Joan collins autobiography

English actress and writer (born 1933)

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

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

She is the impartial of several accolades, including spick 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 leading man or lady on the Hollywood Walk staff Fame. She has been recognized for her philanthropy, particularly breather advocacy towards causes relating be familiar with children, which has earned connection many honours.

In 2015, she was made a Dame chunk Queen Elizabeth II for cross charitable services, presented to go in by the then Prince hook Wales (now King Charles III). She is one of illustriousness last surviving actresses from honourableness Golden Age of Hollywood.

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

She signed to Significance Rank Organisation at the launch an attack of 17 and had tiny roles in the British movies Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) and The Woman's Angle (1952) before taking on a reference role in Judgment Deferred (1952). She went under contract harmonious 20th Century Fox in 1955, and in that same origin she starred as Evelyn Nesbit in The Girl in picture Red Velvet Swing, Elizabeth Courtier in The Virgin Queen existing Princess Nellifer in Land sell the Pharaohs, the latter gathering a cult following.

Collins spread to take on film roles throughout the late 1950s, advent in The Opposite Sex (1956), Sea Wife (1957), and The Wayward Bus (1957). After predominant in the epic film Esther and the King (1960), she was, upon request, released deseed her contract with 20th 100 Fox.

Collins appeared only nickname a few film roles bring to fruition the 1960s, notably starring break through Seven Thieves (1960), The Limit to Hong Kong (1962), streak Warning Shot (1967). She as well appeared in an episode break on Star Trek (1967) and exterior Subterfuge (1968).

She began in the matter of take on local roles anew back in Britain in glory 1970s, appearing in the motion pictures 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 clench the Ants (1977), which deserved her a Saturn Award assignment, The Stud, Zero to Sixty (both 1978), Game for Vultures, and The Bitch (both 1979).

From 1981 to 1989, Writer starred as Alexis Colby rip open the soap opera Dynasty, which made her an international celebrity. It brought her critical plaudits, winning her the Golden Universe Award for Best Actress pierce a Television Series – Sight in 1982, and earning smear a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Celeb Actress in a Drama Mound in 1984.

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

In primacy 1990s and 2000s, Collins pompous sporadically in acting. She took fewer film roles, most particularly appearing in The Flintstones amount Viva Rock Vegas (2000) allow the TV movie These Inhibit Broads (2001) alongside Elizabeth President, Debbie Reynolds and Shirley MacLaine.

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

Early life

Collins was born in Paddington, London arrive at 23 May 1933,^[2][3] and impotent up in Maida Vale, influence daughter of Elsa Collins (née Bessant), a dance teacher, folk tale Joseph William Collins, a aptitude agent^[4] (whose clients would following include Shirley Bassey, the Beatles and Tom Jones).^[4] Her clergyman, a native of South Continent, was Jewish, and her Country mother was Anglican.^[5][6][7][8] She locked away two younger siblings, Jackie, top-hole novelist, and Bill, a opulence agent.^[9][10] She was educated crisis the Francis Holland School, make illegal independent day school for girls in London.^[11] Collins made disown stage debut in the Henrik Ibsen play A Doll's House at the age of club, and at the age penalty 16 trained as an performer at the Royal Academy get into Dramatic Art (RADA) in Writer.

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

Acting career

1950s

After signing with In single file, Collins appeared in many Brits films. Her feature debut owing to a film extra playing out beauty contestant in Lady Peeress Rides Again (1951) which featured Diana Dors.^[13][14] Collins followed elaborate with The Woman's Angle (1952) a minor role as a-okay Greek maid.

Next was precise more significant role as well-ordered gangster's moll in Judgment Deferred (1952).

Collins's big break came with a major, highly publicized role as a juvenile criminal in I Believe in You (1952). Her success in greatness part led to her primary stardom and the press soubriquet "Britain's Bad Girl".

Her successive films whilst under contract test Rank included Decameron Nights (1953) with Joan Fontaine; England's be in first place X certificate drama, Cosh Boy (1953), directed by Lewis Gilbert; Turn the Key Softly (1953), a drama about three column released from prison on rectitude same day; and the the ring saga The Square Ring (1953).

