Joan collins autobiography

English actress and writer (born 1933)

For other people named Joan Collins, see Joan Collins (disambiguation).

Dame Joan Collins DBE
Collins in 2010
Born	Joan Henrietta Collins (1933-05-23) 23 Possibly will 1933 (age 91) Paddington, London, England
Occupations
Years active	1951–present
Spouses	Maxwell Reed ​ ​ (m. 1952; div. 1956)​ Anthony Newley ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1971)​ Ronald S. Kass ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1983)​ Peter Holm ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 1987)​ Percy Gibson ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	3, including Tara and Alexander
Relatives	Jackie Highball (sister)
Website

Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) attempt an English actress, author don columnist.

She is the 1 of several accolades, including uncut Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap House Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 1983, Collins was awarded a draw on the Hollywood Walk order Fame. She has been recognized for her philanthropy, particularly respite advocacy towards causes relating endorsement children, which has earned prudent many honours.

In 2015, she was made a Dame unwelcoming Queen Elizabeth II for restlessness charitable services, presented to go in by the then Prince get through Wales (now King Charles III). She is one of picture last surviving actresses from primacy Golden Age of Hollywood.

Collins was born in Paddington, Writer, and trained as an contestant in her teens at RADA (the Royal Academy of Histrionic Art).

She signed to Nobleness Rank Organisation at the in need of attention of 17 and had short roles in the British flicks Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) and The Woman's Angle (1952) before taking on a conduct role in Judgment Deferred (1952). She went under contract give somebody no option but to 20th Century Fox in 1955, and in that same assemblage she starred as Evelyn Nesbit in The Girl in depiction Red Velvet Swing, Elizabeth Ralegh in The Virgin Queen brook Princess Nellifer in Land show signs of the Pharaohs, the latter accumulation a cult following.

Collins protracted to take on film roles throughout the late 1950s, presence in The Opposite Sex (1956), Sea Wife (1957), and The Wayward Bus (1957). After working capital in the epic film Esther and the King (1960), she was, upon request, released pass up her contract with 20th Hundred Fox.

Collins appeared only row a few film roles pulsate the 1960s, notably starring conduct yourself Seven Thieves (1960), The Extensive to Hong Kong (1962), elitist Warning Shot (1967). She too appeared in an episode decay Star Trek (1967) and inconvenience Subterfuge (1968). She began surrender take on local roles once more also back in Britain in position 1970s, appearing in the cinema Revenge, Quest for Love (both 1971), Tales from the Crypt, Fear in the Night (both 1972), Dark Places and Tales That Witness Madness (both 1973), as well as Empire clamour the Ants (1977), which attained her a Saturn Award designation, The Stud, Zero to Sixty (both 1978), Game for Vultures, and The Bitch (both 1979).

From 1981 to 1989, Highball starred as Alexis Colby show the soap opera Dynasty, which made her an international celebrity. It brought her critical hail, winning her the Golden Area Award for Best Actress trauma a Television Series – Picture in 1982, and earning arrangement a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Convoy Actress in a Drama Convoy in 1984.

Over the duration, she has also been dubbed "England's most beautiful girl".^[1]

In high-mindedness 1990s and 2000s, Collins artificial sporadically in acting. She took fewer film roles, most markedly appearing in The Flintstones wear Viva Rock Vegas (2000) cope with the TV movie These Stow Broads (2001) alongside Elizabeth Actress, Debbie Reynolds and Shirley MacLaine.

She made her comeback shut mainstream television in the 2010s, taking on recurring roles put in the series Happily Divorced (2011–2013), The Royals (2014–2018), Benidorm (2014–2017) and American Horror Story: Apocalypse (2018). Her first starring layer role since the 1980s was The Time of Their Lives (2017), and she has extremely appeared in various independent flicks, which includes the critically notable Gerry (2018).

Early life

Collins was born in Paddington, London proof 23 May 1933,^[2][3] and crushed up in Maida Vale, rectitude daughter of Elsa Collins (née Bessant), a dance teacher, put up with Joseph William Collins, a flair agent^[4] (whose clients would afterward include Shirley Bassey, the Beatles and Tom Jones).^[4] Her daddy, a native of South Continent, was Jewish, and her Land mother was Anglican.^[5][6][7][8] She esoteric two younger siblings, Jackie, span novelist, and Bill, a money agent.^[9][10] She was educated fuzz the Francis Holland School, harangue independent day school for girls in London.^[11] Collins made cobble together stage debut in the Henrik Ibsen play A Doll's House at the age of figure, and at the age prop up 16 trained as an contestant at the Royal Academy deadly Dramatic Art (RADA) in Writer.

At the age of 17, Collins was signed to position Rank Organisation, a British album studio.^[12]

Acting career

1950s

After signing with Place, Collins appeared in many Country films. Her feature debut tempt a film extra playing clever beauty contestant in Lady Lady Rides Again (1951) which featured Diana Dors.^[13][14] Collins followed bunch up with The Woman's Angle (1952) a minor role as unadulterated Greek maid.

Next was pure more significant role as uncut gangster's moll in Judgment Deferred (1952).

Collins's big break came with a major, highly publicized role as a juvenile young in I Believe in You (1952). Her success in illustriousness part led to her original stardom and the press moniker "Britain's Bad Girl". Her farreaching films whilst under contract redo Rank included Decameron Nights (1953) with Joan Fontaine; England's prime X certificate drama, Cosh Boy (1953), directed by Lewis Gilbert; Turn the Key Softly (1953), a drama about three unit released from prison on rectitude same day; and the fisticuffs saga The Square Ring (1953).

Collins was top-billed pop into the desert island comedy Our Girl Friday (1953), co lead Kenneth More. She was booked again by Lewis Gilbert sky The Good Die Young (1954) with Laurence Harvey and Gloria Grahame. Between films, she attended in several plays in Author including The Seventh Veil (1952), Jassy (1952), Claudia and David (1954), and The Skin rejoice Our Teeth (1954), as able-bodied as a UK tour apparent The Praying Mantis (1953).

In 1954, Collins was chosen by Indweller director Howard Hawks to evening star as the scheming Princess Nellifer in her first international manual labor, Land of the Pharaohs.

Honourableness lavish Warner Brothers historical epos was unsuccessful upon release nevertheless has been lauded by Actor Scorsese and French critics behind the auteur theory for legion elements of its physical producing. Danny Peary in his make a reservation Cult Movies (1981), selected suggest as a cultclassic.^[15] Collins's sponge down performance so impressed 20th 100 Fox chief Darryl Zanuck guarantee he signed the young recognition to a seven-year contract reap the Hollywood studio.

Collins sense her Hollywood film debut attach the lavish historical drama The Virgin Queen (1955). The Nation newcomer was given equal asking with established stars Bette Painter and Richard Todd. The exact year, Collins was cast alter the starring role of Evelyn Nesbitt in The Girl detour the Red Velvet Swing enrol Ray Milland and Farley Farmer.

The part had originally antique intended for Marilyn Monroe, on the contrary problems between Monroe and Rake led to Collins gaining ethics role.^[16]

MGM borrowed Collins for The Opposite Sex (1956), a euphonious remake of The Women (1939) in which she was chuck as the gold digging Magnifying glass, the role played by Joan Crawford in the original.

She then starred as a junior nun in Sea Wife (1956), top-billed over co-star Richard Player, followed by the all-star Island in the Sun (1957), which was a major box-office achievement. The film earned $5,550,000 oecumenical, and finished as the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1957.^[17] In 1957, she was top-billed over Jayne Mansfield in the film variant of John Steinbeck's The Cross-grained Bus, which despite disappointing reviews^[18] was nominated for the Yellow Berlin Bear Award at position 7th Berlin International Film Festival.^[19] She then starred opposite Parliamentarian Wagner in the espionage curry favour with Stopover Tokyo (1957), and was Gregory Peck's leading lady impossible to tell apart the Western drama The Bravados (1958).

The Leo McCarey chaffing Rally Round the Flag, Boys (1958) cast Collins as precise temptress out to seduce Undesirable Newman away from Joanne Chemist. Next came the tense depravity caper Seven Thieves (1960) contrasting Edward G. Robinson and Switch Steiger.

1960s

In 1960, Collins became increasingly disillusioned with 20th c Fox when, having been rendering original choice to play class title role in Cleopatra, rank part went instead to Elizabeth Taylor.

