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->''"I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it's radio, television, films, theater, I don't care as long as I can get out there and do it."''

Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933 in Paddington, London) is a British actress.

She is most famous for her role as Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter on ''Series/Dynasty1981'' and notorious, body-baring roles in two movies based on novels written by her sister Creator/JackieCollins, ''The Stud'' and ''The Bitch''. Also made a notable early appearance in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]", as slum angel Edith Keeler.

For a good chunk of TheSixties, she was married to Creator/AnthonyNewley.
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!!Her roles include:

* ''Film/TheBravados'' (1958) as Josefa Velarde
* ''[[Film/RoadTo The Road to Hong Kong]]'' (1962) as Diane
* ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' (1966) as Baroness Bibi De Chasseur/Rosy Shlagenheimer (1 episode)
* ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' (1967) as The Siren (2 episodes)
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (1967) as Edith Keeler ([[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever 1 episode]])
* ''Film/IfItsTuesdayThisMustBeBelgium'' (1969) as Girl on Sidewalk (cameo)
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'' (1969) as Nicole Verdette (1 episode)
* ''Series/ThePersuaders'' (1972) as Sidonie (1 episode)
* ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'' (1972) as Joanne Clayton
* ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner'' (1972) as Lorraine Sheldon
* ''Series/Space1999'' (1975) as Kara (1 episode)
* ''Film/TheDevilWithinHer'' (1975) as Lucy Carlesi
* ''Film/EmpireOfTheAnts'' (1977) as Marilyn Fryser
* ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' (1977) as Janice (1 episode)
* ''Film/{{Sunburn|1979}}'' (1979) as Nera
* ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected'' (1979, 1980) as Lady Natalia Turton/Clare Duckworth/Julia Roach/Suzy Starr (3 episodes)
* ''Series/FantasyIsland'' (1980) as Lucy Atwell (1 episode)
* ''Series/{{Dynasty}}'' (1981-89) as Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter (195 episodes)
* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' (1983) as Janine Adams (3 episodes)
* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' (1993) as Ronnie (1 episode)
* ''Film/AnnieARoyalAdventure'' (1995) as Lady Edwina Hogbottom
* ''Series/TheNanny'' (1996) as Joan Sheffield (1 episode)
* ''Series/WillAndGrace'' (2000) as Helena Barnes (1 episode)
* ''Film/TheFlintstonesInVivaRockVegas'' (2000) as Pearl Slaghoople
* ''Series/HotelBabylon'' (2006) as Lady Imogen Patton (1 episode)
* ''Series/{{Marple}}'': ''Literature/TheyDoItWithMirrors'' (2009) as Ruth van Rydock
* ''Series/RulesOfEngagement'' (2010) as Bunny Dunbar (1 episode)
* ''[[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]'' (2014) [[AsHimself as herself]]
* ''Series/{{Benidorm}}'' (2014-17) as Crystal Hennessy-Vass (4 episodes)
* ''Series/TheRoyals'' as Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Oxford (7 episodes)
* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse'' (2018) as Evie Gallant/Bubbles [=McGee=] (4 episodes)

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!! The following tropes have been featured in the work of Joan Collins:

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* TheEighties: Thanks to ''Series/Dynasty1981'', Collins is indelibly associated with this decade.
* {{Biography}}: Collins has written two autobiogaphies, ''Past Imperfect'' and ''Second Act'', both of which should be taken with varying grains of salt. The former book was [[{{Bowdlerization}} notoriously edited]] for U.S. publication to delete passages detailing her more scandalous doings, but at Collins's insistence was re-released in a new, unexpurgated edition after she hit it big with ''Dynasty''.
* CareerResurrection: At one point in the late 1970s, Joan had to apply for California unemployment benefits. When she ''could'' get work again, it was generally in terrible movies based on novels by her sister Jackie or bottom-drawer giant-creature schlock. ''Then'' Joan's daughter Katy had a near-fatal accident. And '''then'''...along came ''Dynasty''!!
* EyeObscuringHat: The way she wore hats over one eye in ''Dynasty'' helped re-popularize that look.
* IAmNotSpock: From her speech at the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' 30th Anniversary celebration:
--> Whenever someone says to me, "Aren't you Alexis, that '''''[[RichBitch Bitch]]''''' from ''Dynasty''?" I smile and say, "No, I'm Edith Keeler, depression-era social worker from ''Star Trek''."
* MsFanservice: Especially prevalent in Collins's 1950s and early 1960s movies (e.g., ''Land of the Pharaohs'', ''Esther and the King'', ''Seven Thieves'', etc.), but she maintained her sex-symbol image well into her fifties, famously posing for a semi-nude ''Playboy'' pictorial in 1983 at the height of her ''Dynasty'' celebrity.
* PimpedOutDress: Alexis in ''Dynasty''. Collins has delighted in dressing to the nines and beyond for public events.
* PrettyInMink: Wore loads of fur wraps in her younger roles, in addition to the loads of furs in ''Dynasty''.
* ReallyGetsAround: Frequently played characters known for this.
** This was a RunningGag for a while on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Including Moe claiming Springfield's poorer residents were "gettin' the Joan Collins special," and Homer claiming an old, worn out pair of underwear "would stop Joan Collins herself."
* ShouldersOfDoom: Joan made these iconic in her role as Alexis on ''Dynasty'', and was often photographed wearing them in real life also.
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Her story at the Star Trek 30th Anniversary of how she got the part in "The City on the Edge of Forever":
--> In 1967, when my two children finally entered school, I decided I wanted to go back to acting, and soon afterwards, my agent Tom Corman called to say I'd been offered a great part in a ''Star Trek'' episode. \\
"Star what?" I said?\\
"It's a huge new cult show." said Tom. "Obviously you haven't been reading the trades."\\
"No, I've been too busy reading ''Mother and Child Care'' by Doctor Spock."\\
"Forget Doctor Spock", he said, "Start thinking ''Mister'' Spock."\\
"Ah, yes!" I said. "Mister Spock, the one the ears? The children love that show!" \\
"Right, then you'd better do it. You'll probably be queen of the universe, possess intergalactic powers, [[{{Stripperiffic}} wear tight, revealing costumes]]. Trust me, I'm your agent."\\
A week later I was cast as Edith Keeler, a saintly Earthling, who works as a social worker in a 1930s mission for down-and-out bums in New York's Bowery. Thanks, Tom.
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