Joan Henrietta Collins
OBE (born 23 May 1933) [1] is a Golden Globe Award-winning English actress, author, and columnist.
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Early life
Collins was born in
Paddington,
London, the daughter of Elsa (
née Bessant), a dance teacher and nightclub hostess, and Joseph William Collins, an agent
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, the author
Jackie Collins,
and a 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. Her father, however, was also a strict disciplinarian and exerted a strong hold over her gentle mother, an attitude which came to irritate 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." 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."
At the age of 17, Collins was signed to the
J. Arthur Rank Film Company, a highly profitable British studio.
Early career
In 1951, she made her feature debut as a beauty contest entrant in
Lady Godiva Rides Again
, and in 1952, she made her film debut in
I Believe in You,
which was based on the book
Court Circular
by
Sewell Stokes. She was next signed by
20th Century Fox in 1954 as their answer to
MGM's
Elizabeth Taylor. According to a September 11, 1954 article in
Picture Post
, Collins was frustrated by her time at Rank. 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." She appeared in
Island in the Sun
(1957).
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
.
[6]
Her notable guest appearances on American television during the 1960s and 1970s included
Batman
,
Mission: Impossible
,
Police Woman
, and the
Star Trek
episode "
The City on the Edge of Forever".
In the 1970s, Collins made several movies and then starred in the film versions of her sister
Jackie Collins' racy novels
The Stud
and
The Bitch
. The films were smash hits in England, becoming the most profitable films since the
James Bond series. Collins has worked with some of the biggest names and movie legends in Hollywood, including
Richard Burton,
Bing Crosby,
Bette Davis,
Kirk Douglas,
Gene Kelly,
Laurence Harvey,
Bob Hope,
Dwayne Hickman,
James Mason,
Robert Mitchum,
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 then-struggling new prime time
soap opera Dynasty
(1981-1989) playing
Alexis, the vengeful ex-wife of tycoon
Blake Carrington (
John Forsythe). The role successfully relaunched Collins as a powerful
sex symbol and icon of independence. Her performance is generally credited as one factor in the fledgling show's subsequent rise in the
Nielsen Ratings [7] to a hit rivaling
Dallas
.
In 1985,
Dynasty
was the #1 show in the U.S.,
[8] and Collins also went on to become the highest-paid actress on television at the time, and remained with the series until its cancellation in 1989. 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. Delighting the audience in attendance at the ceremony, Collins thanked
Sophia Loren for turning down the part of Alexis. She arguably became the most celebrated television star of the 1980s and her character, Alexis, perhaps the most infamous clotheshorse and villainess of the decade.
Dynasty
was shown in more than 80 countries and is still internationally syndicated.
TV Guide
selected Collins' portrayal of Alexis as the fourth greatest villain in television history.
left
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 two 1986
CBS miniseries,
Sins
and
Monte Carlo
. At the age of 49, she also appeared in a twelve-page photo layout for
Playboy
magazine, shot by
George Hurrell.
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."
[9]
Later career
After the end of
Dynasty
in 1989, Collins took time off to be with her family. 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 first and 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. She would later make her Broadway debut in the same play in 1992. In 1991, Collins also appeared in
Noël Coward's
Tonight at 8:30
and played eight different women in a series of one-act plays written by Coward, including an elderly Victorian spinster. She also guest starred in six episodes of
Aaron Spelling's short-lived prime time soap opera
Pacific Palisades
in 1997. 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.
In the spring of 2000, she completed an American tour of
Love Letters
with the likes of
George Hamilton and
Stacy Keach Jr. Additionally, she appeared in a West End production of
Over the Moon
with
Frank Langella in 2000.
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.
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.
In 2001, she co-starred 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
. She also appeared on South African television, depicting the role of South African journalist
Jani Allan in a comedic spoof. In 2004, she appeared on a Dutch comedy film
Alice in Glamourland
(Dutch:
Ellis in Glamourland
) as a successful writer. Several Months later, she toured the United Kingdom with a revival of the play
Full Circle
. In 2005, she served as guest host of the popular British quiz show
Have I Got News For You
.
thumb as Collins in
Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure
(2005)
In 2005, actress
Alice Krige portrayed Collins in
Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure
, a fictionalized
television movie based on the creation and
behind the scenes production of
Dynasty
.
[10]
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. Collins wrote about her experience on the road with the show in her column in the U.K.
Daily Mail
; the article was entitled, "Why I'll Never Work With Linda Evans Again".
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 will appear in an hour-long episode ("
They Do It with Mirrors") of the murder-mystery drama
Marple
in 2009. She will play Ruth Van Rydock, an old friend of detective
Miss Marple.
Personal life
Collins married Irish actor
Maxwell Reed on 24 May 1952, and the couple divorced in 1956.
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.
In March 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 Kennedy "Katie" Kass.
Collins' marriage to Kass ended in divorce in 1983,
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 in a ceremony in
Las Vegas. They were divorced on 25 August 1987,
with the lengthy divorce proceedings garnering significant media attention. Collins left Los Angeles and returned to London.
In 2001, Collins met theatrical company manager
Percy Gibson, a man 32 years her junior. They married on 17 February 2002
at
Claridge's Hotel in London, and later renewed their vows in 2009.
On October 24 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; Collins felt that the Concorde should continue flying.
Personal politics
After decades of flirting with British politics on 24 May 2004, Collins joined the
United Kingdom Independence Party.
[11] 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."
[12]
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
, 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 devout monarchist, remaining loyal to the British Royal Family.
