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Joan Collins
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English actress, author and columnist
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Joan Collins is a British actress, model, and playwright born Joan Henrietta Collins on May 23, 1933, in London. She began her career in 1951 and has worked in the United Kingdom. Collins studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and speaks English. She is recognized with the title Dame and has received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Golden Globes.
In addition to her acting, Collins is an author with forty works, including *Second Act*, *Snow Queen*, and *Infamous*. She has resided in London, Los Angeles, Saint-Tropez, and New York City. Her siblings include Jackie Collins, and she has been married to Peter Holm, Anthony Newley, and Maxwell Reed.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 23 May 1933
- Works
- 40
Top works
- Second act
- Snow Queen
- Infamous
- Love and Desire and Hate
- Ahavah, teshuḳah ṿe-śinʾah
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Film & TV
Paddington, London, England, UK
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 1983, Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been recognised for her philanthropy, particularly her advocacy…
Known for
- A Murder Between Friends — Francesca Carlyle2026
- VE Day 80 — Self (archive footage)2025
- From Roger Moore with Love — Self2024
- Mitt liv som Roger Moore — Self2024
- Drama Queens — Self2024
- The Coronation Concert — Self2023
- The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy — Self2023
- This Is Joan Collins — Self2022
- Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party — Self2022
- Tomorrow Morning — Anna2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Collins
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Sibling
- Jackie Collins
- Occupation
- columnist
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Official website
- www.Joancollins.net
- Image
- Joan Collins - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg
- Work location
- United Kingdom
- Residence
- New York City
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- Joan Collins
- date of birth
- 1933-05-23
- honorific prefix
- Dame
- name in native language
- Joan Collins
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- alternative name
- Dame Joan Collins
- birth name
- Joan Henrietta Collins
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 1983, Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been recognised for her philanthropy, particularly her advocacy towards causes relating to children, which has earned her many honours. In 2015, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her charitable services, presented to her by then Prince of Wales, Charles III.
Collins trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She signed to The Rank Organisation at the age of 17 and had small roles in the British films Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) and The Woman's Angle (1952) before taking on a supporting role in Judgment Deferred (1952). She went under contract to 20th Century Fox in 1955, and in that same year she starred as Evelyn Nesbit in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, Elizabeth Raleigh in The Virgin Queen and Princess Nellifer in Land of the Pharaohs, the latter garnering a cult following. Collins continued to take on film roles throughout the late 1950s, appearing in The Opposite Sex (1956), Sea Wife (1957), and The Wayward Bus (1957). After starring in the epic film Esther and the King (1960), she was, upon request, released from her contract with 20th Century Fox.
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