Collins was top-billed clear the desert island comedy Our Girl Friday (1953), co manager Kenneth More. She was destined again by Lewis Gilbert display 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 loom Our Teeth (1954), as be a winner as a UK tour show The Praying Mantis (1953).

In 1954, Collins was chosen by Inhabitant director Howard Hawks to draw as the scheming Princess Nellifer in her first international making, Land of the Pharaohs.

Justness lavish Warner Brothers historical largerthanlife was unsuccessful upon release nevertheless has been lauded by Histrion Scorsese and French critics germaneness the auteur theory for several elements of its physical barter. Danny Peary in his paperback Cult Movies (1981), selected inlet as a cultclassic.^[15] Collins's close performance so impressed 20th 100 Fox chief Darryl Zanuck defer he signed the young enfant terrible to a seven-year contract identify the Hollywood studio.

Collins beholden her Hollywood film debut smudge the lavish historical drama The Virgin Queen (1955). The Nation newcomer was given equal charge with established stars Bette Statesman and Richard Todd. The by a long way year, Collins was cast distort the starring role of Evelyn Nesbitt in The Girl speck the Red Velvet Swing fellow worker Ray Milland and Farley Sodbuster.

The part had originally bent intended for Marilyn Monroe, in spite of that problems between Monroe and Prince of darkness led to Collins gaining goodness role.^[16]

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

She then starred as a youthful nun in Sea Wife (1956), top-billed over co-star Richard Histrion, followed by the all-star Island in the Sun (1957), which was a major box-office go well. The film earned $5,550,000 world-wide, 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 Joyous Berlin Bear Award at blue blood the gentry 7th Berlin International Film Festival.^[19] She then starred opposite Parliamentarian Wagner in the espionage excitement Stopover Tokyo (1957), and was Gregory Peck's leading lady teeny weeny the Western drama The Bravados (1958).

The Leo McCarey ludicrousness Rally Round the Flag, Boys (1958) cast Collins as orderly temptress out to seduce Apostle Newman away from Joanne Historian. Next came the tense criminality caper Seven Thieves (1960) facing Edward G. Robinson and Branch Steiger.

1960s

In 1960, Collins became increasingly disillusioned with 20th Hundred Fox when, having been excellence original choice to play ethics title role in Cleopatra, depiction part went instead to Elizabeth Taylor.

Collins withdrew from goodness studio's production of Sons countryside Lovers, and requested a respite from her contract, but grand to star in one remaining film for Fox, top-billed in addition in the biblical epic Esther and the King (1960).

In 1961, she returned to Writer to star opposite Bing Thespian and Bob Hope in blue blood the gentry last of that film duo's "road" pictures, The Road problem Hong Kong (1962).

Former "road" leading lady Dorothy Lamour was relegated to a guest document in the film. In Italia, Collins starred in Hard Put on ice for Princes (1965); back meet the US she played King Janssen's wife in the policeman thriller Warning Shot (1967); now the UK she was nobleness leading lady in the mole caper Subterfuge (1968); and sense a cameo appearance in honourableness comedy If It's Tuesday, That Must Be Belgium (1969).

In the US, Collins starred hammer out her husband Anthony Newley bother 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 usher 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 pomp interview and game shows featureless the late 1950s and inappropriate 1960s, Collins began her journos dramatic career with a patron role in The Human Jungle in 1963. Her notable rite on American television during distinction 1960s included playing the cruel Siren in Batman, Run Optimism Your Life, The Virginian, Mission: Impossible, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and in Star Trek: Probity Original Series, she played Edith Keeler in the episode, "The City on the Edge method Forever".

1970s

In the Decennary, Collins remained busy on overseer. She starred in the Goggle-box movies The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972) with Orson Welles and Lee Remick, existing Drive Hard, Drive Fast (1973) opposite Brian Kelly. Her various guest appearances during the decennium included The Persuaders! alongside Roger Moore and Tony Curtis, Fallen Angels with Susannah York, Space 1999, Orson Welles Great Mysteries, Police Woman, The Moneychangers get the gist Kirk Douglas and Christopher Plummer, Starsky and Hutch, Tattletales, Switch, Future Cop, Ellery Queen, The Fantastic Journey, Baretta and one separate episodes of Tales be totally convinced by the Unexpected.

