Joan Collins Net Worth

Joan Collins's Quotes

• [1984] I enjoyed being an adulteress... taking a certain vengeance for the fact that my husband was not being faithful.
• The unfortunate statistics are that there are far more available and fabulous over-40 women than there are available and fabulous over-40 men.
• The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.
• It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.
• I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.

Interesting Facts about Joan Collins

1. Studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, England joining at the age of 15.
2. As of May 2000, her daughter Tara Newley Arkle is a singer and news anchor in England. Son Alexander Newley is an artist. Daughter Katyana Kass is an actress and a theatrical production assistant.
3. Older sister of Jackie Collins.
4. Two of her childhood wishes came true when she made her debut on Broadway (wish #1) in 1991 in Noël Coward's "Private Lives" and starred as Amanda (wish #2).
5. Her first agent was her father Joseph Collins in London. Later in her career, her agent was the well-regarded Swifty Lazar (aka "Swifty" Lazar), until his death in 1993.
6. Lived with Robin Hurlstone from 1988 to 2001.
7. Affectionately known as "The British Open" because of her liberal lifestyle.
8. Great admirer of former Prime Minister Lady Margaret Thatcher.
9. Has described herself as "right-wing" [politically], although she once collected welfare in the United States per her own biography.
10. Dated realtor Bill Wiggins, Mercedes-Benz heir Mick Flick, director George Englund, producers Robert Evans and Arthur M. Loew Jr., and actors Gardner McKay, Harry Belafonte, Warren Beatty, Dennis Hopper, Sydney Chaplin and Ryan O'Neal.
11. Turned down Frank Sinatra, Robert F. Kennedy, Darryl F. Zanuck and Dean Martin.
12. First husband Maxwell Reed tried to sell her to an Arab sheik for £10,000, just seven months after their wedding.
13. Awarded an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 1997 Queen's New Year's Honours List for services to drama.
14. Pulled in a reported $120,000 per episode as Alexis Carrington Colby on Dynasty (1981).
15. Met her fifth husband, theatre manager Percy Gibson, when she appeared in a touring production of the play "Love Letters" in the United States. Gibson helped edit her new novel, "Star Quality". She was 68 and he was 36.
16. Children: Tara Newley Arkle (born October 12, 1963) and Alexander Newley (born November 8, 1965) by Anthony Newley; Katyana Kass (born Kennedy "Katy" Kass, born June 20, 1972) by Ronald S. Kass.
17. Became a grandmother on October 5, 1998. However, being Joan, she refuses to be called "Grandma"; Miel Celeste Adam calls her "DoDo" instead.
18. Acting protégée and longtime friends with John Forsythe.
19. Brother William Collins Jr. (born 1946) is a real estate agent.
20. Attended the funeral of Sharon Tate on August 13, 1969 and was among the guests at Tate's wedding to Roman Polanski 19 months earlier.