Charitable work
Collins has publicly supported several charities for several decades. In 1982, Collins spoke before the US 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.
Homes
Although a US resident, with a condo in the popular Los Angeles highrise
Sierra Towers, as well as a condo on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Collins still maintains British citizenship and owns a home in the fashionable neighborhood of
Belgravia in London as well as a villa in La Croix Valmer, a small seaside village outside
St. Tropez in the South of France.
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 five lifestyle books (
The Joan Collins Beauty Book
,
My Secrets
,
My Friends' Secrets
and
Joan's Way: The Art of Living Well
) and memoirs (
Past Imperfect
,
Katy: A Fight for Life
and
Second Act
). To date she has sold over 50 million copies of her novels which have been translated into 30 languages.
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 29 February 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. Collins became a heroine to many writers who had been treated badly by their publishers.
The Guinness Book of World Records
cites Collins as holding the record for retaining the world's largest unreturned payment for an unpublished manuscript.
;Non-fiction
- Past Imperfect: An Autobiography
(1978)
- The Joan Collins Beauty Book
(1980)
- Katy: A Fight for Life
, A Memoir (1982)
- Portraits of a Star
(1987)
- My Secrets
(1994)
- Health, Youth and Happiness: My Secrets
(1995)
- Second Act: An Autobiography
(1996)
- 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 50s' Collins appeared as a teenager in a Gas Board Commercial, then 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 which 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,
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 advert 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 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.
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."
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
- 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.
- 2008: Legend Award, Los Angeles Italia-Film, Fashion and Arts 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)
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- 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)
- Fearless
(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)
- The Clandestine Marriage
(1999)
- The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
(2000)
- Ozzie
(2001)
- Alice in Glamourland
(2004)
- Banksy's Coming For Dinner
(2009)
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Videos released
- The Making of Joan Collins
(1981)
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joan Collins
(1984)
- In Conversation With Joan Collins
(1987)
- Joan Collins Personal Workout: Secrets of Fitness & Beauty
(1994)
- Joan Collins—THE PERFECT TEN-HEALTHY DIET
(1995)
- Court TV: Random House Vs Joan Collins
(1997)
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(1999)
- Biography - Joan Collins
(A & E Home Video)(2000)
Theatrical credits
- 1946, A Doll's 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
at the Old Vic Theatre, London.
- 2004, Full Circle
UK Tour.
- 2006, An Evening with Joan Collins
UK Tour.
- 2006-2007, Legends
North American Tour.
Television credits
- The Human Jungle
(1963)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
(1966) (Guest Appearance)
- Run for Your Life
(1966) (Guest Appearance)
- Batman
(1967) (Guest Appearance)
- Star Trek "The City on the Edge of Forever"
(1967)
- The Virginian
(1967) (Guest Appearance)
- The Danny Thomas Hour
(1967)(Guest Appearance)
- Mission: Impossible
(1969) (Guest Appearance)
- The Persuaders!
(1972) (Guest Appearance)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner
(1972)
- Drive Hard, Drive Fast
(1973)
- Great Mysteries
(1973)(Guest Appearance)
- Ellery Queen
(1975)
- Space: 1999
(1975) (Guest Appearance)
- Switch
(1975)(Guest Appearance)
- Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers
(1976) (miniseries)
- Baretta
(1976)(Guest Appearance)
- Police Woman
(1976) (Guest Appearance)
- Gibbsville
(1976)(Guest Appearance)
- The Fantastic Journey
(1977)(Guest Appearance)
- Future Cop
(1977) (Guest Appearance)
- Starsky and Hutch
(1977) (Guest Appearance)
- Police Woman
(1977) (Guest Appearance)
- Tales of the Unexpected
(1979-1980)
- Fantasy Island
(1980) (Guest Appearance)
- Bernie
(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)
- TV-am Good Morning Britain
(1986)
- Monte Carlo
(1986) (also executive producer)
- Collins Meets Coward, Tonight at 8:30
(1991)
- Dynasty: The Reunion
(1991) (miniseries)
- Mama's Back
(1993)
- Roseanne
(1993) (Guest Appearance)
- Annie: A Royal Adventure!
(1995)
- Hart to Hart: Two Harts in Three-Quarters Time
(1995)
- The Nanny
(1996) (Guest Appearance)
- Pacific Palisades
(1997)
- Sweet Deception
(1998)
- Will and Grace
(2000) (Guest Appearance)
- These Old Broads
(2001)
- The Guiding Light
(2002)
- Slavery and the Making of America
(2005)(Guest Appearance)
- 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)
- The Paul O'Grady Show
(2007) (Guest Appearance)
- The Kylie Show
(2007) (Guest Appearance)
- Loose Women
(5 September 2008) (Guest Appearance)
- Marple: They Do It With Mirrors
(2009)
- Joan Does Glamor
(2009)
References
- Joan Collins Biography - FilmReference.com. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
- Welcome to stacks.ajc.com
- Joan Collins: low cunning and high drama - ''Telegraph''
- "Queen of Hollywood gossip mill Jackie Collins' novels grow out of the best dirt."
- "Collins returns to an early love, the stage."
- "The glamour of Joan Collins", Magforum.com http://www.magforum.com/mens/joan_collins.htm
- Schemering, Christopher. ''The Soap Opera Encyclopedia'', September 1985, pg. 80-81, ISBN 0-345-32459-5 (1st edition)
- 1984-1985 Ratings - ClassicTVhits.com
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- ''Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure'': Credits
- http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2971850
- BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Joan Collins: I don't support UKIP