JOAN COLLINS

'Joan Henrietta Collins' OBE (born May 23 1933) is a Golden Globe Award winning English actress and bestselling author. She is most widely known for her role as Alexis Carrington in the 1980s primetime soap opera ''Dynasty''. She was born in London, England.

Contents

Family and Early Life and Career

''Dynasty''

After ''Dynasty''

''Legends''

Romance, Marriage, Family

Personal politics

Charitable work

Homes

Books

TV adverts

Music

Titles

Awards

Filmography

Theatrical credits

Television credits

References

External links

Family and Early Life and Career

Collins was born in London to Joseph William "Will" Collins (a South African Jewish talent agent, 1902-88) and Elsa Bessant (an English mother, who died at 56 in 1962). She has one sister, the author Jackie Collins, and a brother Bill Collins. She was educated at the Francis Holland School and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) with actors such as Sir Roger Moore and Sir Michael Caine.
At the age of 17 Collins was signed to the J. Arthur Rank Film Company, a highly profitable English studio and charm school.
In 1951, she made her feature debut as a beauty contest entrant in ''Lady Godiva Rides Again'' and in 1952 she appeared in the film ''I Believe in You'' based on the book ''Court Circular'' by Sewell Stokes. In the early 1950s, she did double duty by posing for pin-up photos and acting in B-movies in Britain. After mild success, she was signed by 20th Century Fox in 1954 as their answer to Elizabeth Taylor.
However, after her youthful and highly splashy career as a sultry starlet, Collins became as well known for her romances with leading men such as Warren Beatty as for her on-screen achievements. After losing such high-profile roles as ''Cleopatra'' (Collins was cast when Elizabeth Taylor fell ill, then let go upon Taylor's recovery), Collins continued to work in films and occasionally in television.
Her notable guest appearances on American TV during the 1960s included ''Batman'', '', ''Police Woman'', and the now widely popular '' episode "The City on the Edge of Forever".
In the 1970s, Collins starred in the film versions of her sister Jackie Collins' racy novels ''The Stud'' and ''The Bitch'', appearing nude in both. The films were smash hits in England, becoming the most profitable films since the James Bond series.

''Dynasty''

Collins' career changed dramatically when she was offered a role in the then-struggling prime time TV soap opera ''Dynasty'' (1981 - 1989) by producer Aaron Spelling. Created by Richard & Esther Shapiro, Collins was hired to play the role of tycoon Blake Carrington's vengeful ex-wife.
The role of 'Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan' successfully relaunched Collins as a powerful sex symbol and icon of independence in her late 40s. Her performance helped the struggling show and it ultimately became a ratings hit, rivaling ''Dallas''. In 1985, ''Dynasty'' was the #1 show in the US, and Collins went on to become the highest-paid actress on television at the time. ''Dynasty'' was shown in more than 80 countries and is still being re-run today around the world.
With ''Dynasty'' at the height of its success, Collins also began producing and made two successful mini-series, ''Sins'' and ''Monte Carlo'', both of which she also starred in.
She also appeared on the cover of ''Playboy'' magazine at the age of 50 to further establish herself as a sex symbol despite the then-popular cultural opinion that older women could not be sexually attractive.

After ''Dynasty''

