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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Collins married Irish actor [[Maxwell Reed]] on 24 May 1952, and the couple divorced in 1956.<ref name="FilmRef bio"/>
Collins has been married five times, firstly to Irish actor [[Maxwell Reed]] on 24 May 1952, and the couple divorced in 1956.<ref name="FilmRef bio"/>


In 1959, Collins' beauty caught the eye of American actor [[Warren Beatty]], four years her junior, after he saw her while dining at La Scala in Beverly Hills. Their affair, which would last a year and a half, led to a brief [[engagement]] and an [[abortion]]. She said of her younger paramour, "I don't think I can last much longer. He never stops; it must be all those vitamins he takes." When someone later inquired if they really had sex seven times a day, she answered, "Maybe he did, but I just lay there."<ref>Peter Biskind, ''Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America'', Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0-7432-4658-3</ref>
In 1959, Collins' beauty caught the eye of American actor [[Warren Beatty]], four years her junior, after he saw her while dining at La Scala in Beverly Hills. Their affair, which would last a year and a half, led to a brief [[engagement]] and an [[abortion]]. She said of her younger paramour, "I don't think I can last much longer. He never stops; it must be all those vitamins he takes." When someone later inquired if they really had sex seven times a day, she answered, "Maybe he did, but I just lay there."<ref>Peter Biskind, ''Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America'', Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0-7432-4658-3</ref>

Revision as of 10:53, 21 December 2011

This article is about the actress. For the Irish politician, see Joan Collins (politician).
Joan Collins
OBE
Joan Collins in 2007
Born
Joan Henrietta Collins

(1933-05-23) 23 May 1933 (age 91)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Actress, author, columnist
Years active1951–present
Spouse(s)Maxwell Reed
(m. 1952–56, divorced)
Anthony Newley
(m. 1963–71, divorced)
Ronald S. Kass
(m. 1972–83, divorced)
Peter Holm
(m. 1985–87, divorced)
Percy Gibson
(m. 2002–present)
ChildrenTara Cynara Newley
Alexander Anthony Newley
Katyana Kennedy Kass
RelativesJackie Collins (sister)
Websitewww.joancollins.net

Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE (born 23 May 1933), is an English actress, author, and columnist. Born in Paddington and raised in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. At the age of nine, she made her stage debut in A Doll's House and after attending school, she was classically trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. After eighteen months at the drama school, she was signed to an exclusive contract by the Rank Organisation and appeared in a number of British films.

At the age of 22, Collins headed to Hollywood and landed sultry roles in several popular films, including The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) and Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958). While she continued to make films in the United States and the United Kingdom throughout the 1960s, her career languished in the 1970s, when she was reduced to roles in horror flicks. Near the end of the decade, however, she starred in two films based on bestselling novels by her younger sister Jackie Collins: The Stud (1978) and its sequel The Bitch (1979). Returning to her theatrical roots, she played the title role in the 1980 British revival of The Last of Mrs. Cheyney and later had a lead role in the 1990 revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives.

In 1981, Collins landed Alexis Carrington (later Colby), the role for which she is perhaps best known, in the long running 1980s prime time television soap opera Dynasty. By the time the soap opera had been cancelled, Collins followed in her sister's footsteps and published her first novel Prime Time (1988) which became a bestseller despite critical pans. Although retrieving publication issues with Random House in 1996, she has since published many books: both fictional, non-fictional and autobiographical.

Flamboyant in her personal life and equally flamboyant in roles she pursues, Collins continues to act in theatre, film and television in a career that has spanned 60 years. She has had varying guest arcs on a variety of television shows in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

Early life

Collins was born in Paddington, London, the daughter of Elsa Collins (née Bessant), a dance teacher and nightclub hostess, and Joseph William Collins (died 1988), an agent[1] whose clients would later include Shirley Bassey, The Beatles, and Tom Jones.[2] Collins' South African-born father was Jewish and her British mother was Anglican.[3][4][5] She has one sister, author Jackie Collins,[1] and one brother, Bill Collins. Collins was educated at the Francis Holland School and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Collins' childhood was spent in and around Maida Vale and was, according to Collins, an idyllic one with plenty of love, comfort and security.[citation needed] Her father, however, was also a strict disciplinarian and exerted a strong hold over her gentle mother, an attitude which came to annoy her daughters, who sought to rebel against it. Collins has said of her father that "he was detached, cold, hard, critical, difficult, acerbic, and everyone had to please him".[citation needed] He said himself in his 1986 autobiography A Touch of Collins: "I love my daughters but I am not the kind of parent who deludes himself that his children are superior to everyone else's. I did not think of them as particularly outstanding in any way".[citation needed]

