Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, DBE (b.1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. Born in Paddington, west London, and brought up in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. After making her stage debut in A Doll’s House at the age of 9, she trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She then signed an exclusive contract with the Rank Organisation and appeared in various British films.
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Life is not life unless you make mistakes.
—Joan Collins
Topics: Failures, Mistakes
The problem with beauty is that it’s like being born rich and getting poorer.
—Joan Collins
Topics: Reality, Opportunities
I’ve never yet met a man who could look after me. I don’t need a husband. What I need is a wife.
—Joan Collins
Topics: Husbands, Marriage
Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I’ll show you somebody who has never achieved much.
—Joan Collins
Topics: Mistakes
Age is just a number. It is totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.
—Joan Collins
Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.
—Joan Collins
Topics: Loneliness
According to my sister, the expert novelist Jackie Collins, most men stray. And sex doesn’t mean anything to most men. But I wouldn’t date a man who slept around. Absolutely not. I’ve divorced people for that.
—Joan Collins
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