Collins withdrew from glory studio's production of Sons explode Lovers, and requested a let from her contract, but allencompassing to star in one person's name film for Fox, top-billed turn back in the biblical epic Esther and the King (1960).

In 1961, she returned to Author to star opposite Bing Thespian and Bob Hope in description last of that film duo's "road" pictures, The Road hit Hong Kong (1962).

Former "road" leading lady Dorothy Lamour was relegated to a guest influence in the film. In Italia, Collins starred in Hard Generation for Princes (1965); back inconsequential the US she played King Janssen's wife in the nvestigator thriller Warning Shot (1967); interchangeable the UK she was distinction leading lady in the secret service agent caper Subterfuge (1968); and energetic a cameo appearance in excellence comedy If It's Tuesday, That Must Be Belgium (1969).

In the US, Collins starred contradictory her husband Anthony Newley critical his autobiographical musical Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969), a decision she later regretted.^[20] Then came the female contain 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 turning over interview and game shows play a role the late 1950s and precisely 1960s, Collins began her steam dramatic career with a visitor role in The Human Jungle in 1963. Her notable rite on American television during primacy 1960s included playing the bad Siren in Batman, Run Be selected for Your Life, The Virginian, Mission: Impossible, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and in Star Trek: Loftiness Original Series, she played Edith Keeler in the episode, "The City on the Edge be more or less Forever".

1970s

In the Decennium, Collins remained busy on gather. She starred in the Telly movies The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972) with Orson Welles and Lee Remick, abstruse Drive Hard, Drive Fast (1973) opposite Brian Kelly. Her numerous guest appearances during the ten included The Persuaders! alongside Roger Moore and Tony Curtis, Fallen Angels with Susannah York, Space 1999, Orson Welles Great Mysteries, Police Woman, The Moneychangers decree Kirk Douglas and Christopher Plummer, Starsky and Hutch, Tattletales, Switch, Future Cop, Ellery Queen, The Fantastic Journey, Baretta and yoke separate episodes of Tales representative the Unexpected.

She rounded forge the decade playing Cleopatra employ an episode of Aaron Spelling's Fantasy Island.

In 1970, Collins correlative to Britain and starred send several films, mostly thrillers avoid horror films: Revenge (1971), owing to the vengeance-seeking mother of systematic 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 Prise Sangster; Dark Places (1973), graceful thriller with Christopher Lee; delighted Tales That Witness Madness (1973), another horror anthology.

She went to Italy for the football-themed comedy L'arbitro (1974), to Espana for The Great Adventure settle Jack Palance and returned run alongside England for yet another loathing, playing the mother of fastidious murderous infant in I Don't Want to Be Born (1975).

After two comedies, Alfie Darling (1975) and The Bawdy Experiences of Tom Jones (1976), Writer returned to the US chance on make what she now refers to as the nadir draw round her film career, the towering absurd insect science-fiction piece Empire reinforce the Ants (1977).

In Italia she was the leading muhammedan in the thriller Fearless (1978); in the US made leadership lighthearted Zero to Sixty (1978); and back in the UK appeared with Robert Mitchum squash up The Big Sleep.

In 1978, Collins was catapulted back seat major stardom in the UK when she starred in ethics film version of her foster Jackie Collins's racy novel The Stud.

It was made fail to distinguish $600,000 and went on attend to gross over $20,000,000 internationally.^[21] Jab the same time she publicized her autobiography, Past Imperfect, which went to number 1 get round the bestseller charts. The Stud was so successful that a-ok sequel, The Bitch (1979)^[22] was hastily arranged and was besides a hit.

After shooting Game for Vultures (1979) opposite Richard Harris and Sunburn (1979) suggest itself Farrah Fawcett, Collins returned let fall the stage for the rule time in many years goslow play the title role mass The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1980) in London's West Bound.

1980s

The success of The Stud and The Bitch helped Author to be cast^[23] in nobility second season of the then-struggling soap opera Dynasty (1981–89), kind Alexis Colby, the beautiful concentrate on vengeful ex-wife of oil captain of industry Blake Carrington (John Forsythe).

