Joan Collins Profile

Joan Collins

	(Joan Henrietta Collins)
23 May 33	is born in London, England
c. 48	spends her 16th summer at a French beach with Mom, sister Jackie, and her little brother, Bill
?	after high school she studies acting at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
24 May 52	marries Rank star Maxwell Reed one day after her 19th birthday. They were introduced by fellow actor Laurence Harvey. Reed is 12 years older and widely disliked by her parents. They move into a lavishly decorated, Spanish-style penthouse.
Early 50s	is on the London stage with Reed in Seventh Veil and Jassy
	Reed sues her for $1,500-a-month alimony, which she pays for a while to keep him quiet
54	the Reeds split permanently on her 21st birthday
56	receives her divorce from Reed in Los Angeles after a long separation
April 56	was supposed to get her divorce months ago, when her romance with Syd Chaplin looked as though it would end in marriage, but doesn’t bother to now that she's switched to Arthur Loew, Jr.
57	switches from producer Arthur Loew, Jr. to playboy Nicky Hilton
June 57	attends the premiere of Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison with the ex-boyfriend of Natalie Wood, Nicky Hilton
	wants actor Jeffrey Hunter to ask her for a date
	is at the Luau for lunch with hotel heir Nicky Hilton
58	producer Walter Wanger plans for her to star in his upcoming Cleopatra. The role will eventually go to Elizabeth Taylor.
c. 58	like Kim Novak and Zsa Zsa Gabor, she is a frequent guest on Dominican playboy Ramfis Trujillo's yacht, the Angelita
26 March 58	attends the Academy Awards in a very extreme bubble skirt
October 58	takes stock of herself when she finds she is listed as one of Hollywood’s worst dressed women
18 December 58	wears a striking short bouffant evening gown at the premiere of Some Came Running
October 60	doesn’t relish a separation from her boyfriend, actor Warren Beatty, when accepting to film A Wife For The King opposite Richard Egan in Rome, Italy
	she and Beatty plan to marry despite the fact that she has to pay alimony to her previous mate
27 May 63	marries actor-composer-singer Anthony Newley
12 October 63	her daughter Tara Cynara is born
8 September 65	her son Alexander Anthony, called Sacha, is born
13 August 69	attends the funeral of murdered Sharon Tate at the Holy Cross Memorial Cemetery in Culver City
70	divorces Newley
March 72	marries record company executive and film producer Ronald S. Kass
June 72	her daughter Katyana, called Katy, is born
83	divorces Kass. Kass will die from cancer in 1986.
85	marries Swedish pop singer-turned-businessman Peter Holm
25 August 87	divorces Holm after lengthy divorce proceedings in Los Angeles
17 February 02	marries theater manager Percy Gibson. She's 68; he's 36.

Sources: Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Screen Stories, Suppressed, Movieland, The Fox That Got Away by Stephen M. Silverman, Modern Screen, "Life on a Cloud" at TravelGuideS.com Web site by Joyce Harvey, Hollywood Album, Motion Picture, Silver Screen, www.IMDb.com
Recommended Books: My Friend's Secrets by Joan Collins
Links: Filmography The Joan Collins Shrine Batman Joan Collins at For the Love of Opera Gloves