After the end of ''Dynasty'' in 1989, Collins worked less frequently, making guest star appearances on series such as ''Roseanne'', ''The Nanny'' and ''Will & Grace'' while dabbling in films like ''Decadence'' and ''A Midwinter's Tale'' in the mid 1990s.
In 1992 she made her successful Broadway debut in an adaptation of Noel Coward's ''Private Lives''. She also guest starred in six episodes of Aaron Spelling's prime time soap opera ''Pacific Palisades'' in 1997.
In the late 1990s she appeared in several theatrical tours with the likes of George Hamilton and Stacey Keach. Additionally, she appeared in a West End production of ''Over the Moon'' with Frank Langella in 2000.
In 2002 she appeared in a limited run on the legendary daytime soap opera ''Guiding Light'' to favorable reviews. She also appeared on South African television, depicting the role of South African journalist, Jani Allan.
In 2004 she toured the United Kingdom with a revival of the play ''Full Circle'' to great success and much critical praise. In 2005 she proved to be a formidable guest host of the popular British quiz show ''Have I Got News For You'', often making quick jokes with the audience.
In early 2006, Collins toured the United Kingdom in ''A Night 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.
Collins joined the cast of the hit British television series ''Footballer's Wives'' for a limited run as a glamorous magazine mogul, aptly named Eva de Wolffe. She also guest starred in the BBC series ''Hotel Babylon'' in 2006 as a lonely aristocrat desperate for romance.
Collins has repeatedly noted in the press that she is determined to appear on ABC's ''Desperate Housewives'', noting that she believes it is one of the best series on television^[1]
In the summer of 2007, Collins signed on to be the new face of the expensive cosmetic brand, Cellex-C. She will be promoting the product called Cellex-C Age-less 15 Skin Signaling Serum.
She is rumoured to be signed up to play a time-travelling villain the Rani in the forthcoming season of ''Doctor Who'' in 2008.^[2]

''Legends''

In late 2006 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 successful 30 week, multi city, tour.
However, Collins and Evans did not get along during the production, according to Collins, who wrote about their experience on the road in her column in the U.K. ''Daily Mail''. Collins wrote that Evans never reciprocated party invites during ''Dynasty'', kept her distance from Collins during the series' run, revealed that she agreed for the producers to approach Evans for Legends against her better judgment (as Evans had never acted on stage before) and further said that Evans was too physical during their on-stage stunts during Legends. In the article, Collins called her former co-star Linda "The Lips" Evans, a reference to the latter's collagen-enhanced lips. She writes that Evans 'arrives at first rehearsal with cosmetic-surgery tape over and under her eyelids and underneath her chin. Naturally, the cast all pretend to ingore this but it's obvious she's come straight from either the face-lift shop or a car crash.... It's quite off-putting to have to look at that face, which used to be so pretty, and pretend not to notice.' Collins is initially charitable towards her 'Over these three weeks of rehearsals, Linda seems sweet and naive and very vulnerable. She's clearly worried about being onstage for the first time and has actually broken down in tears in front of Percy... I find her an acting coach she can work with after rehearsals; I give her advice on what to expect on tour... as time wears on, Linda gets better and growns in confidence - although her acting coach tells me "Her body language is not good and she has very little stage presence." To try to boost her morale, Percy and I invite her and her best friend, Bunky, out for dinner several times, but she always declines.'
Collins described how Evans' growth in confidence onstage caused her to become over-enthusiastic and push her to the ground so vigorously that Collins required therapy on her knee for six weeks thereafter. She notes that Evans does not even ask if she is ok. Evans then throws Collins' wig at her with such force that Collins has to duck to avoid being hit directly in the face. Then Evans appropriates a 'bit of business' with a banana which Collins had developed and was raising laughs. Collins begins to become disillusioned both with the play and Evans who she observes is taking most of the directors time and 'going astray' onstage with no-one pointing out her errors to her. The two also have an ongoing disagreement about the amount of physicality in the play, with Evans keen to actually tussle with Collins, but Collins reluctant to do so. Nonetheless, a theme of the run of the play becomes Evans laying hands on Collins, as Collins notes 'typical Linda - she isn't smart enough to think of a retort so she resorts to physicality.'
Collins also perceives that Evans is receiving preferential treatment because of her inexperience. She is unreprimanded after scraping a spoon across Collins' chin while Collins is speaking and after Collins throws her wig offstage, frustrated by the hold-up and lack of laughter from the audience as Evans tries to reattach it, Evans storms offstage in the second half leaving Collins calling for her. The two develop a truce and even 'become quite pally' though Collins notes 'It's difficult to improve someone with no stage projection or presence.'
Collins finally made up her mind on Evans when Collins' agent Peter Charlesworth visited her backstage and Evans, quoting from the play, said 'you must have a strong constitution' to him. 'I always suspected she was a closet bitch' Collins noted. Despite the plays opening night success, Collins began to feel marginalised when her rewrites were ignored, one of her lines (insulting Evans) was cut and the director and Evans started coming up with unrehearsed barbs for Evans to throw at Collins onstage. Collins also feels that she is being taken sides against when she discovers stage managers' reports singling out every supposed flaw in her performance, yet no equivalent for Evans. And when Evans nearly breaks Collins' finger during an onstage stunt gone wrong and seems indifferent to Collins' pain, the relationship becomes still more acrimonious. Evans then starts mugging onstage, to Collins disbelief, and invites everyone from the cast to dinner with the exception of Collins.
The situation degenerates further when Evans begins to add unscripted lines, right at the end of the performance. The two have a backstage argument which sees Evans shout that Collins is unprofessional. Collins is asked the next week in a press conference what the difference between her and Evans is and responds 'I have three lovely houses in London, New York and the south of France, I'm happily married to a great guy, I have three wonderful children and three gorgeous grandchildren. Linda lives in Seattle with lots of horses.' The situation with the play deteriorates again when Evans complains about a bit of business which Collins has inserted and results in them having a slanging match in the director's office. By this stage, furious at her treatment by the production team, Collins has invoked a clause in her Equity contract whereby only the director of the play can critique her performance.
By the time the run has reached Cleveland Collins notes 'My knee aches. My finger throbs and has swollen to twice its size. I've got indigestion due to stress... I've gained 7lb and I'm too exhausted even to contemplate exercise. Ths experience has almost cured me of my love for live theatre.'
The article was entitled, "Why I'll Never Work With Linda Evans Again."

