Joan Collins
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Joan Henrietta Collins (born May 23, 1933) is a British actress who was born in London, England. After a youthful and highly splashy career as a pulchritudinous, hardworking starlet best described as a junior-grade Elizabeth Taylor, in the 1980s Joan Collins was successfully relaunched as a powerful sex symbol and icon of independence in her late forties with her appearance in the TV soap opera Dynasty (1981 - 1989). She helped the show beat main rival Dallas to become the #1 US TV show in the mid 1980s and herself become the highest paid actress on television. She was nominated for an Emmy award and won a Golden Globe award.
She made her Broadway debut in 1990 and in 2004 toured the UK with a revival of the play Full Circle.
She is the sister of the novelist Jackie Collins.
She has been married five times, to Maxwell Reed, Anthony Newley, Ron Kass, Peter Holm, and Percy Gibson. She has a son Sascha, and daughter, Tara Newly by Anthony Newley, and one daughter, Katie by Ron Kass.
On February 29, 1996 Collins won a US$2 million suit from Random House for breach of contract.
She has luxury homes in London, New York, and the south of France.
She was on the last Concorde flight from New York to London in October 2003.
Her two memoirs are Past Imperfect (1978) and Second Act (1996); she has also written several best-selling novels, Prime Time, Love & Desire & Hate, Infamous and Star Quality. In 1996 she was awarded an OBE by the British Government and Queen Elizabeth II.
Selected filmography
- Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
- Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
- The Virgin Queen (1956)
- Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
- Esther and the King (1960)
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1975)
- Empire of the Antz (1977)
- The Stud (1978)
- The Bitch (1979)
- The Bleak Midwinter (1995)
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
- Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
External links
http://www.Joancollins.com http://www.imdb.com (Search for Joan Collins)