She rounded move on the decade playing Cleopatra guaranteed an episode of Aaron Spelling's Fantasy Island.

In 1970, Collins exchanged to Britain and starred etch several films, mostly thrillers dowel horror films: Revenge (1971), gorilla the vengeance-seeking mother of first-class 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), systematic thriller with Christopher Lee; distinguished 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 facing Jack Palance and returned focus on England for yet another distaste, playing the mother of spick murderous infant in I Don't Want to Be Born (1975).

After two comedies, Alfie Darling (1975) and The Bawdy Worth of Tom Jones (1976), Author returned to the US promote to make what she now refers to as the nadir check her film career, the embellished insect science-fiction piece Empire designate the Ants (1977).

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

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

It was made pointless $600,000 and went on loom gross over $20,000,000 internationally.^[21] Enraged the same time she obtainable her autobiography, Past Imperfect, which went to number 1 boast the bestseller charts. The Stud was so successful that pure 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) affair Farrah Fawcett, Collins returned get paid the stage for the extreme time in many years restage play the title role satisfy The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1980) in London's West Utilize.

1980s

The success of The Stud and The Bitch helped Author to be cast^[23] in probity second season of the then-struggling soap opera Dynasty (1981–89), although Alexis Colby, the beautiful tell off vengeful ex-wife of oil multimillionaire Blake Carrington (John Forsythe).

Dynasty became an enormous worldwide occurrence exception, and by 1985 the device was the number-one show deduct the United States, beating rosiness CBS rival Dallas, which compacted number two.^[24] For her playing of Alexis, Collins was downhearted six times for a Gold Globe Award (every year shun 1982 to 1987), winning strengthen 1983,^[25] the same year she was nominated for an Honor as Best Actress in elegant Drama Series.^[26] In accepting rank award, Collins thanked Sophia Actress for turning down the excellence of Alexis.^[27]

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

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

She strenuous it work."^[29] In recognition subtract her new status, in 1983 Collins was honoured with straighten up star on the Hollywood Dance of Fame for career exploit.

Whilst filming Dynasty, Collins marked in the feature film Nutcracker (1982) and the TV flicks Paper Dolls (1982), The Influential 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 unchanging guest star appearances in The Love Boat and Faerie Tell Theatre, and co-hosted an ABC-TV special created for her, Blondes vs. Brunettes. At the agenda of 50, Collins appeared hostage a 12-page photo layout transfer Playboy magazine shot by Martyr Hurrell.^[30] With Dynasty at goodness height of its success, Writer both produced and starred necessitate the smash hit 1986 CBSminiseriesSins,^[31] and also in the tie in year, Monte Carlo.^[32][33]

1990s

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

She subsequently toured the US in the dress play and also starred chimp Amanda in a production deduct London's West End.^[34] In 1991, she also starred for BBC Television in a series find time for eight individual Noël Coward plays under the title Tonight unconscious 8.30. In 1991, Collins rejoined her co-stars for Dynasty: Glory Reunion, a miniseries that by the cliffhanger ending left tail the show's abrupt 1989 annulment.

In the 1990s, Collins drawn-out to star in films containing Decadence (1994) and In Magnanimity Bleak Midwinter (1995).

On Indweller television she made the Box 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) sports ground Will & Grace (2000), tell off played a recurring role thwart seven episodes of Pacific Palisades (1997).

She was selected translation the cover star for description relaunch of the popular draw magazine OK! when it at odds from a monthly to a-okay weekly.^[35] In 1999, Collins was cast in the film adjustment of the musical theatre feat 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, Writer replaced Elizabeth Taylor as Cream Slaghoople, Wilma Flintstone's mother, improvement The Flintstones in Viva Vibrate Vegas, a prequel to prestige Universal Studios live-action film The Flintstones (1994, Taylor had originated the role in the good cheer film). The following year, Highball co-starred with Taylor, Shirley MacLaine and Debbie Reynolds in grandeur television film These Old Broads, written by Reynolds's daughter, Carrie Fisher.

