Joan Collins

**Dame Joan Henrietta Collins** <small>DBE</small> (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. She played Alexis Colby in _Dynasty_.

## Personal life

Collins has been married five times.  The first time was to Irish actor Maxwell Reed. They married on 24 May 1952 and divorced in 1956. Collins married award-winning singer, actor and movie 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.  He was the president of Apple Records during the time of the Beatles. During their marriage Collins had her third and final child, a daughter, Katyana Kennedy Kass. Collins's marriage to Kass ended in divorce in 1983. On 3 November 1985, Collins married Swedish singer Peter Holm in a ceremony in Las Vegas. They were divorced on 25 August 1987. In 2001 Collins met theatrical company manager Percy Gibson, 32 years her junior. They married on 17 February 2002 at Claridge's Hotel in London.  They renewed their vows in 2009.  The pair were contestants on the Christmas Day edition of the ITV game show _All Star Mr. & Mrs._ in 2009.

Collins has homes in London, Los Angeles, New York and the South of France, describing her life as being "that of a gypsy".

Collins is one of the oldest models to ever pose nude in popular magazine Playboy. She did so at the age of 49.

## Awards

- 1956: Most Promising Young Actress.
- 1957: Star of Tomorrow.
- 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: People's Choice Award, Favorite female television performer, _Dynasty_.
- 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: Madam Tussaud's waxwork unveiled in London (second model in Las Vegas).
- 1985: People's Choice Award, nomination 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: Telegatto award to joan Collins. American TV shows and personalities.
- 1986: People's Choice Award, nomination favourite female television performer, _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.
- 2003: TV Land Awards, nomination, Hippest Fashion Plate - Female.
- 2005: Lifetime Achievement Award, San Diego International Film Festival.
- 2008: Legend Award, Los Angeles Italia-Film, Fashion and Arts Festival.
- 2010: New York City International Film Festival, Best Actress, _Fetish_
- 2010: Beverly Hills Film, TV and New Media Festival, Best Actress, _Fetish_.
- 2011: Cosmetic Executive Women (UK) Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 2012, Shorts Awards, Visionary Actress, _Fetish_

### 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]
- _Subterfuge_ (1968)
- _Besieged_ (1969)
- _Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?_ (1969)
- _If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium_ (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)
- _The Great Adventure_ (1975)
- _Il Pomicione_ (1976)
- _The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones_ (1976)
- _Magnum Cop_ (1977)
- _Empire of the Ants_ (1977)
- _Fearless_ (1977)
- _Fatal Charm_ (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)
- _Faerie Tale Theatre Presents: Hansel and Gretel_ (1983)
- _Decadence_ (1994)
- _In the Bleak Midwinter_ (1995)
- _The Clandestine Marriage_ (1999) (also associate producer)
- _The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas_ (2000)
- _Ozzie_ (2001)
- _Alice in Glamourland_ (2004)
- _Valentino: The Last Emperor_ (2008)
- _Banksy's Coming For Dinner_ (2009)
- _Fetish_ (2010) [short]
- _Saving Santa_ (2012)

### Theatre

- 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, _Murder in Mind_ at the Chichester and Brighton theatres, Chichester & Brighton.
- 1980, _The Last of Mrs. Cheyney_ at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester.
- 1981, _The Last of Mrs. Cheyney_ 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.
- 2010, _One Night with Joan_ at Feinsteins at the Regency, New York.
- 2010-2011, _Dick Whittington_ at the Birmingham Hippodrome, UK
- 2011, _One Night with Joan_ Australian Tour.
- 2011-2012, _One Night with Joan_ at the Leicester Square Theatre, London.
- 2012, _One Night with Joan_ at the Alban Arena, St Alban's, Hertfordshire, UK.
- 2012, _Joan Collins: One Night in the Hay_ at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
- 2012, _One Night with Joan_ at the De La Mar Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