Romance, Marriage, Family

In an interview with The Daily Mail on Monday August 20th, Collins was quoted as saying that in her time in Hollywood she went out with 'zillions and zillions' of men. Her sister Jackie was quoted as saying 'I think she did her own thing sexually.' Collins herself admits she was unfaithful 'but only only on location. It doesn't count on location. Everybody was having a little fling, I don't suffer very much from guilt.'
On arrival in Hollywood she was propositioned by studio boss Darryl F. Zanuck who cornered her in a corridor and said 'You haven't had anyone till you've had me. I've got the biggest and the best and I can go all night.' Collins managed to escape from this encounter and at a later stage when he showed her the solid gold life-sized mold of his private parts he liked to show impressionable girls, Collins responded with 'I've seen bigger things crawl out of cabbages.'
By this time Collins had already been married and separated from her first husband, Maxwell Reed. She eventually divorced him in 1956 on her twenty-third birthday after he attempted to sell her to an Arab sheik. Her first serious boyfriend after Reed was Charlie Chaplin's son Sydney Chaplin however she left him for Arthur Loew Jr whom she moved in with after divorcing Reed. She began pestering the rich son of the MGM president to get married but he resisted, pointing out that Collins had said she would never marry again. The relationship was not perfect with Collins resenting that Loew had only given her a 'few pieces of jewelery' despite his wealth and him suspicious of her motives. When she went on location with Richard Burton, Loew assumed she would have an affair with the leading man she had idolized when younger. However she recoiled when she saw Burton's physique close-up, his face already appearing somewhat ravaged at the age of 30. She had an affair with a cameraman instead whom she described as the most exciting lover she had had so far. The relationship with Loew ended in a huge row at a New Year's party with Loew screaming at Collins 'you're a f
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Collins then embarked on a three-year period in which she had so many lovers she was referred to as 'The British Open', at one point it was reported she had dated 14 men in a fortnight. She enjoyed dalliances withConrad Hilton Jr., Dennis Hopper (who was only 18 at the time), Ryan O'Neal, Terence Stamp and Warren Beatty.
The gossip mills set ablaze when Collins walked away from Hollywood and a successful career in the early 1960s to marry Anthony Newley, an award winning singer, actor and film composer. With Newley she had two children, a daughter, Tara (now a British television broadcaster) and a son, Sacha (who is now a highly regarded artist).
In 1972 Collins married her third husband, Ron Kass, 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 (a photographer). In 1980 Katy was struck by a speeding car and went into a coma. Collins and her husband bought a trailer and parked it in the hospital parking lot in order to be as close to their daughter as possible. Katyana emerged from her coma a few months later, although it would take years for her to fully recover.
Collins' third marriage ended in divorce in 1983, although she and Kass remained very close until his death from cancer in 1986.
In 1985, Collins married Swedish singer Peter Holm in a quickie ceremony in Las Vegas. The marriage lasted a year and the divorce proceedings lasted just as long with a media circus ensuing.
Collins left Los Angeles and returned to London where she lived with much younger art dealer Robin Hurlstone for over a decade.
In 2001, Collins and Hurlstone ended their relationship and Collins struck up a romance with theatrical company manager Percy Gibson, a man 32 years her junior. (When questioned about the age difference, Collins quipped "If he dies, he dies.") They married on February 17, 2002 at Claridge's Hotel in London.