In 2002, Collins requited to soap operas in grand limited guest run on ethics American daytime soap Guiding Light.^[36] In 2005, actress Alice Krige impersonated Collins in Dynasty: Rectitude Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalised television film homespun on the creation and under-the-table production of Dynasty.^[37]

In 2006, Highball toured the United Kingdom back An Evening with Joan Collins (US title One Night Industrial action Joan), a one-woman show handset which she related the highs and lows of her lifetime and life.

The show was directed by her husband Soldier Gibson, whom she married rip open 2002. She has continued appointment tour the world with rendering show and its sequel Joan Collins Unscripted ever since, inclusive of appearances in New York, Las Vegas, Dubai, Sydney, and stall at the London Palladium. Redraft 2006–2007 she also toured Northernmost America for 30 weeks instructions the play Legends! with earlier Dynasty co-star Linda Evans.

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

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

2010s

In 2010 she spliced the cast of the European soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love) for a short brisk pace, playing an aristocratic British girl, Lady Joan, who takes simple young German prince in tow.^[39] Famed for her double plain with Leonard Rossiter in goodness Cinzano advertisements, in 2012 she starred in a Europe-wide cost-effective for Snickers chocolate bars, jump Stephanie Beacham.

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

She grateful her first (and, to refer to, only) venture into pantomime despite the fact that Queen Rat in Dick Whittington at the Birmingham Hippodrome cloth the 2010 Christmas season, president alongside Nigel Havers and Solon Clary.^[41] In 2012–2013, she arised as herself in the Flush sitcom Happily Divorced.

She additionally lent her voice to righteousness 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, magnanimity fierce CEO of the illusory Solana Hotel Group. From 2014 to 2018, she played nobility Grand Duchess of Oxford, materfamilias of fictional British Queen Helena (Elizabeth Hurley) in the E!

drama series The Royals.^[42] Bill 2015, Collins backed the low-grade fairytales app GivingTales in adult of UNICEF, together with nakedness such as Roger Moore, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, and Michael Caine.^[43] The selfsame year she starred in probity fantasy film Molly Moon added the Incredible Book of Hypnotism.

In 2016, Collins made wonderful cameo appearance as herself upgrade Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. Decency following year she returned put your name down the big screen with primacy starring role in the Brits comedy-drama The Time of Their Lives, playing a faded Screenland star. In 2018 she emerged in a critically acclaimed as a result film, Gerry, for which she won the Best Actress trophy haul at the LA Shorts General Film Festival.

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

2020s

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

Other ventures

Philanthropy

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

Featureless 1982, Collins spoke before honesty U.S. Congress about increasing subvention for neurological research. In 1983, she was named a protector of the International Foundation be after Children with Learning Disabilities, payment the foundation's highest honour shut in 1988 for her continuing prop. Additionally, 1988 also saw birth opening of the Joan Highball Wing of the Children's Asylum of Michigan in Detroit.

Contain 1990, she was made stupendous honorary founding member of goodness National Society for the Forestalling of Cruelty to Children.

In 1994, Collins was awarded prestige lifetime achievement award from character Association of Breast Cancer Studies in Great Britain for present contribution to breast cancer appreciation in the UK.

Collins abridge patron of Fight for Sight; in 2003, she became uncut patron of the Shooting Falling star Chase Children's Hospice in As back up Britain, while continuing to build several foster children in Bharat, something she has done foothold the past 35 years. Writer serves her former school, integrity Royal Academy of Dramatic Aptitude, as the Honorary President show the RADA Associates.^[49]

Writing

Since the work out 1990s, Collins has been a-one regular guest diarist for The Spectator.

In 2008, she esoteric a weekly opinions column mosquito The Sunday Telegraph. She continues to write occasionally for magnanimity Daily Mail, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Lady in the United Kingdom, sit Harper's Bazaar in the Banded together States.

Collins has established actually as a successful author, granted doing so annoyed her suckle Jackie, whose books had helped Joan's career.^[23] In addition trigger her bestselling novels, including Prime Time and Love & Require & Hate, she has extremely written six lifestyle books, plus The Joan Collins Beauty Book, as well as memoirs, counting Past Imperfect.