At the age of 17 Collins was signed to the J. Arthur Rank Film Company, a profitable British studio.[6]

Early career

In 1951, she made her feature debut as a beauty contest entrant in Lady Godiva Rides Again and had a number of other minor film appearances in the UK.[6] She was next signed by 20th Century Fox in 1955 as their answer to MGM's Elizabeth Taylor.[6] She actually screen tested for the title role in Cleopatra which eventually went to Taylor. According to an article in Picture Post, Collins was frustrated by her time at Rank.[7] Collins told the popular Hulton Press Weekly 'they're always carrying on about there being no women of star material in England. They don't bother to build us up. They concentrate on building the men'.[citation needed] She made her Hollywood debut in Howard Hawks's Land of the Pharaohs (1955) and appeared in Island in the Sun (1957).[citation needed]

Collins was popular as a magazine pin-up in the UK throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, with cover appearances on titles such as Span and 66.[8]

Her notable guest appearances on American television during the 1960s and 1970s included Batman, The Virginian, Mission: Impossible, Police Woman, and the notable Star Trek episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever".

In the 1970s Collins made several movies and then starred in the softcore film versions of her sister Jackie Collins's racy novels The Stud and The Bitch. The films were smash hits in England, becoming the most profitable films since the James Bond series.[citation needed] Collins has worked with some of the biggest names and movie legends in Hollywood, including Richard Burton, Bette Davis, Kirk Douglas, Gene Kelly, Laurence Harvey, Bob Hope, Dwayne Hickman, James Mason, Robert Mitchum, Eddie Albert, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Sir Laurence Olivier, Edward G. Robinson, Sir Ralph Richardson, Rod Steiger, James Stewart, Joanne Woodward, Jayne Mansfield, Sir John Gielgud, and Sir Nigel Hawthorne.

Dynasty

In 1981, Collins was offered a role in the second season of the then struggling new soap opera Dynasty (1981–1989) playing Alexis, the beautiful but vengeful ex-wife of tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe). Her performance is generally credited as one factor in the fledgling show's subsequent rise in the Nielsen ratings[9] to a hit rivaling Dallas.

In 1985, Dynasty was the #1 show in the US.[10] For her portrayal of Alexis, Collins was nominated six times for a Golden Globe Award (every year from 1982 to 1987), winning once in 1983.[citation needed] Upon accepting the award, Collins thanked Sophia Loren for turning down the part of Alexis.[citation needed] Also around this time, aged 49, she also appeared in a twelve page photo layout for Playboy magazine shot by George Hurrell.[citation needed]

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

In 1983 Collins starred in Making of a Male Model with young model-actor Jon-Erik Hexum, and in 1984 played a soap star in The Cartier Affair with David Hasselhoff. With Dynasty at the height of its success, Collins began producing and starred in the 1986 CBS miniseries Sins and Monte Carlo.[citation needed]

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." 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."[11]

Later career

After the end of Dynasty in 1989, Collins took time off to be with her family.[citation needed] She rejoined her costars for Dynasty: The Reunion, a 1991 miniseries that concluded the series which had been left with a cliffhanger ending after its abrupt cancellation. In the 1990s Collins made several guest star appearances on series such as Roseanne, The Nanny and Will & Grace while dabbling in films like Decadence and A Midwinter's Tale. She also appeared as the main characters of films such as Mama's Back and Annie: A Royal Adventure! during this period. In 1994, at the age of 60, she launched her only exercise video, titled Joan Collins Personal Workout.

