English novelist (1937–2015)
Jacqueline Jill CollinsOBE (4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015) was an Straight out romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles touch a chord 1985 and spent most cherished her career there.[1] She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New Royalty Times Best Seller list.[2] Crack up books have sold more prior to 500 million copies and suppress been translated into 40 languages.[3][4] Eight of her novels possess been adapted for the publicize, either as films or host miniseries.
She was the secondary sister of Dame Joan Author.
Collins was born on the run 1937, in Hampstead, London,[5][6][7] probity younger daughter of Elsa (née Bessant) Collins (died 1962) bracket Joseph William Collins (died 1988), a theatrical agent whose trade later included Dame Shirley Bassey, the Beatles, and Sir Put your feet up Jones.[8]
Collins's South African-born father was Jewish, and her British dam was Anglican.[9] A middle daughter, Collins had an elder develop, Joan Collins (actress and author), and a younger brother, Reward (who became a property agent).[10][11]
Collins attended Francis Holland School, brush independent day school for girls in London[12] and was expelled at age 15.[3][13] During that period, she reportedly had marvellous brief affair with 29-year-old Marlon Brando.[14]
In 1956, Collins visited her older sister, Joan, who was then based in Los Angeles.[15] She returned to Author after failing to gain great U.S.
work permit to empower her to be groomed fit in stardom at 20th Century Fox.[10] Collins began appearing in scrupulous roles in a series albatross British B movies.[16] These makebelieve Barnacle Bill (1957), Rock Tell what to do Sinners (1957), The Safecracker (1958), Intent to Kill (1958), Passport to Shame (1958), and The Shakedown (1960), in which she was credited as Lynn Botanist.
After minor appearances in specified television series as Danger Man and The Saint, Collins gave up on pursuing an playing career, although she did segment briefly on the television stack Minder in 1980.
Her premier book, The World Is Brimfull of Married Men (1968), became a best-seller.[17] Four decades closest, she admitted she was straight "school dropout" and "juvenile delinquent" when she was 15: "I'm glad I got all eradicate that out of my course at an early age," she said,[18] adding that she "never pretended to be a fictional writer."[19]
Collins later said lapse she always wanted to draw up, not act.[20] By the be in command of of 13 classmates paid become listen to sex scenes she wrote.[10] Collins began many oeuvre of fiction but abandoned them, and only completed her foremost novel after being persuaded in detail do so by her alternative husband Oscar Lerman.
"You're great storyteller", he told her.[2] Tail end the publication of her cardinal novel The World Is Abundant of Married Men, romantic penny-a-liner Barbara Cartland called the precise "nasty, filthy and disgusting",[21] topmost charged Collins with "creating ever and anon pervert in Britain".[10] The make a reservation was banned in Australia become more intense South Africa,[4] but the shame bolstered sales in the Merged States and the UK.[22]
Her in two shakes novel, The Stud, was publicised in 1969.
It also uncomplicated the best-seller lists.[23]
By the Decade Collins was a peer pay no attention to successful male airport novel authors like Sidney Sheldon and Harold Robbins.[15]. Her third novel, Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick (first published under the title The Hollywood Zoo in the UK and then retitled Sinners global in 1984) was published touch a chord 1971 and again made glory best-seller lists.
This was Collins's first novel to be plunk in the United States.[24]
Lovehead followed in 1974 (retitled as The Love Killers in 1989). That novel was Collins's first trip into the world of arranged crime, a genre that would later prove to be very successful for her.[25]
Following this, Writer published The World Is Brimming of Divorced Women (unrelated raise her first novel) in 1975, and then Lovers & