Joan Collins
Highest Rated: 100% The Bravados (1958)
Lowest Rated: 5% Empire of the Ants (1977)
Birthday: May 23, 1933
Birthplace: London, England, UK
With her modelesque looks and regal air of authority, Joan Collins remained an icon for decades. Born in London in 1933, Collins attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her film debut at age 19 with a small role in "The Woman's Angle" (1952) and landed a more significant role in the British drama "I Believe in You" (1952) later that same year, which helped her attract buzz as an actor. She was steadily becoming a top name in English cinema when, in 1955, she was chosen by Howard Hawks to make the jump to Hollywood where she would co-star in the period epic "Land of the Pharaohs" (1955) as the plotting Princess Nellifer. Though there would be many exceptions, Collins' persona as a tough, often calculating villainess was already beginning to take hold, and audiences loved it. As a studio contract player, Collins would appear in many films over the next few years, notably the biblical epic "Esther and the King" (1960). However, she opted to take a step back from acting during the early '60s to focus on her family. When she returned in the late '60s, it was mainly in the realm of television, appearing on shows like "Star Trek" (NBC, 1966-69) and "Batman" (ABC, 1966-68). Collins would eventually return to films as well, starring in movies like the "Alfie" (1966) sequel "Alfie Darling" (1975) and the sci-fi adventure "Empire of the Ants" (1977). Then in 1981, Collins took on a TV role that would cause her fame to skyrocket. She began portraying the cunning Alexis Carrington Colby on the night time soap "Dynasty" (ABC, 1981-89), a character that made her a massive star on a greater scale than she had ever experienced, and cemented her as a figure of major glamor in the public consciousness. She stuck with the series until it finally wrapped in 1989 and then comfortably began picking up new and interesting TV roles, co-starring on series like "Pacific Palisades" (Fox, 1997-98) and in a seven-episode guest run on soap opera "Guiding Light" (CBS, 1952-2009). In 2018, Collins picked up a new generation of fans when she co-starred on the eighth season of the hugely popular series "American Horror Story" (FX, 2011-).
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Joan Collins
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tomorrow Morning | Anna (Character) | - | 2022 |
100% |
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Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story | Self | - | 2021 |
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The Loss Adjuster | Margaret Rogerton-Sykes (Character) | - | 2020 |
80% | No Score Yet | The Reckoning: Hollywood's Worst Kept Secret | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gerry | Hilda (Character) | - | 2018 |
79% |
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My Generation | Self | - | 2017 |
18% |
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The Time of Their Lives |
Helen (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
57% |
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Self | $4.8M | 2016 |
29% |
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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism | Nockman's Mother (Character) | - | 2015 |
17% |
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Saving Santa | Vera Baddington (Voice) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saving Santa | Vera Baddington (Voice) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fetish | Francesca Vonn (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banksy's Coming for Dinner | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marple: They Do It With Mirrors | Ruth Van Rydock (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Ellis in Glamourland | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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These Old Broads | Addie Holden (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ozzie | Max Happy (Character) | - | 2001 |
25% |
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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Pearl Slaghoople (Character) | $35.2M | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Clandestine Marriage | Mrs. Heidelberg (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Sweet Deception | Arianna (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas! | Self | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart: Two Harts in Three-Quarter Time | Lady Camilla (Character) | - | 1995 |
81% |
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A Midwinter's Tale | Margaretta D'Arcy (Character) | $466.8K | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Annie: A Royal Adventure | Lady Edwina Hogbottom (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Decadence |
Helen / |
- | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dynasty: The Reunion | Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Monte Carlo | Katrina Petrovna (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cartier Affair |
Cartier Rand / |
- | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Life as a Man | Pam Dugan (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Making of a Male Model | Kay Dillon (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nutcracker | Mme. Laura Carrere (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Homework | Diane (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hansel and Gretel |
Stepmother/ |
- | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch | Annie McCulloch (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paper Dolls | Racine (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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The Bitch | Fontaine Khaled (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Sunburn | Nera (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Game for Vultures | Nicolle (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fearless Fuzz | Brigitte (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Stud | Fontaine Khaled (Character) | - | 1978 |
57% |
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The Big Sleep | Agnes Lozelle (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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Zero to Sixty | Gloria Martine (Character) | - | 1978 |
5% |