In 1990, Collins played Amanda in a revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives in the West End.[citation needed] She would later make her Broadway debut in the same play in 1992.[citation needed] In 1991 Collins also appeared in Noël Coward's Tonight at 8:30[12] and played eight different women in a series of one act plays written by Coward, including an elderly Victorian spinster.[citation needed] She also guest starred in six episodes of Aaron Spelling's short lived prime time soap opera Pacific Palisades in 1997.[citation needed] During the early 1990s Joan Collins twice appeared as a celebrity guest star on the hit South African soap opera "Egoli" (City of Gold), playing the role of Catherine Sinclair.[citation needed] Collins was chosen as the cover model for the relaunch of the popular celebrity magazine OK! when it changed from being a monthly to a weekly.[8] In the spring of 2000 she completed an American tour of Love Letters with the likes of George Hamilton and Stacy Keach Jr.[citation needed] Additionally, she appeared in a West End production of Over the Moon with Frank Langella in 2000.[citation needed]

In 1999, Collins was cast in the video version of musical theatre show Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She played two roles in this video: a pianist and Mrs. Potiphar, the wife of Egyptian millionaire Potiphar.[3]

In 2000, Collins joined the cast of The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, a prequel to the 1994 Universal Studios live action film The Flintstones. She played the supporting role Pearl Slaghoople (Wilma Flintstone's mother) but the film was not a box office success.[citation needed]

In 2001, she costarred in the TV movie These Old Broads with Debbie Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine, and Elizabeth Taylor. The movie was written by Reynolds' daughter Carrie Fisher.

In 2002, Collins returned to soap operas in a limited run on the American daytime soap Guiding Light.[citation needed] She also appeared on South African television, depicting the role of South African journalist Jani Allan in a comedic spoof.[citation needed] In 2004 she appeared on a Dutch comedy film Alice in Glamourland (Dutch: Ellis in Glamourland) as a successful writer.[citation needed] Several months later she toured the United Kingdom with a revival of the play Full Circle.[citation needed] In 2005 she served as guest host of the popular British quiz show Have I Got News For You.[citation needed] In 2005, actress Alice Krige portrayed Collins in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalised television movie based on the creation and behind the scenes production of Dynasty.[13]

In early 2006, Collins toured the United Kingdom in A Evening With Joan Collins, a one-woman show in which she detailed the highs and lows of her roller coaster career and life, directed by her husband Percy Gibson. In 2006, she reunited with her Dynasty co-stars for the non-fiction special Dynasty Reunion: Catfights and Caviar. Later that year, she began a tour of North America in the play Legends! with former Dynasty co-star Linda Evans, which concluded in May 2007 after a 30-week run.

In 2005, Collins joined the cast of the hit British television series Footballer's Wives for a limited run as a glamorous magazine mogul, named Eva de Wolffe. She also guest-starred in the BBC series Hotel Babylon in 2006 as a lonely aristocrat desperate for romance.

Collins appeared in an two hour-long episode of the murder-mystery drama Marple in 2009 ("They Do It with Mirrors"). She played Ruth Van Rydock, an old friend of detective Miss Marple.

On 24 January 2010, it was announced that Collins is joining the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love) for a short run. She will play an aristocratic British woman, Lady Joan, who takes a young Prince in tow. Collins started shooting on 22 February 2010 and appeared on-screen in April 2010.[14]

She made her pantomime debut in Dick Whittington as Queen Rat at the Birmingham Hippodrome during the 2010 Christmas season, starring alongside Nigel Havers, Keith Harris and Julian Clary.[15]

Gay fans

Collins has acknowledged a massive following of gay fans. In an August 2007 interview with gay journalist Matthew Hays which appeared in the Canadian gay magazine Xtra!, Collins was asked why so many gay men have such a strong connection with her and her Dynasty character: "I think that gay guys--and I have many, many gay friends--like the clothes, the attitude, the ballsiness. Alexis had a man's attitude. She took no prisoners in terms of sex. If she had to use her sexual wiles to get a business deal she did that, too. She was tough in business, but looked good in a negligee."[16]

Personal life

Collins has been married five times, firstly to Irish actor Maxwell Reed on 24 May 1952, and the couple divorced in 1956.[1]

In 1959, Collins' beauty caught the eye of American actor Warren Beatty, four years her junior, after he saw her while dining at La Scala in Beverly Hills. Their affair, which would last a year and a half, led to a brief engagement and an abortion. She said of her younger paramour, "I don't think I can last much longer. He never stops; it must be all those vitamins he takes." When someone later inquired if they really had sex seven times a day, she answered, "Maybe he did, but I just lay there."[17]

Collins married award-winning singer, actor and film composer Anthony Newley on 27 May 1963. She and Newley had two children, a daughter Tara Cynara Newley and a son, Alexander Anthony "Sacha" Newley. Collins and Newley divorced in 1970.[1]

In March 1972, Collins married her third husband Ron Kass,[1] who had been the president of Apple Records during the reign of The Beatles. During their marriage Collins had her third and final child, a daughter, Katyana Kennedy "Katie" Kass.[1] Collins's marriage to Kass ended in divorce in 1983,[1] although they remained very close until his death from cancer in 1986.

