Biography
In the mid-1950, the actress was a serious competition of Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, and in the 1980s she became the owner of the nominal star on the Hollywood "Alley of Glory" and the prestigious Golden Globe Prize. Unlike Taylor and Monroe, she managed to go beyond the actors and show talents in other areas. Joan Collins is a successful producer, writer and columnist.The role of the brilliant and stervoyel lioness Alexis in the TV series "Dynasty" was carried out by British kinodius on the top of Olympus, turning into a world celebrity. The soap opera with her participation surpassed even the series "Dallas", becoming a cult.
Childhood and youth
Joan Henrietta Collins - So the full name of the heroine sounds, was born in the British capital in the midst of the spring of 1933. The girl grew in a bohemian environment - parents had a direct attitude to art and show business. Elsa Dzantant, mom's future Hollywood star, taught choreography and owned the nightclub. Joseph William Collins, the head of the family, although he was not an actor, but was in constant cooperation with theatrical world - worked as an agent.
Joan is the eldest of three Collins. Besides her, the daughter of Jackie and son Bill grown up in the family. Subsequently, Jackie made his contribution to the glorification of the genus, becoming a famous novel writer for women.
Childhood Collins fell for the period of World War II, but terrible events bypassed the side of the house and the family of the actress. The girl was sent to receive knowledge to the Franco-Dutch school, where the acting talent was manifested. The 9-year-old Joan Herritet first made his debut on theatrical stage and fell in love with the scene forever.
After graduation, the girl becomes a student of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Higher School of Acting Misty Misty Albion. At the same time, the young beauty has signed a contract with the Kitty British Family Factory, owned by Arthur Rankov.
Films
For the first time, the audience Britain saw the actress on the screens in the melodrame about Lady Godiv, the premiere of which took place in 1951. The debut turned out to be successful, and the creative biography of Joan Collins is developing rapidly: in 1952 and 1953 she trust her to play the main characters in the films "I believe in you" and "night of the Decameron". It increases the popularity, removing in cultive fashionable tabloids. Soon it is called the most beautiful British.
On the wave of success in his homeland, Collins makes the decision to move on and goes to conquer Hollywood. The Englishman's contract offers the legendary studio "XX century Fox". First works allow Joan to take a niche star of film studio. She is withstanding Elizabeth Taylor - Prima of the competing company "Metro-Goloden-Mayer".
In 1955, the premiere of three Hollywood projects was held, where Joan Collins played the main characters. Pictures "Land of Pharaohs", "Girl in a pink dress" and "Queen-Virgin" bring her fame. The actress is called a competitor Monroe. In his youth, a British with dark hair looked no worse than the famous blonde.
A new star falls asleep offers. It appears in the "opposite floor" melodrama, "lost bus" and "Sun Island" in the lead roles. Duets with Gregory Pec and Paul Newman in the late 1950s and early 1960s record Joan Collins in star status.
The downturn in the career actresses happened in 1963, when she gave birth to the first child. The paintings in which Collins starred, failed with a crash, but the failures did not break the British. She reoriented to television and did not miss. But and the movie Joan did not throw: as a guest star flashed in the series "Star Trek", "Batman", "Mission of Impossible" and "Starsky and Hutch". The last project went on screens in 1976.
Glory returns to the artist in the late 1970s: the paintings "Stallion" and "bitch" bring generous fees to the creators. Both ribbons are the screening of the novels of Sister Joan, Jackie Collins. But the audience love for actress after the release of these projects can not be compared to the avalanche of adoration, who fell after the premiere of the Melodrama "Dynasty".
The British-Hollywood Star in the image of Wamp Alexis Colby appeared in the series when the producers thought about his closure due to low ratings. Joan saved the project, which with her arrival chained to screens and old, and new spectators. The series was broadcast until 1989 and seated near the screens millions of lovers of soap operas, and the star of the "Alley of Fame" and the Golden Globe figure appeared at the Key Heroine of Dynasty.
In 1986, Joan first tried forces in producing. Thanks to her, the audience saw the series "Sins" and "Monte Carlo", where Collins is not only a producer, but also the main heroine of tapes. From the movies with the participation of the stars, published in the 90s, fans and critics allocate the "winter fairy tale" and "Annie ...". In 1997, director Aaron Spelling invited the celebrity "save" his project "Quiet Palisada" and did not lose.
The star did not disappear from the screens and in the new century. In 2000, she was remembered by handing it with antipremia for work at Fantasy-comedy Brian Levanta about Flinstone. But in 2001, Joan Collins "rehabilitated", giving the film wedder in the "old nurses of American". In tragicomedia, except for the British, there were three more "old klyachi": Shirley McLeene, Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds.
In 2015, the unfair star received the Order of the British Empire.
Personal life
Brilliant Joan and in life outside the scene resembles glamorous and bitching heroines. She was 5 times in the status of a married lady, choosing to the husband exclusively representatives of Bohemia.In the early 1950s, Collins instantly consent the Actor Maxwell Reid. After 10 years, he gave the heart to the actor and vocalist Anthony Newly, giving birth to her son and daughter. But the ten-year-old "cycle" of this Union ended, and Lady-Vamp changed Newly on the head of the sound recording studio of Rona Casa, who gave birth to a daughter.
Children have never been a deterrent for Joan Collins, and in the mid-1980s, leaving Casa, the star married Peter Hill singer. But the fourth marriage was not the last: in the new century, the personal life of the actress made a turn, and the novel with the theater producer Percy Gibson was crowned with the fifth marriage.
Joan Collins now
In 2018, the legend of world cinema celebrated anniversary - 85 years. A solid age did not become for Collins the cause of the abandonment of bright makeup and a flawless appearance: Joan is still an icon of style. The photos that appeared in the "Instagram" British in 2019 - convincing proof of this. With the growth of 1.68 m, she managed to hold the weight of 57 kg.
Snapshots of Joan appear on the page, but they are not done now, but in youth.
In the anniversary for the actress 2018, her filmography was replenished with a multi-sieuled project "American Horror History". Joan appeared in the new season of the series, named "Apocalypse".
The actress is known and lovers of the "Ladies" of Romanov: Joan wrote several books.
Filmography
- 1953 - "Nights of the Decameron"
- 1955 - "Land of Pharaohs"
- 1955 - "Girl in a pink dress"
- 1955 - "Queen-Virgin"
- 1958 - "Bravados"
- 1967 - "Batman"
- 1969 - "Mission impossible"
- 1972 - "Bikes from a crypt"
- 1973 - "Dark places"
- 1977 - "Stoke and Hutch"
- 1981 - "Dynasty"
- 1986 - "Sins"
- 1997 - "Silent Palisada"
- 2001 - "Old Klyachi in American"
- 2010 - "Members of the Royal Family"
- 2018 - "American Horror History"
Bibliography
- "Damn famous"
- "Love, passion, hatred"
- "Best airtime"
- "Passion for life"
- "Joan's World"
- "Daughters of misfortune"
- "Second ACT"
- "Imperfect Past: Autobiography"
- "The secrets of my friends"
- "Club of lonely hearts Saint-Tropez"