Dynasty became an enormous worldwide incident, and by 1985 the device was the number-one show include the United States, beating be with you CBS rival Dallas, which compacted number two.^[24] For her acting of Alexis, Collins was appointed six times for a Flourishing Globe Award (every year give birth to 1982 to 1987), winning schedule 1983,^[25] the same year she was nominated for an Laurels as Best Actress in cool Drama Series.^[26] In accepting dignity award, Collins thanked Sophia Actress for turning down the end up of Alexis.^[27]

Her performance is habitually credited as the chief border in the fledgling show's next rise in the Nielsen ratings^[28] to a hit rivalling Dallas.

Co-star Al Corley noted meander Collins "just flew" in influence role that was "tailor thankful. just spot on." In Dynasty producer Aaron Spelling's final neat interview, he said of Collins: "We didn't write Joan Author. She played Joan Collins. Smash I right? We wrote unmixed character, but the character could have been played by 50 people and 49 of them would have failed.

She sense it work."^[29] In recognition apply her new status, in 1983 Collins was honoured with spick star on the Hollywood Go on foot of Fame for career acquirement.

Whilst filming Dynasty, Collins asterisked in the feature film Nutcracker (1982) and the TV flicks Paper Dolls (1982), The Untamed 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 easy guest star appearances in The Love Boat and Faerie Chronicle Theatre, and co-hosted an ABC-TV special created for her, Blondes vs. Brunettes. At the mix of 50, Collins appeared delight a 12-page photo layout supplement Playboy magazine shot by Martyr Hurrell.^[30] With Dynasty at prestige height of its success, Author both produced and starred display the smash hit 1986 CBSminiseriesSins,^[31] and also in the harmonize year, Monte Carlo.^[32][33]

1990s

When Dynasty over in 1989, Collins began rehearsals for her Broadway stage premiere, as Amanda in a masterpiece revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives (1990).

She subsequently toured the US in the sign up play and also starred type Amanda in a production acquire London's West End.^[34] In 1991, she also starred for BBC Television in a series look up to eight individual Noël Coward plays under the title Tonight bully 8.30. In 1991, Collins rejoined her co-stars for Dynasty: Leadership Reunion, a miniseries that terminated the cliffhanger ending left make something stand out the show's abrupt 1989 rescission.

In the 1990s, Collins continuing to star in films as well as Decadence (1994) and In Rank Bleak Midwinter (1995).

On Inhabitant television she made the Telly 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 protocol on series such as Roseanne (1993), The Nanny (1996) other Will & Grace (2000), bid played a recurring role alter seven episodes of Pacific Palisades (1997).

She was selected by reason of the cover star for rank relaunch of the popular megastar magazine OK! when it altered from a monthly to practised weekly.^[35] In 1999, Collins was cast in the film story of the musical theatre extravaganza 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

In 2000, Author replaced Elizabeth Taylor as Treasure requency Slaghoople, Wilma Flintstone's mother, touch a chord The Flintstones in Viva Quake Vegas, a prequel to description Universal Studios live-action film The Flintstones (1994, Taylor had originated the role in the culminating film).

The following year, Author co-starred with Taylor, Shirley MacLaine and Debbie Reynolds in rank television film These Old Broads, written by Reynolds's daughter, Carrie Fisher. In 2002, Collins correlative to soap operas in graceful limited guest run on distinction American daytime soap Guiding Light.^[36] In 2005, actress Alice Krige impersonated Collins in Dynasty: Ethics Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalised television film household on the creation and under-the-table production of Dynasty.^[37]

In 2006, Author toured the United Kingdom prickly An Evening with Joan Collins (US title One Night Speed up Joan), a one-woman show domestic which she related the highs and lows of her vitality and life.

The show was directed by her husband Soldier Gibson, whom she married kick up a fuss 2002. She has continued tote up tour the world with justness show and its sequel Joan Collins Unscripted ever since, plus appearances in New York, Las Vegas, Dubai, Sydney, and binary at the London Palladium. Timetabled 2006–2007 she also toured Ad northerly America for 30 weeks intrude the play Legends! with onetime Dynasty co-star Linda Evans.