At the height of Dynasty's popularity on 3 November 1985, Collins married Swedish singer Peter Holm[1] in a ceremony in Las Vegas. They were divorced on 25 August 1987,[1] with the lengthy divorce proceedings garnering significant media attention, which prompted her to quip, "I don't need a husband, I need a wife." Collins left Los Angeles and returned to London.

In 2001 Collins met theatrical company manager Percy Gibson, 32 years her junior. They married on 17 February 2002[1] at Claridge's Hotel in London and later renewed their vows in 2009.[18] The pair also appeared as contestants on the Christmas Day edition of the ITV game show All Star Mr. & Mrs. in 2009.

On 24 October 2003 Collins and her husband were among the passengers on the last transatlantic flight of British Airways Concorde which she described as the very tragic end of a beautiful bird.[19]

Despite having once been a patron of the UK Independence Party,[20] Collins has become a supporter of the Conservative Party.[21]

Personal politics

After decades of flirting with British politics, on 24 May 2004 Collins joined the United Kingdom Independence Party.[22] In October 2004 Collins stated she was not a supporter, but rather a patron, of the party.[citation needed]

In early 2005 Collins commented that she had rejoined the Conservative Party stating, "The Labour Party doesn't care about the British people."[23]

She also continues to contribute as The Spectator Magazine Guest Diarist, something she has done since the late 1990s. Collins also writes occasionally for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Lady, and in the USA, Harper's Bazaar. In September 2008 Collins signed on to the Sunday Telegraph as a weekly opinions columnist through the final quarter of the year before leaving to pursue other projects.

She has commented that she was a huge supporter of former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Collins is also a staunch monarchist, remaining loyal to the British Royal Family.[citation needed]

Charitable work

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 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. In 2003 she became a patron of the Shooting Star Children's Hospice in Great Britain while continuing to support several foster children in India; something she has done for the past 25 years. Collins serves her former school, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, as the Honorary President of the Associates of RADA. She is also patron of Fight for Sight (U.K.).

Books

Collins has also established herself as an author. In addition to her bestselling novels (Prime Time, Love & Desire & Hate, Infamous, Star Quality, and Misfortune's Daughters) she has written six lifestyle books (The Joan Collins Beauty Book, My Secrets, My Friends' Secrets, Joan's Way: The Art of Living Well and "The Joan Collins Cook Book") and memoirs (Past Imperfect, Katy: A Fight for Life and Second Act). To date she has sold over 50 million copies of her books which have been translated into 30 languages.[citation needed]

In the 1990s Collins was embroiled in a high-profile legal battle with the publisher Random House, which was televised daily on Court TV. Collins had signed a two-book deal with the company for $4 million and they had given her a $1.2 million advance. In September 1991 Collins delivered a 690-page manuscript of a novel entitled The Ruling Passion to Random House. However, the publishing firm deemed the manuscript to be of such poor quality that they demanded the return of the $1.2 million advance they had paid to Collins, claiming she had failed to deliver completed books as per her contract. Collins countersued, arguing that her contract required her only to submit a "complete manuscript" not an "acceptable" one. Since she had turned in two novels to the publishing company, A Ruling Passion in 1991 and a second novel, Hell Hath No Fury, in 1992, as her contract stipulated, she felt Random House owed her the rest of the $4 million. She also contended that Random House had not provided the editorial assistance she had expected.[24]

Her Random House contract, negotiated by agent Irving Lazar, required that she was to be paid even if her completed manuscripts were not published. When the case was finally heard in February 1996, a court determined that Collins could keep the advance given to her plus a further $1 million for the first completed manuscript, but that the publisher did not have to pay for the second manuscript since it was essentially a reworking of the first.[25] The Guinness Book of World Records cites Collins as holding the record for retaining the world's largest unreturned payment for an unpublished manuscript. [citation needed]

