Jackie Collins

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Jackie Collins (2013)

Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins OBE (born October 4, 1937 in Hampstead (London) - † September 19, 2015 in Beverly Hills , California ) was a British - American writer and actress. In addition to being British, she also had US citizenship since May 1960 .

Life

Jackie Collins is the daughter of Elsa (née Bessant) Collins (d. 1962) and Joseph William Collins (d. 1988), a theater agent who later included clients such as Shirley Bassey , the Beatles and Tom Jones . Collins' South African born father was Jewish and her British mother was Anglican . Her older sister is the actress Joan Collins . She also has a younger brother, realtor Bill Collins.

Collins attended the Francis Holland School in London , an independent day school for girls that she had to leave at the age of 15 because she had a brief affair with 29-year-old Marlon Brando .

Collins married Wallace Austin in 1960. Their first daughter was born in 1961 and only four years later, Collins divorced and married the art gallery owner and nightclub owner Oscar Lerman in 1965. From this marriage two more daughters were born. In 1992 her second husband died of prostate cancer . In 1994, Collins became engaged to Los Angeles-based businessman Frank Calcagnini, who died of a brain tumor in 1998.

In 2007 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In September 2015, Collins died of the disease at the age of 77.

Career

In the 1950s, Collins appeared in acting roles in a number of British films, including working as a singer alongside the young Des O'Connor . Her parents then sent her to Los Angeles to live with her older sister, Joan. There Collins played minor supporting roles in British films such as Captain Seekrank , Rock You Sinners , The Safecracker , Intent to Kill , Passport to Shame and the Shakedown . After minor appearances in television series such as Danger Man and The Saint , Collins gave up his acting career, although she briefly appeared in the 1980 television series Minder .

Jackie Collins switched from acting to writing novels. In 1968 she published her first book, The World Is Full of Married Men , which became a bestseller. During her writing career, she wrote more than 30 books in 38 years. Eight of her novels have been adapted as either a film or a television series, including Hollywood Wives starring Farrah Fawcett and Anthony Hopkins . With her often erotic romance novels, she was not particularly popular with critics, but reached an audience of millions of readers and wrote numerous bestsellers.

Publications (selection)

Single novels

  • The World Is Full of Married Men (1968)
  • The Stud (1969)
  • Sinners (1971)
  • The Love Killers (1974)
  • The World Is Full of Divorced Women (1975)
  • Lovers and Gamblers (1977)
  • The Bitch (1979)
  • Rock Star (1988)
  • American Star (1993)
  • Thrill! (1998)
  • Lovers & Players (2006)
  • Married Lovers (2008)
  • Poor Little Bitch Girl (2009)
  • The Power Trip (2012)

Hollywood

  • Hollywood Wives (1983)
  • Hollywood Husbands (1986)
  • Hollywood Kids (1994)
  • Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2001)
  • Hollywood Divorces (2003)

Santangelo

  • Chances (1981)
  • Lucky (1985)
  • Lady Boss (1990)
  • Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge (1996)
  • Dangerous Kiss (1999)
  • Drop Dead Beautiful (2007)
  • Goddess of Vengeance (2011)
  • Confessions of a Wild Child (2013)
  • The Santangelos (2015)

Other works

  • The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook (2014)

Filmography

  • 1954: For Better, for Worse
  • 1955: ITV Play of the Week
  • 1955: The Missing Scientists
  • 1956: They Never Learn
  • 1957: Educated Evans
  • 1957: Captain seasick
  • 1957: It Could Be You
  • 1958: Undercover Girl
  • 1958: Rock You Sinners
  • 1958: Safe cracker No. 1
  • 1958: A duel with death ( Intent to Kill )
  • 1958: Eddie, Death and the Devil ( Passport to Shame )
  • 1960: Shakedown
  • 1960: During a night ( During One Night )
  • 1961: Secret assignment for John Drake - The Contessa
  • 1963: Simon Templar - Starring the Saint
  • 1965: Compact
  • 1989: Michael Jackson : Liberian Girl
  • 1999: Jackie's Back!
  • 2015: Sharknado 3

Web links

Commons : Jackie Collins  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b “Die Stute” and “Das Luder”: Erotic author Jackie Collins is dead. In: Spiegel Online , September 20, 2015, accessed on September 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Author Jackie Collins Exclusive 35 Minute Life Story Interview at celebrityradio.biz, accessed on March 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ Joe Collins, 85, actors agent, father of actress and novelist at nl.newsbank.com, accessed March 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ Jackie Collins at thetimes.co.uk, accessed March 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ Francis Holland School tatler.com, accessed on March 6 of 2019.
  6. ^ Leadbetter, Russell (October 17, 2007). "10 Things About Jackie Collins". The evening times. Glasgow. P. 27
  7. ↑ Buchanan, Kathy (June 24, 2007). "In my own words - Jackie Collins". The Sunday Telegraph Magazine. Sydney p. 13
  8. ↑ Jackie Collins admits: I had an affair with Marlon Brando at telegraph.co.uk when I was 15 , accessed March 6, 2019.
  9. ↑ a b Jackie Collins, Hollywood glamor and sex writer, dies at theguardian.com at the age of 77 , accessed March 6, 2019.
  10. ↑ Beloved author Jackie Collins only told older sister Joan two WEEKS before she died that she had been battling breast cancer for six years - because she didn't want to be a burden at dailymail.co.uk, accessed on March 6, 2019.
  11. ↑ a b Hamilton, Geoff; Jones, Brian. Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction, Facts on File - Infobase Learning, (2013) e-book
personal data
SURNAME Collins, Jackie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Collins, Jacqueline Jill (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American writer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England , UK
DATE OF DEATH 19th September 2015
Place of death Beverly Hills , California , United States