Personal politics

After decades of flirting with British politics on May 24, 2004, Collins joined the United Kingdom Independence Party. [1] In October 2004, Collins stated she was not a supporter, but rather a patron of the party.
In early 2005, Collins commented that she had rejoined the Conservative Party, stating, "The Labour Party doesn't care about the British people." [2] In addition, after writing several articles for the UK newspaper ''The Daily Mail'' in 2005, it was rumoured that Collins was approached by several members of the Conservative Party in hopes of luring her to run for Parliament.
She also continues to contribute as ''The Spectator'' Magazine Guest Diarist, something she has done since the late 1990s. She has been quoted for her sage wisdom in ''Science of Mind'' magazine... which qualifies her as a practicing metaphysicist.
She has commented that she was a huge supporter of former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Collins is also a devout monarchist, remaining loyal to the British Royal Family.

Charitable work

Collins has publicly supported several charities for several decades. 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.

Homes

Collins has lived, at different times, in London and Los Angeles. In 2001 Collins sold her Los Angeles penthouse, moving to a luxurious Manhattan condo in the Upper East Side. She now divides her time between her New York City home, an apartment in the fashionable neighbourhood of Belgravia (London), and a villa in La Croix Valmer, a small seaside village outside St. Tropez in the South of France.

Books

Her sister, Jackie Collins, is a well-known novelist, and Joan Collins has also established herself as an author. In addition to her memoirs, ''Past Imperfect'' (1978) and ''Second Act'' (1996), she has written bestselling novels (''Prime Time'', ''Love & Desire & Hate'', ''Infamous'', ''Star Quality'', ''Misfortune's Daughters'') and lifestyle books (''The Joan Collins Beauty Book'', ''My Secrets'', ''My Friends Secrets'', ''Joan's Way'', ''The Art of Living Well'').
In September, 1991, Joan Collins delivered a 690-page manuscript to Random House. However, the publishing firm later demanded the return of its $1.3 million advance from Collins, claiming she failed to deliver completed books as per her contract. In court, Collins stated that Random House had received her novel, ''The Ruling Passion'', in 1991 plus another novel, ''Hell Hath No Fury'', in September, 1992. She also contended that Random House had not provided the editorial assistance she had expected.
Her Random House contract, negotiated by agent Irving Lazar, required that she was to be paid even if her completed manuscripts were not published. On February 29, 1996, a jury determined that she could keep the advance for the first novel, but the publisher did not have to pay for the second manuscript since it was a reworking of the first. Judge Ira Gammerman then ruled that Random House owed Collins $925,000 plus interest for a grand total of $1.3 million.
''The Guinness Book of World Records'' cites Collins as holding the record for retaining the world's largest unreturned payment for an unpublished manuscript.

