{"product_id":"joan-collins-14814","title":"Joan Collins - 14814","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritish actress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCollins made her stage debut at the age of 9 in The Doll's House and her film debut in a small role as a beauty contestant in Lady Godiva Rides Again (1953). A role as an Egyptian temptress in Land of the Pharaohs (1955) led to a contract with 20th Century-Fox, where despite some good films - Girl on the Red Velvet Swing (1955) and Rally Round the Flag, Boys (1958) - she was written off by critics as decorative but nothing more. She was perilously close to \"perennial starlet\" status in the 1960s, and by the 1970s was the uncrowned queen of \"B\" pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffscreen she cut quite a swath through the tabloid headlines; if her autobiography, Past Imperfect is to be believed, she had affairs with virtually every male actor in Hollywood except Wile E. Coyote. Her maturation from mere personality to superstar came about when she was cast in 1981 as glamorous and predatory Alexis Carrington on Dynasty. Her sister Jackie Collins (1937-2015) was a highly successful romance novelist, whose novels The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979) were turned into films, both starring sibling Joan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a very pretty black and white photograph (5.75\" x 4.25\"), boldly signed and inscribed (\"To John, With every wish for Success! Joan Collins\") In black ink. In excellent condition (the inscription is tucked away in the top left corner.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clickautographs","offers":[{"title":"1colour \/ 1size \/ Authentic","offer_id":57853611770188,"sku":"228","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/9222\/3052\/files\/joan_collins_JS.jpg?v=1785520224","url":"https:\/\/midsussexcollectibles.com\/en-gb\/products\/joan-collins-14814","provider":"Mid Sussex Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}