Memoir
  • Past Imperfect: An Autobiography (1978)
  • Katy: A Fight for Life, A Memoir (1982)
  • Second Act: An Autobiography (1996)
  • The World According to Joan (2011)
Non-fiction
  • The Joan Collins Beauty Book (1980)
  • Portraits of a Star (1987)
  • 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)
  • Infamous, a novel (1996)
  • Star Quality, a novel (2002)
  • Misfortune's Daughters, a novel (2004)
By other authors
  • Joan Collins by John Kercher, Gallery Books (1984)
  • Joan Collins, Superstar: A Biography by Robert Levine, Dell Publishing (1985)
  • A Touch of Collins by Joe Collins, Columbus Books (1986)
  • 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)

TV adverts

Beginning in the early 1950s, Collins appeared as a teenager in a Gas Board Commercial; in the early '70s, Collins appeared in television and magazine advertisements for British Airways, in which she was referred to as their "Most Frequent Flyer of First Class", a title she has maintained, having promoted the airline for more than three decades. In 1978, she appeared alongside Leonard Rossiter in a series of Cinzano TV commercials in which the drink was spilled down her character's dress. This was named as one of the Top 100 British Adverts in a Channel 4 poll. In the mid-1980s, Collins appeared in print advertisements for Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Sanyo[26] and was the face of Revlon's Scoundrel perfume. In 1988 she appeared in three TV commercials for the Bristol & West Building Society written and directed by Stephen Ward, who went on to write the movie Backbeat. In 1991 Collins appeared in a television commercial for British Gas[27] In 1992 she appeared in internationally broadcast television commercials for Marca Bravaria beer[28] while also acting as the face of the perfume Spectacular. Also around this time, she starred in an advert for the Rover Metro. Since 2000 she has appeared in TV ads for UK retailer Marks & Spencer, Olympus cameras, Old Navy[29] and Marriott hotels. In 2007 Collins fronted two high-profile advertising campaigns. The first was as the face of skincare company Cellex-C's Ageless 15 Skin Serum. The second was as the face of the British Royal Mail's Christmas campaign. In 2008, Collins took part in an online and print advertising campaign for the Dorchester Hotel in London and a Christmas television commercial, once again, for Marks & Spencer. In 2010, Collins was named the face of Alexis Bittar Jewelry for Spring Fashion Week[30].

Music

In 1959, she performed "It's Great Not To Be Nominated" at the Academy Awards with actresses Angela Lansbury and Dana Wynter. In 1962 she sang "Let's Not Be" in the film The Road to Hong Kong with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Collins teamed up with Peter Sellers and her then-husband Anthony Newley in 1963 to record the album Fool Britannia, which made the UK Top 10. In 1968 she sang a zodiac-themed duet with Newley, titled "Chalk & Cheese," in Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

In a 1983 episode of Dynasty, she performed "The Boys in the Back Room", a Marlene Dietrich song from the 1930s film Destry Rides Again. She next sang "The Last Time I Saw Paris" in the TV miniseries Monte Carlo in 1986. In 2001, Collins performed several musical numbers in These Old Broads with Debbie Reynolds and Shirley MacLaine, and that same year appeared in Badly Drawn Boy's music video for "Pissing in the Wind."

In the 1980s, Joan Collins released a solo 7" single with a live recording of her citing John Lennons "Imagine" supported by the London Symphony Orchestra, in the Netherlands.

Titles

In 1997, Collins was granted the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in honour of her contribution to the arts and ongoing charity work.