TV adverts

Beginning in the early 1970s, 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 which she has maintained, having promoted the airline for more than three decades. In the late 1970s, 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, Sanyo and was the face of Revlon's ''Scoundrel'' perfume. In 1992 she appeared in internationally broadcast television commercials for Marca Bravaria beer while also acting as the face of the perfume ''Spectacular''. Also around this time, she starred in an adver for the Rover Metro. Since 2000 she has appeared in TV ads for UK retailer Marks & Spencer, Olympus cameras, Old Navy and Marriott hotels.
In February 2007 Collins was announced to be the public face of skincare company Cellex-C. Collins' campaign, launched in May of 2007 is based around the company's high end Age-Less 15 anti-aging serum.

Music

In 1956 she sang in the musical ''The Opposite Sex''.
In 1959 she sang ''It's Great Not To Be Nominated'' at the Academy Awards with fellow British actresses Angela Lansbury and Dana Wynter.
In 1963 she teamed up with husband, Anthony Newley and Peter Sellers to record the album ''Fool Britannia'' which made the UK Top 10.
In 2001 she was featured in the music video for Badly Drawn Boy's ''Pissing in the Wind'' which made the Top 30 in the UK Singles chart.

Titles

In 1997, Collins was granted the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
Collins is styled in the following ways for official patronage to several charities:

★ Joan Collins OBE.

★ Joan Collins, Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Awards

★ 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: 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: People's Choice Award: 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: 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.

★ 2005: Lifetime Achievement Award, San Diego International Film Festival.

Filmography

★ ''Lady Godiva Rides Again'' (1951)

★ ''Judgment Deferred'' (1952)

★ ''Cosh Boy'' (1952)

★ ''The Woman's Angle'' (1952)

★ ''I Believe in You'' (1952)

★ ''Decameron Nights'' (1953)

★ ''Turn the Key Softly'' (1953)

★ ''The Square Ring'' (1953)

★ ''Our Girl Friday'' (1953)

★ ''The Good Die Young'' (1954)

★ ''Land of the Pharaohs'' (1955)

★ ''The Virgin Queen'' (1955)

★ ''The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing'' (1955)

★ ''The Opposite Sex'' (1956)

★ ''The Wayward Bus'' (1957)

★ ''Island in the Sun'' (1957)

★ ''Sea Wife'' (1957)

★ ''Stopover Tokyo'' (1957)

★ ''The Bravados'' (1958)

★ ''Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!'' (1958)

★ ''Seven Thieves'' (1960)

★ ''Esther and the King'' (1960)

★ ''The Road to Hong Kong'' (1962)

★ ''Hard Time for Princes'' (1965)

★ ''Warning Shot'' (1967)

★ ''Wedding of the Doll'' (1968) (documentary)

★ ''Besieged'' (1969)

★ ''Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?'' (1969)

★ ''If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium'' (1969)

★ ''Subterfuge'' (1969)

★ ''The Executioner'' (1970)

★ ''Up in the Cellar'' (1970)

★ ''Revenge'' (1971)

★ ''Quest for Love'' (1971)

★ ''Tales from the Crypt'' (1972)

★ ''Fear in the Night'' (1972)

★ ''Dark Places'' (1973)

★ ''Tales That Witness Madness'' (1973)

★ ''Football Crazy'' (1974)

★ ''I Don't Want to Be Born'' (1975)

★ ''Alfie Darling'' (1975)

★ ''The Cry of the Wolf'' (1975)

★ ''Il Pomicione'' (1976)

★ ''The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones'' (1976)

★ ''Magnum Cop'' (1977)

★ ''Empire of the Ants'' (1977)

★ ''The Stud'' (1978)

★ ''The Big Sleep'' (1978)

★ ''Zero to Sixty'' (1978)

★ ''The Bitch'' (1979)

★ ''Sunburn'' (1979)

★ ''A Game for Vultures'' (1979)

★ ''Nutcracker'' (1982)

★ ''Homework'' (1982)

★ ''Decadence'' (1994)

★ ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' (1995)

★ ''Annie A Royal Adventure (1995)

★ ''The Clandestine Marriage'' (1999)

★ ''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'' (2000)

★ ''Ozzie'' (2001)

★ ''Alice in Glamourland'' (2004)

Theatrical credits

★ 1946, ''A Dolls House'' at the Arts Theatre, London.