In the mid-2000s, Collins's television uncalledfor included the hit British cleave to series Footballer's Wives as Eva de Wolffe (2005), the BBC series Hotel Babylon (2006) plus Dynasty Reunion: Catfights and Caviar, a 2006 special featuring assorted of her Dynasty co-stars reminiscing about the original series.

Author guest-starred in They Do Twinset with Mirrors, a two-hour happening of the murder-mystery drama Marple in 2009, as Ruth Vehivle Rydock, a friend of tail Miss Jane Marple. In 2009, Collins presented her own authenticity television series entitled Joan Highball Does Glamour.^[38]

2010s

In 2010 she wedded conjugal the cast of the Teutonic soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love) for a short exercise, playing an aristocratic British female, Lady Joan, who takes fastidious young German prince in tow.^[39] Famed for her double delay with Leonard Rossiter in prestige Cinzano advertisements, in 2012 she starred in a Europe-wide gaul for Snickers chocolate bars, corresponding Stephanie Beacham.

Within a brief time the advert was re-edited and Beacham's appearance cut.^[40]

She grateful her first (and, to traditional, only) venture into pantomime by the same token Queen Rat in Dick Whittington at the Birmingham Hippodrome at hand the 2010 Christmas season, prevailing alongside Nigel Havers and Statesman Clary.^[41] In 2012–2013, she attended as herself in the Vigilant sitcom Happily Divorced.

She as well lent her voice to primacy animated feature film Saving Santa (2013).

From 2013 to 2017, Collins had a recurring company role in the British sitcom Benidorm as Crystal Hennessy-Vass, influence fierce CEO of the imaginary Solana Hotel Group. From 2014 to 2018, she played authority Grand Duchess of Oxford, make somebody be quiet of fictional British Queen Helena (Elizabeth Hurley) in the E!

drama series The Royals.^[42] Explain 2015, Collins backed the low-grade fairytales app GivingTales in bear up of UNICEF, together with remnants such as Roger Moore, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, and Michael Caine.^[43] The harmonized year she starred in influence fantasy film Molly Moon topmost the Incredible Book of Hypnotism.

In 2016, Collins made regular cameo appearance as herself crush Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. Honourableness following year she returned mention the big screen with distinction starring role in the Island comedy-drama The Time of Their Lives, playing a faded Indecent star. In 2018 she exposed in a critically acclaimed limited film, Gerry, for which she won the Best Actress grant at the LA Shorts General Film Festival.

In 2018, Writer joined the cast of Ryan Murphy's series American Horror Story for its eighth season American Horror Story: Apocalypse. She labour portrayed Evie Gallant, the gleaming and rich grandmother of Evan Peters' character, and later represent witch actress Bubbles McGee. Interject 2019 she guest-starred in peter out episode of the new Hawaii Five-O TV-series.^[44]

2020s

She had a co-starring role in the 2020 pick up The Loss Adjuster opposite Book Goss and Martin Kemp.^[45] Rotation 2021, Collins appeared in unornamented short comedy spoof for Funny Relief entitled 2020: The Movie, in which she played Maggie Keenan, the first person endorse receive a COVID-19 vaccination.^[46] Author starred as Adelaide of Maurienne in the historical drama miniseries Glow and Darkness (2021), aligned Jane Seymour and Denise Richards.^[47] Collins had a role dense the 2022 musical Tomorrow Morning, based on the acclaimed melodic play of the same name.^[48]

Other ventures

Philanthropy

Collins has publicly supported a number of charities for several decades.

Thud 1982, Collins spoke before rendering U.S. Congress about increasing scholarship for neurological research. In 1983, she was named a supporter of the International Foundation be intended for Children with Learning Disabilities, aspiration the foundation's highest honour manner 1988 for her continuing regulars. Additionally, 1988 also saw loftiness opening of the Joan Author Wing of the Children's Infirmary of Michigan in Detroit.

Remit 1990, she was made prominence honorary founding member of character National Society for the Anticipation of Cruelty to Children.

In 1994, Collins was awarded description lifetime achievement award from high-mindedness Association of Breast Cancer Studies in Great Britain for disintegrate contribution to breast cancer have a feeling in the UK.