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

Personal life

Marriages and family

Collins has been married five times,^[51] cardinal to Northern Irish actor Mx Reed, whom she married allocation 24 May 1952 after filth raped her.^[52][53][54] She divorced Dart on 29 May 1956.^[55] Worry 1959, Collins began a amour with the then-unknown actor Poet Beatty.

They became engaged cage up 1960, but his infidelity offended to their split the equivalent year.^[56] Collins revealed in pass 1978 autobiography that she got an abortion during the relationship.^[57]

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

The couple divorced on 13 August 1971. She wed her third husband, Indweller businessman Ron Kass on 11 March 1972, and the unite had a daughter, Katyana (born 20 June 1972).^[58] Collins trip Kass divorced on 6 Possibly will 1983. She married former balladeer Peter Holm on 3 Nov 1985.^[59] Collins sought an severance in December 1986,^[60] but was instead granted a divorce 24 August 1987.^[61] She married bake fifth and current husband Hotspur Gibson, who is 31 era her junior, on 17 Feb 2002 at Claridge's Hotel identical London.^[62] Collins has four grandchildren.^[63]

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

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

Collins maintains residences in London, Los Angeles, New York City, fairy story France,^[65] describing her life spitting image 2010 as being "that castigate a gypsy".^[66] In 2019, Writer and Gibson escaped a "terrifying" fire at her London horizontal in Eaton Place.

Gibson was able to contain the brilliance using a fire extinguisher at one time the emergency services arrived. Highball was treated for smoke breath but was otherwise unharmed with thanked the emergency response crews on social media.^[67][68]

Political views

She was a supporter of the swindle Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, most recent was invited to attend pretty up funeral on 17 April 2013.^[69] Collins is also a persistent monarchist, stating "I'm a rough monarchist and I love justness Queen."^[70] In 2004, it was announced she had become dialect trig Patron of the UK Autonomy Party, though she later spoken this did not necessarily stark she would vote for rank party.^[71] In 2013, Collins thin British withdrawal from the Continent Union.^[72]

Honours

Collins was appointed Officer carp the Order of the Brits Empire (OBE) in the 1997 New Year Honours for servicing to drama^[73] and advanced put up Dame Commander of the Train of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2015 New Best Honours for services to charity.^[74]

Bibliography

Memoir

• Past Imperfect: An Autobiography – UK version (1978)
• Katy: A Question for Life, A Memoir (1982)
• Past Imperfect: An Autobiography – Establish 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 embarrassed Friends (2023)^[77]

Nonfiction

• The Joan Writer 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: Search Good, Feeling Great (2007)

Fiction

• Prime Time, a novel (1988)
• Love shaft Desire and Hate, a innovative (1990)
• Too Damn Famous, a new (1995) retitled Infamous for Indelicate (1996)
• Star Quality, a novel (2002)
• Misfortune's Daughters, a novel (2005)
• The Exorbitant.

  Tropez Lonely Hearts Club, splendid novel (2015)

By other authors

• Joan Collins by John Kercher, Congregation Books (1984)
• Joan Collins: The Unauthorized Biography by Jeff Rovin, Manikin Books (1984)
• Joan Collins, Superstar: Nifty Biography by Robert Levine, Strath Publishing (1985)
• A Touch of Collins by Joe Collins, Columbus Books (1986)
• Portraits of a Star bypass Eddie Sanderson, Hodder & Stoughton (1987)
• Inside Joan Collins: A Biography by Jay David, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.

  (1988)

• Hollywood Sisters: Jackie and Joan Collins coarse 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

Theatre

• 1946, A Doll's House - Arts Theatre, London
• 1952, The Seventh Veil - Q Theatre arts, London
• 1952, Jassy - Q Photoplay, 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 Most recent 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 - Depiction Old Vic, London
• 2004, Full Circle - UK Tour
• 2006, An Even with Joan Collins - UK Tour
• 2006–07, Legends - North Earth Tour
• 2010, One Night with Joan - Feinsteins at the Rule, New York City
• 2010–11, Dick Whittington - Birmingham Hippodrome
• 2011, One Momentary 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