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Empire of the Ants | Marilyn Fryser (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Moneychangers | Avril Devereaux (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Adventure | Sonia Kendall (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Alfie Darling | Fay (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharon's Baby | Lucy Carlesi (Character) | - | 1975 |
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I Don't Want to Be Born (The Baby)(It Lives Within Her)(Sharon's Baby) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Dark Places | Sarah Mandeville (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Playing the Field | Elena Sperani (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Tales That Witness Madness | Bella Thompson (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drive Hard, Drive Fast | Carole Bradley (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Fear in the Night | Molly Carmichael (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Lorraine (Character) | - | 1972 |
90% |
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Tales from the Crypt | Joanne Clayton (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Aquarian | Unknown (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Inn of the Frightened People | Carol Radford (Character) | - | 1971 |
40% |
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Quest for Love |
Ottilie/ |
- | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three in the Cellar | Pat Camber (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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The Executioner | Sarah Booth (Character) | - | 1970 |
43% |
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Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? | Polyester Poontang (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Subterfuge | Anne Langley (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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Warning Shot | Joanie Valens (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Time for Princes | Jane (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Times for Princes | Jane (Character) | - | 1964 |
60% |
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The Road to Hong Kong | Diane (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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Seven Thieves | Melanie (Character) | - | 1960 |
40% |
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Esther and the King | Esther (Character) | - | 1960 |
30% |
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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! | Angela Hoffa (Character) | - | 1958 |
100% |
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The Bravados | Josefa Velarde (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Stopover Tokyo | Tina Llewellyn (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Sea Wife | Sea Wife (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Island in the Sun | Jocelyn Fleury (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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The Wayward Bus | Alice Chicoy (Character) | - | 1957 |
40% |
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The Opposite Sex | Crystal (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Girl Friday | Sadie Patch (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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The Virgin Queen | Beth Throgmorton (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing | Evelyn Nesbit Thaw (Character) | - | 1955 |
80% |
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Land of the Pharaohs | Princess Nellifer (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Sadie | Sadie Patch (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judgment Deferred | Lil Carter (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Turn the Key Softly | Stella Jarvis (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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The Good Die Young | Mary Halsey (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Decameron Nights |
Pampinea/ |
- | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cosh Boy | Rene Collins (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Square Ring | Frankie (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Believe in You | Norma Hart (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Godiva Rides Again | Beauty Queen Contestant (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diana: The Legend and the Legacy of a Princess | Host | - |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar | Unknown (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Louis Theroux Interviews | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show |
Unknown (Guest Star), Guest |
2007 2016 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2010 2014 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Masked Singer | Judge | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Amanda Savage (Guest Star) | 2019 |
77% | 66% | American Horror Story | Evie Gallant (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 80% | The Royals | The Grand Duchess Alexandra of Oxford (Guest Star) | 2015-2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2010 2013 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fashion Police | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 14% | The View | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Rules of Engagement | Bunny Dunbar (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? | Guest | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heroes of Comedy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Helena Barnes (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pacific Palisades |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1997 |
No Score Yet | 72% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
76% | 78% | Roseanne | Ronnie (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dynasty | Alexis Carrington Colby (Character) | 1981-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sins - Del 1 | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Unexpected |
Clare Duckworth/ |
1979-1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gibbsville | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Lorelei Frank (Guest Star) | 1976 |
66% | 90% | Space: 1999 | Kara (Character) | 1975 |
72% | 79% | Batman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
80% | 89% | Star Trek | Edith Keeler (Guest Star) | 1967 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1962 1965 |