### Television

- _The Human Jungle_ (1964) (ABC)
- _The Man from U.N.C.L.E._ (1966) (Guest Appearance) (NBC)
- _Run for Your Life_ (1966) (Guest Appearance)
- _Batman_ (1967) (Guest Appearance) (ABC)
- _Star Trek_ (1967) (Guest Appearance)(NBC)
- _The Virginian_ (1967) (Guest Appearance) (NBC)
- _The Danny Thomas Hour_ (1967) (Guest Appearance) (NBC)
- _Mission: Impossible_ (1969) (Guest Appearance) (CBS)
- _The Persuaders!_ (1972) (Guest Appearance) (ITV/ABC)
- _The Man Who Came to Dinner_ (1972)
- _Drive Hard, Drive Fast_ (1973)
- _Great Mysteries_(1973) (Guest Appearance)
- _Ellery Queen_ (1975) (NBC)
- _Space: 1999_ (1975) (Guest Appearance) (ITV)
- _Switch_ (1975) (Guest Appearance) (CBS)
- _Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers_ (1976) (miniseries) (NBC)
- _Baretta_ (1976) (Guest Appearance) (ABC)
- _Police Woman_ (1976) (Guest Appearance) (NBC)
- _Gibbsville_ (1976) (Guest Appearance)
- _The Fantastic Journey_ (1977) (Guest Appearance)
- _Future Cop_ (1977) (Guest Appearance) (ABC)
- _Starsky and Hutch_ (1977) (Guest Appearance) (ABC)
- _Police Woman_ (1977) (Guest Appearance) (NBC)
- _Tales of the Unexpected_ (1979–80)
- _Fantasy Island_ (1980) (Guest Appearance) (ABC)
- _Bernie_ (1980) (Guest Appearance)
- _Dynasty_ (1981–89) (ABC)
- _Paper Dolls_ (1982) (CBS)
- _The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch_ (1982) (ABC)
- _Faerie Tale Theatre_ (1983) (Guest Appearance) (Showtime)
- _Making of a Male Model_ (1983) (ABC)
- _The Love Boat_ (1983) (Guest Appearance) (ABC)
- _Her Life as a Man_ (1984) (ABC)
- _The Cartier Affair_ (1984) (NBC)
- _Sins_ (1986) (also executive producer) (CBS)
- _TV-am Good Morning Britain_ (1986)
- _Monte Carlo_ (1986) (also executive producer) (CBS)
- _Collins Meets Coward, Tonight at 8:30_ (1991) (also co producer) (BBC)
- _Dynasty: The Reunion_ (1991) (miniseries) (ABC)
- _Mama's Back_ (1993) (BBC)
- _Roseanne_ (1993) (Guest Appearance) (ABC)
- _Egoli: Place of Gold_ (1994)
- _Annie: A Royal Adventure!_ (1995) (Family Channel)
- _Hart to Hart: Two Harts in Three-Quarters Time_ (1995) (Family Channel)
- _The Nanny_ (1996) (Guest Appearance) (CBS)
- _Pacific Palisades_ (1997) (FOX)
- _Sweet Deception_ (1998) (Lifetime TV Film)
- _Will and Grace_ (2000) (Guest Appearance)
- _These Old Broads_ (2001) (ABC TV Film)
- _The Guiding Light_ (2002) (CBS)
- _Slavery and the Making of America_ (2005) (Guest Appearance) (PBS)
- _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) (ITV)
- _Footballers' Wives_ (2006) (Episodes 5 & 6) (ITV)
- _Hotel Babylon_ (2006) (Guest Appearance) (BBC)
- _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) (ITV)
- _Agatha Christie's Marple: They Do It With Mirrors_ (2009) (ITV)
- _Celebrity Ghost Stories_ (2009)  (Guest Appearance) (A&E)
- _Joan Does Glamour_ (2009) (ITV Special)
- _All Star Mr and Mrs_ (2009) (Christmas Special)
- _Piers Morgan's Life Stories_ (2010) (Guest Appearance) (ITV)
- _Verbotene Liebe_ (2010) (Das Erste)
- __Rules of Engagement_ (TV series)_ (2010) (Guest Appearance) (CBS)
- _Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute_ (2011) (BBC Special)
- _Elizabeth Taylor: Auction of a Liftime_ (2012) (Channel 4 Documentary)
- _This Morning_ (2012) (ITV Diamond Jubilee Special)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Dame Joan Collins
- **honorific suffix**: DBE
- **image**: Joan Collins in Stephane Rolland (1) cropped.jpg
- **caption**: Joan Collins in 2010
- **birth place**: Paddington, London, England, UK
- **nationality**: British
- **occupation**: Actress, author, columnist
- **years active**: 1951–present
- **spouse**: Maxwell Reed
(m. 1952–1956, divorced)
Anthony Newley
(m. 1963–1971, divorced)
Ron Kass, Ronald S. Kass
(m. 1972–1983, divorced)
Peter Holm
(m. 1985–1987, divorced)
Percy Gibson
(m. 2002–present)
- **children**: Tara Newley, Tara Cynara Newley
Alexander Anthony Newley
Katyana Kennedy Kass
- **relatives**: Jackie Collins
(sister, deceased)