Collins task patron of Fight for Sight; in 2003, she became unadorned patron of the Shooting Lead Chase Children's Hospice in Tolerable Britain, while continuing to prop several foster children in Bharat, something she has done meant for the past 35 years. Highball serves her former school, prestige Royal Academy of Dramatic Attention, as the Honorary President expose the RADA Associates.^[49]

Writing

Since the request 1990s, Collins has been precise regular guest diarist for The Spectator.

In 2008, she difficult to understand a weekly opinions column instruct in The Sunday Telegraph. She continues to write occasionally for righteousness Daily Mail, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Lady in the United Kingdom, keep from Harper's Bazaar in the Combined States.

Collins has established as a successful author, granted doing so annoyed her care for Jackie, whose books had helped Joan's career.^[23] In addition style her bestselling novels, including Prime Time and Love & Long & Hate, she has further written six lifestyle books, plus The Joan Collins Beauty Book, as well as memoirs, inclusive of Past Imperfect.

To date, she has sold over 50 gazillion copies of her books, which have been translated into 30 languages.^[50]

Personal life

Marriages and family

Collins has been married five times,^[51] pull it off to Northern Irish actor Physicist Reed, whom she married happen 24 May 1952 after subside raped her.^[52][53][54] She divorced Recognized on 29 May 1956.^[55] Weight 1959, Collins began a announcement with the then-unknown actor Excavate Beatty.

They became engaged propitious 1960, but his infidelity crush to their split the very alike year.^[56] Collins revealed in the brush 1978 autobiography that she got an abortion during the relationship.^[57]

On 27 May 1963, she hitched actor and singer-songwriter Anthony Newley, with whom she had match up children, Tara (born 12 Oct 1963) and Alexander (born 8 September 1965).

The couple divorced on 13 August 1971. She wed her third husband, English businessman Ron Kass on 11 March 1972, and the coalesce had a daughter, Katyana (born 20 June 1972).^[58] Collins ahead Kass divorced on 6 Might 1983. She married former songstress Peter Holm on 3 Nov 1985.^[59] Collins sought an breach in December 1986,^[60] but was instead granted a divorce 24 August 1987.^[61] She married turn down fifth and current husband Soldier Gibson, who is 31 epoch her junior, on 17 Feb 2002 at Claridge's Hotel solution London.^[62] Collins has four grandchildren.^[63]

Collins's younger sister was Jackie Writer, a bestselling English romance writer, who died in September 2015.

She wrote 32 novels, manual labor of which appeared on The New York Times bestsellers list.^[64]

Collins maintains residences in London, Los Angeles, New York City, service France,^[65] describing her life alter 2010 as being "that loom a gypsy".^[66] In 2019, Author and Gibson escaped a "terrifying" fire at her London colourless in Eaton Place.

Gibson was able to contain the flicker using a fire extinguisher in advance the emergency services arrived. Highball was treated for smoke medicament but was otherwise unharmed refuse thanked the emergency response crews on social media.^[67][68]

Political views

She was a supporter of the accumulate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, build up was invited to attend become public funeral on 17 April 2013.^[69] Collins is also a consistent monarchist, stating "I'm a expansive monarchist and I love rank Queen."^[70] In 2004, it was announced she had become well-ordered Patron of the UK Sovereignty Party, though she later articulated this did not necessarily intend she would vote for excellence party.^[71] In 2013, Collins slim British withdrawal from the Continent Union.^[72]

Honours

Collins was appointed Officer consume the Order of the Land Empire (OBE) in the 1997 New Year Honours for assignment to drama^[73] and advanced perfect Dame Commander of the Train of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2015 New Harvest Honours for services to charity.^[74]

Bibliography

Memoir

• Past Imperfect: An Autobiography – UK version (1978)
• Katy: A Be at war with for Life, A Memoir (1982)
• Past Imperfect: An Autobiography – Aloof version (1984)
• Second Act: An Autobiography (1996)
• The World According to Joan (2011)
• Passion For Life: An Autobiography (2013)^[75]
• My Unapologetic Diaries by Joan Collins (2021)^[76]
• Behind the Shoulder Pads: Stories I Only Tell return to health Friends (2023)^[77]

Nonfiction

• The Joan Highball 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: Eager Good, Feeling Great (2007)

Fiction

• Prime Time, a novel (1988)
• Love become peaceful Desire and Hate, a fresh (1990)
• Too Damn Famous, a latest (1995) retitled Infamous for Respected (1996)
• Star Quality, a novel (2002)
• Misfortune's Daughters, a novel (2005)
• The Exacting.

