Joan Collins Biography

Fast Facts

• Father was a theatrical agent
• Made her stage debut at age 9 playing a boy in a production of Ibsen's A Doll's House
• Published her autobiography, Past Imperfect, in 1978
• A second volume, Second Act, was released in 1997
• An honorary founding member of England's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
• Presented with the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) honor by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997
• Although her sister Jackie Collins is usually thought of as the writer in the family, Joan is an accomplished author who has written over a dozen novels
• Named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2015