★ 1952, ''The Seventh Veil'' at the Queen's Theatre, London.

★ 1952, ''Jassey'' at the Queens's Theatre, London.

★ 1953, ''The Praying Mantis'' UK Tour.

★ 1953, ''Claudia and David'' at the Queen's Theatre, London.

★ 1954, ''The Skin Of Our Teeth'' at the Queen's Theatre, London.

★ 1979, ''The Last Of Mrs. Cheney'' at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester.

★ 1979, ''Murder In Mind'' at the Chichester and Brighton Theatres, Chichester & Brighton.

★ 1981, ''The Last Of Mrs. Cheney'' at the Cambridge Theatre, London.

★ 1990-1991, ''Private Lives'' at the Aldwych Theatre, London.

★ 1991-1992, ''Private Lives'' at the Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York.

★ 2000, ''Love Letters'' USA Tour.

★ 2001, ''Over The Moon'' UK Tour.

★ 2004, ''Full Circle'' UK Tour.

★ 2006, ''A Evening with Joan Collins'' UK Tour

★ 2006-2007, ''Legends'' North American Tour

Television credits

★ ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' (1966) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Batman'' (1967) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Star Trek "The City on the Edge of Forever"'' (1967)

★ ''Mission Impossible'' (1969) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''The Persuaders!'' (1972) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (1972)

★ ''Drive Hard, Drive Fast'' (1973)

★ '' (1975) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers'' (1976) (miniseries)

★ ''The Fantastic Journey'' (1976)

★ ''Future Cop'' (1977) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Starsky and Hutch'' (1977) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Tales of the Unexpected'' (1979-1980)

★ ''Fantasy Island'' (1980) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Dynasty'' (1981-1989)

★ ''Paper Dolls'' (1982)

★ ''The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch'' (1982)

★ ''Faerie Tale Theatre'' (1983) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Making of a Male Model'' (1983)

★ ''The Love Boat'' (1983) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Her Life as a Man'' (1984)

★ ''The Cartier Affair'' (1984)

★ ''Sins'' (1986) (also executive producer)

★ ''Monte Carlo'' (1986) (also executive producer)

★ ''Red Peppers'' (1991)

★ '' (1991)

★ '' (1991)

★ ''Roseanne'' (1993) (Guest Appearance)

★ '' (1995)

★ '' (1995)

★ ''The Nanny'' (1996) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Pacific Palisades'' (1997)

★ ''Sweet Deception'' (1998)

★ ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (1999)

★ ''Will and Grace'' (2000) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''These Old Broads'' (2001)

★ ''The Guiding Light'' (2002)

★ ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'' (2005) (Celebrity Special with husband, Percy Gibson)

★ ''Have I Got News For You'' (2005) (as Guest Presenter)

★ ''The F-Word'' (2005) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Footballers' Wives'' (2006) (Episodes 5 & 6)

★ ''Hotel Babylon'' (2006) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' (2006) (Guest Appearance)

★ ''The Graham Norton Show'' (2007) (Guest Appearance)

★ Possibly ''Doctor Who'' (2008) (Possibly playing The Rani)

References

1. Collins Still Wants "Housewives" Role, ''Contact Music'', June 24, 2007
2. Collins to star as 'Doctor Who' baddie?, Digital Spy, August 19, 2007, Retrieved August 20, 2007

External links

★ Official Website

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★ THE JOAN COLLINS MY-SPACE PAGE

★ Joan Collins on Officer Phil's KUSI-TV page