Helena Barnes Episode My Best Friend s Tush 2001 These Old Broads Addie Holden TV movie2002 Guiding Light Alexandra Spaulding 7 episodes2005 Slavery and the Making of America Reenactor Episode Seeds of Destruction 2006 Hotel Babylon Lady Imogen Patton Episode 1 7 Footballers Wives Eva De Wolffe 2 episodes2009 Marple Ruth Van Rydock Episode They Do It with Mirrors 2010 Verbotene Liebe Lady Joan 3 episodesRules of Engagement Bunny Dunbar Episode Les bro 2012 2013 Happily Divorced Joan Collins 3 episodes2014 2017 Benidorm Crystal Hennessy Vass 4 episodes2013 Celebrity Deal or No Deal Herself Contestant Television special 73 2015 2018 The Royals Alexandra Grand Duchess of Oxford 7 episodes2018 American Horror Story Apocalypse Evie Gallant Episodes The End and The Morning After Bubbles McGee Episodes Traitor and Fire and Reign 2019 Hawaii Five 0 Amanda Savage Episode Ai no i ka ape he mane o no ko ka nuku TBC Glow and Darkness Adelaide of Maurienne 74 10 episodes post productionTheatre Edit 1946 A Doll s House Arts Theatre London 1952 The Seventh Veil Q Theatre London 1952 Jassy Q Theatre London 1953 The Praying Mantis UK Tour 1953 Claudia and David Q Theatre London 1954 The Skin of Our Teeth Q Theatre London 1980 81 The Last of Mrs Cheyney Chichester Festival Theatre Cambridge Theatre London 1981 Murder in Mind Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford Theatre Royal Brighton 1990 91 Private Lives Theatre Royal Bath Aldwych Theatre London 1992 Private Lives Broadhurst Theatre New York City 2000 Love Letters US Tour 2001 Over the Moon The Old Vic London 2004 Full Circle UK Tour 2006 An Evening with Joan Collins UK Tour 2006 07 Legends North American Tour 2010 One Night with Joan Feinsteins at the Regency New York City 2010 11 Dick Whittington Birmingham Hippodrome 2011 One Night with Joan Australian Tour 2011 14 One Night with Joan Leicester Square Theatre London 2013 One Night with Joan UK Tour 2016 Joan Collins Unscripted UK Tour 2019 Joan Collins Unscripted London Palladium UK Tour 2021 Joan Collins is Unapologetic UK Tour 75 2023 Behind the Shoulder Pads UK Tour 76 Awards and nominations EditAward Year Nominated work Category Result Ref CableACE Awards 1983 Faerie Tale Theatre Actress in a Dramatic Presentation Nominated 77 East Europe International Film Festival 2020 The Loss Adjuster Best Lead Actress Won 78 Golden Apple Awards 1982 Herself Female Star of the Year Won 79 Golden Kamera Awards 1999 Dynasty Millennium Award Won 80 Golden Globe Awards 1982 Dynasty Best Actress in a Television Series Drama Nominated 81 1983 Won 82 1984 Nominated 83 1985 Nominated 84 1986 Nominated 85 1987 Nominated 86 Monte Carlo TV Festival 2001 Herself Outstanding Female Actor Won 87 People s Choice Awards 1984 Dynasty Favorite Female TV Performer Nominated 88 1985 Won 89 1986 Nominated 88 Primetime Emmy Awards 1984 Dynasty Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated 90 Saturn Awards 1978 Empire of the Ants Best Actress Nominated 91 Soap Opera Digest Awards 1984 Dynasty Outstanding Villainess Won 92 1985 Won 93 1986 Outstanding Actress Actor in a Comic Relief Role Nominated 94 Outstanding Villainess Nominated1988 Nominated 95 TV Land Awards 2003 Dynasty Hippest Fashion Plate Female Nominated 96 References Edit Joan Collins profile Newsbank 2 April 1988 White Francine 3 January 2019 Joan Collins My father warned me not to trust showbiz men The Jewish Chronicle Retrieved 15 January 2019 Joan Collins low cunning and high drama Telegraph co uk accessed 28 December 2014 Queen of Hollywood gossip mill Jackie Collins s novels grow out of the best dirt nl newsbank com accessed 28 December 2014 Collins returns to an early love the stage Nl newsbank com accessed 28 December 2014 Jackie Collins The Times London 21 September 2015 Retrieved 22 September 2015 subscription required Best Selling Novelist Jackie Collins Dies of Breast Cancer at Age 77 NBC News 19 September 2015 Retrieved 20 September 2015 Francis Holland School NW1 at Tatler Schools Guide Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Tatler com retrieved 28 December 2014 Joan Collins bio TCM com accessed 28 December 2014 Worth A Watch www amazon co uk Retrieved 22 June 2021 Piers Morgan s Life Stories Dame Joan Collins 70 Years of Stardom retrieved 23 June 2021 Peary Danny Cult Movies Delta Books 1981 ISBN 0 517 20185 2 Trivia IMDb LINDSAY ANDERSON and DAVID DENT Time For New Ideas Times London England January 8 1958 9 The Times Digital Archive Web July 11 2012 Railsback Brian E Michael J Meyer 2006 A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia Bloomsbury p 422 ISBN 9780313296697 Retrieved 3 September 2011 Berlin International Film Festival Awards for 1957 Golden Berlin Bear Retrieved 3 September 2011 Do Not Attempt Sober Gritten David 26 November 1979 Imperfect Past Behind Her Joan Collins Says She Likes Turning Homebody People Archived from the original on 14 March 2018 Retrieved 13 March 2018 The Bitch Trailers from Hell 6 October 2017 ClassicTVHits com TV Ratings gt 1980 s classictvhits com Browse Results Golden Globe Awards Official Website Goldenglobes com Retrieved 11 November 2016 Awards and 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