Awards

  • 1956: Most Promising Young Actress.
  • 1957: Star of Tomorrow.
  • 1957: Motion Picture Magazine Award, Most Promising New Star.
  • 1978: Saturn Award nomination, Best Actress in a Science Fiction film, Empire of the Ants.
  • 1982: Golden Globe nomination, Best Actress in a TV Series (Drama), Dynasty.
  • 1982: Hollywood Women's Press Club, Female Star of 1982.
  • 1982: Golden Apple Award, Female Star of the Year.
  • 1983: Emmy Award nomination, Best Actress in a TV Series (Drama), Dynasty.
  • 1983: Golden Globe, Best Actress in a TV Series (Drama), Dynasty.
  • 1983: Cable ACE Award nomination, Best Actress in a Drama Series, Faerie Tale Theatre's Hansel and Gretel.
  • 1983: Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Career Achievement.
  • 1984: People's Choice Award, Favorite female television performer, Dynasty.
  • 1984: Soap Opera Digest Award, Outstanding Villainess in a Primetime Drama Series, Dynasty.
  • 1984: Golden Globe nomination, Best Actress in a TV Series (Drama), Dynasty.
  • 1985: Madam Tussaud's waxwork unveiled in London (second model in Las Vegas)
  • 1985: People's Choice Award, nomination Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, Dynasty.
  • 1985: Soap Opera Digest Award, Outstanding Villainess in a Primetime Drama Series, Dynasty.
  • 1985: Golden Globe nomination, Best Actress in a TV Series (Drama), Dynasty.
  • 1986: Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, Outstanding Villainess in a Primetime Drama Series and Outstanding Actress in a Comic Relief Role in a Primetime Drama Series, Dynasty.
  • 1986: Telegatto award to joan Collins. American TV shows and personalities.
  • 1986: People's Choice Award, nomination Favorite female television performer, Dynasty.
  • 1986: Golden Globe nomination, Best Actress in a TV Series (Drama), Dynasty.
  • 1987: Golden Globe nomination, Best Actress in a TV Series (Drama), Dynasty.
  • 1988: Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, Outstanding Villainess in a Primetime Drama Series, Dynasty.
  • 1996: OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II for her contribution to the arts and ongoing charity work.
  • 1999: Millennium Award of Achievement, Golden Camera Film Council.
  • 2001: Golden Nymph, Outstanding Female Actor, Monte Carlo Television Festival.
  • 2002: Icon Award, Maxim Magazine UK.
  • 2003: TV Land Awards, nomination, Hippest Fashion Plate - Female.
  • 2005: Lifetime Achievement Award, San Diego International Film Festival.
  • 2008: Legend Award, Los Angeles Italia-Film, Fashion and Arts Festival.
  • 2010: New York City International Film Festival, Best Actress, Fetish
  • 2010: Beverly Hills Film, TV and New Media Festival, Best Actress, Fetish
  • 2011: Cosmetic Executive Women (UK) Lifetime Achievement Award.

Filmography

Videos released

Theatrical credits

Television credits

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Joan Collins Biography - FilmReference.com. Retrieved on 1 December 2008.
  2. ^ Newsbank. 2 April 1988 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7C33EC6AB70D8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Joan Collins: low cunning and high drama — Telegraph
  4. ^ "Queen of Hollywood gossip mill Jackie Collins' novels grow out of the best dirt."
  5. ^ "Collins returns to an early love, the stage."
  6. ^ a b c Joan Collins bio, TCM.com
  7. ^ Picture Post magazine, September 11, 1954
  8. ^ a b "The glamour of Joan Collins", Magforum.com http://www.magforum.com/mens/joan_collins.htm
  9. ^ Schemering, Christopher. The Soap Opera Encyclopedia, September 1985, pp 80–81, ISBN 0-345-32459-5 (1st edition)
  10. ^ 1984–1985 Ratings - ClassicTVhits.com
  11. ^ "The great escape". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 September 2005.
  12. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186344/
  13. ^ "Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: Credits". Der-denver-clan.de. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  14. ^ [1] Collins Joins 'Verbotene Liebe'
  15. ^ "Joan Collins will make her pantomime debut in the role of Queen Rat...in...Dick Whittington". birminghamhippodrome.com.
  16. ^ Hays, Matthew (August 16, 2007). INTERVIEW: Dynasty diva Joan Collins: Gay icon dishes on beauty, catfights & why fags love her so. Xtra!
  17. ^ Peter Biskind, Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America, Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0-7432-4658-3
  18. ^ [2]
  19. ^ "End of an era for Concorde". BBC News. 24 October 2003. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  20. ^ "Joan Collins: I don't support UKIP". BBC News. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  21. ^ Matthews, Jenny (21 April 2005). "Who's backing whom at the election?". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  22. ^ The Scotsman. Edinburgh http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2971850. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) [dead link‍]
  23. ^ "Joan Collins: I don't support UKIP". BBC News. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  24. ^ Time Magazine - Damsel In Distress (19 Feb 1996)
  25. ^ New York Times - Joan Collins to get additional $1m (1 Mar 1996)
  26. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YH9aSIJGhY
  27. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1YPZfpnzpk
  28. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3DeVsLSuA8
  29. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8ixVMtr_0
  30. ^ http://www.alexisbittar.com/blog/?p=273
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