Jackie Collins
Jackie Collins was a writer best known for her novels about love, romance and Hollywood. Over the course of more than four decades she wrote 32 novels and sold more than 500 million copies, eight of which were adapted for television or film.
The best-selling British author launched her writing career with the 1968 novel The World Is Full of Married Men. The book was made into a feature film in 1979, starring Anthony Franciosa and Carroll Baker. Her books The Stud and The Bitch were also turned into films, and starred her older sister, actress Joan Collins, as a nightclub owner.
She also wrote the film Yesterday’s Hero, the TV movie Lady Boss and the novel that the film Paris Connections was based on. Her novel Hollywood Wives became a 1985 ABC television miniseries featuring Candice Bergen, Angie Dickinson, Suzanne Somers and Anthony Hopkins. Produced by Aaron Spelling, it became one of the most-watched miniseries of the decade. A follow-up came in 2003 with the TV movie Hollywood Wives: The New Generation, starring Farrah Fawcett and Melissa Gilbert; Collins also served as an executive producer. Additionally, she produced the TV documentary Jackie Collins Presents in 2004.
Jackie Collins was a writer best known for her novels about love, romance and Hollywood. Over the course of more than four decades she wrote 32 novels and sold more than 500 million copies, eight of which were adapted for television or film.
The best-selling British author launched her writing career with the 1968 novel The World Is Full of Married Men. The book was made into a feature film in 1979, starring Anthony Franciosa and Carroll Baker. Her books The Stud and The Bitch were also turned into films, and starred her older sister, actress Joan Collins, as a nightclub owner.
She also wrote the film Yesterday’s Hero, the TV movie Lady Boss and the novel that the film Paris Connections was based on. Her novel Hollywood Wives became a 1985 ABC television miniseries featuring Candice Bergen, Angie Dickinson, Suzanne Somers and Anthony Hopkins. Produced by Aaron Spelling, it became one of the most-watched miniseries of the decade. A follow-up came in 2003 with the TV movie Hollywood Wives: The New Generation, starring Farrah Fawcett and Melissa Gilbert; Collins also served as an executive producer. Additionally, she produced the TV documentary Jackie Collins Presents in 2004.
Prior to her career in writing, Collins worked as an actress, appearing in movies and several TV shows throughout the 1950s and ‘60s.
In 2013 she was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth.
Collins died on September 19, 2015, in Los Angeles. She was 77.
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