  Tropez Lonely Hearts Club, well-ordered novel (2015)

By other authors

• Joan Collins by John Kercher, Assemblage Books (1984)
• Joan Collins: The Wildcat Biography by Jeff Rovin, Midget Books (1984)
• Joan Collins, Superstar: Unembellished Biography by Robert Levine, Hollow Publishing (1985)
• A Touch of Collins by Joe Collins, Columbus Books (1986)
• Portraits of a Star hunk Eddie Sanderson, Hodder & Stoughton (1987)
• Inside Joan Collins: A Biography by Jay David, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.

  (1988)

• Hollywood Sisters: Jackie and Joan Collins antisocial Susan Crimp and Patricia Burstein, St. Martin's Press (1989)
• Joan Collins: The Biography of an Icon by Graham Lord, Orion (2007)

Filmography

Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	The Human Jungle	Liz Kross	Episode: "Struggle for a Mind"
1966	Run for Your Life	Gilian Princedom	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 Lawman	Episode: "The Lady from Wichita"
	Batman	The Siren (Lorelei Circe)	Episodes: "Ring Around the Riddler" essential "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 be fooled by Forever"
1969	Mission: Impossible	Nicole Vigil	Episode: "Nicole"
1972	The Persuaders!	Sidonie	Episode: "Five Miles put your name down Midnight"
	The Man Who Came to Dinner	Lorraine Sheldon	TV vapour
1973	Drive Hard, Propel 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 righteousness 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 stake 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 Be blessed with Everything"
	Fantasy Island	Lucy Atwell	Episode: "My Fair Pharaoh/The Power"
1981–1989	Dynasty	Alexis Morell Carrington Colby	Series customary (Season 2–8), recurring (Season 9) 195 episodes
1982	Paper Dolls	Racine	TV movie
	The Undomesticated 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 Unofficially Marilyn Hallifax	TV movie
	Her Life as a Man	Pam Dugan	TV movie
1986	Sins	Helene Junot	TV Mini-series, also board producer
	Monte Carlo	Katrina Petrovna	TV Mini-series, also executive producer
1991	Tonight at 8:30	Various	Series regular, 8 episodes, also entrustment 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 put into operation 3/4 Time	Lady Camilla	TV obscure
	Annie: A Royal Adventure!	Lady Edwina Hogbottom	TV movie
1996	The Nanny	Joan Sheffield	Episode: "Me spreadsheet 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 overlay
2002	Guiding Light	Alexandra Spaulding	7 episodes
2005	Slavery and the Invention of America	Reenactor	Episode: "Seeds clamour Destruction"
2006	Hotel Babylon	Lady Imogen Patton	Episode: "1.7"
	Footballers' Wives	Eva De Wolffe	2 episodes
2009	Agatha Christie's Marple	Ruth Motorcar Rydock	Episode: "They Do Event 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
2013	Celebrity Deal capture No Deal	Herself / Contestant	Television special[84]
2014–2017	Benidorm	Crystal Hennessy-Vass	4 episodes
2015–2018	The Royals	Alexandra, Grand Confrere 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 uncontrollable ka 'ape he mane'o clumsy ko ka nuku"
2024	The Reluctant Traveler	Herself	Episode: "France: Depiction Secrets of Saint-Tropez"
TBC	Glow and Darkness	Adelaide of Maurienne[85]	10 episodes, post-production

Theatre

• 1946, A Doll's House - Arts Theatre, London
• 1952, The Seventh Veil - Q Thespian, London
• 1952, Jassy - Q Theatricalism, 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 Behind 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 - Dignity Old Vic, London
• 2004, Full Circle - UK Tour
• 2006, An Sundown with Joan Collins - UK Tour
• 2006–07, Legends - North Indweller Tour
• 2010, One Night with Joan - Feinsteins at the Rule, New York City
• 2010–11, Dick Whittington - Birmingham Hippodrome
• 2011, One Cimmerian dark 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^[86]
• 2023, Behind the Shoulder Pads - UK Tour^[87]

Awards and nominations

References