Joan Collins
Best known for:
Dame Joan Collins is an actress, best known for her role as Alexis Carrington Colby in the prime-time drama Dynasty.
Summary:
Dame Joan Collins was born in London, England. She landed her first film role in the 1951 movie Lady Godiva Rides Again. For the next three decades, she punctuated a series of B-movie roles with frequent TV appearances and pin-up shoots. In 1981, Collins was called to an audition for Dynasty, and took the role of Alexis Carrington Colby. After Dynasty, Collins continued to act and write.
Biography:
Dame Joan Collins is an English actress, author and columnist. Collins was born in Paddington and grew up during the Second World War.
After making her stage debut in A Doll’s House at the age of 9, she was trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. After 18 months at the drama school, she was signed to an exclusive contract by the Rank Organisation and appeared in various British films.
At the age of 22, Collins headed to Hollywood and landed sultry roles in several popular films, including The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955). While she continued to make films in the US and the UK throughout the 1960s, her career languished in the 1970s, when she appeared in a number of horror flicks.
She began appearing on stage, playing the title role in the 1980 British revival of The Last of Mrs Cheyney and later had a lead role in the 1990 revival of Noel Coward’s Private Lives. She later received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983 for career achievement.
Since the late 1970s, Collins has written several books. In 1988, she followed in her sister’s footsteps and published her first novel, Prime Time.
Since then Collins has starred in a great number of films and television shows, most notably Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as well as The Flinstones and The Royals.
In 2015 she became a Dame for services to charity in the New Years Honours List.
Fee range:
Please Enquire