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Born As : Joan Henrietta Collins
Sex : Female
Height : 5' 6"
Nationality : UK - United Kingdom
Date of Birth : May 23, 1933
Place of Birth : London, England, UK
Address 1 : c/o Binder & Associates
1465 Lindacrest Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
USA
Address 2 : c/o Cunningham Escott Dipene
10635 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suites 130/135
Los Angeles, CA 90025
USA

 Biography
Joan Collins played conniving glamourpuss Alexis Carrington Colby on the TV soap opera Dynasty (1981-89). Collins began in low-budget British movies in 1951, then caught the attention of Hollywood when she appeared in the Howard Hawks epic Land of the Pharaohs (1955). Often cast as a sultry, brunette bad girl, she was in several films in the late '50s and early '60s, including The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) and Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958, starring Paul Newman). In the '60s and '70s she worked mostly in low-budget horror movies and in television (she was the guest star in 1967's "City on the Edge of Forever," one of the most celebrated episodes of the original Star Trek series). Collins has also written novels, books on beauty tips and an autobiography. Like a British version of Liz Taylor, Collins managed to stay in the public eye into the 21st century. In 2002, at age 68, she married her 36 year-old boyfriend Percy Gibson.

Her sister is popular novelist Jackie Collins. Joan appeared in two movies based on Jackie's books, The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979)... She was once married to Anthony Newley, the guy who wrote the songs "The Candy Man" (made famous by Sammy Davis, Jr.) and "Goldfinger" (made famous by James Bond).

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