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Joan Henrietta Collins, the daughter of a theatrical booking agent, studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for 18 months and made her film debut in 1951 as a beauty pageant contestant in ‘Lady Godiva Rides Again’.

She appeared in a handful of other British films before gaining international attention in 1955, as the femme fatale in Howard Hawks' epic of ancient Egypt, ‘Land of the Pharaohs’.

A year later, Joan ventured to Hollywood and immediately capitalised on her sultry appeal in ‘The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing’, portraying Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, whose involvement with prominent architect Stanford White brought about his shocking murder in early 20th Century NYC.

Joan worked infrequently during her 1963-71 marriage to Anthony Newley, although she starred opposite him in his notorious sex comedy ‘Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?’

During 1967, Joan made several television appearances.

When she returned to films, it was in thrillers and horror sci-fi films like ‘Inn of the Frightened People’, ‘Tales From the Crypt’, ‘Tales That Witness Madness’ and ‘Empire of the Ants’.

Joan returned to the London stage in 1980, with ‘The Last of Mrs Cheney’, before she landed the role of super-bitch Alexis Carrington in the prime-time TV soap 'Dynasty'.

This role, which she played from 1981-89, opened up a whole new world of opportunity for her and bought her greater worldwide fame and recognition.

Playboy beckoned, featuring her as ‘50 Is Beautiful’.

Joan had already written three books, including a kiss-and-tell autobiography, ‘Past Imperfect’, when she followed in sister Jackie's footsteps and published her first novel, ‘Prime Time’.

In 1997, she was awarded an OBE.

In 2000, she also appeared in the play ‘Love Letters’, where she met Percy Gibson. Percy, who is 31 years Joan's junior, became Joan’s husband in 2001.

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To date, she has had four husbands

Joan was a great admirer of former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher

Joan made a whopping $120,000 per episode of Dynasty

She was separated from her first husband by the age of 21.
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Ellis in Glamourland (2004)
Ozzie (2001)
These Old Broads (2001)
Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The (2000)
Clandestine Marriage, The (1999)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
Sweet Deception (1998) (TV)
Pacific Palisades (1997)
Hart to Hart: Two Harts in Three-Quarters Time (1995)
Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
Decadence (1994/I)
Dynasty: The Reunion (1991)
Red Peppers (1991) (TV)
Sins (1986)
Monte Carlo (1986)
Cartier Affair, The (1984)
Her Life as a Man (1984)
Making of a Male Model (1983)
Nutcracker (1982)
Wild Women of Chastity Gulch, The (1982)
Homework (1982)
Paper Dolls (1982/I)
Dynasty (1981)
Bitch, The (1979)
Game for Vultures, A (1979)
Sunburn (1979)
Stud, The (1978)
Zero to Sixty (1978)
Big Sleep, The (1978)
Poliziotto senza paura (1977)
Empire of the Ants (1977)
Pomicione, Il (1976)
"Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers" (1976)
Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones, The (1976)
Alfie Darling (1975)
I Don't Want to Be Born (1975)
Richiamo del lupo, Il (1975)
Arbitro, L' (1974)
Dark Places (1973)
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
Drive Hard, Drive Fast (1973)
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1972)
Fear in the Night (1972)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Quest for Love (1971)
Revenge (1971/I)
Up in the Cellar (1970)
Executioner, The (1970)
Amore breve, L' (1969)
Subterfuge (1969)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
Warning Shot (1967)
Congiuntura, La (1965)
Road to Hong Kong, The (1962)
Esther and the King (1960)
Seven Thieves (1960)
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
Bravados, The (1958)
Sea Wife (1957)
Stopover Tokyo (1957)
Island in the Sun (1957)
Wayward Bus, The (1957)
Opposite Sex, The (1956)
Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, The (1955)
Virgin Queen, The (1955)
Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
Good Die Young, The (1954)
Our Girl Friday (1954)
Decameron Nights (1953)
Turn the Key Softly (1953)
Square Ring, The (1953)
Cosh Boy (1952)
Judgment Deferred (1952)
Woman's Angle, The (1952)
I Believe in You (1952)
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
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