Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author, and columnist. Collins was born in Paddington, London, the daughter of Elsa Collins, a dance teacher and nightclub hostess, and Joseph William Collins, an agent whose clients were the Beatles and Tom Jones. Joan's younger sister was Jackie Collins, a pioneer of romantic novels, who died in September 2015. Collins was told only two weeks before her sister's death of the breast cancer she had had for over six years.

After making her stage debut in the Henrik Ibsen play A Doll's House at the age of nine, she trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. She appeared in various British films.

In 1955, at the age of 22, Collins headed to Hollywood and landed roles in several popular films. She continued to make films in the US and the UK and then landed a role as Alexis Colby, the vengeful and scheming ex-wife of John Forsythe's character, in the 1980s television soap opera Dynasty, winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 1982.

Collins also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983 for career achievement. In 2015, Collins was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to charity. Collins was one of the handful of guests to be invited to the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in April 2013.

Collins has written several books (including beauty and autobiographical books).

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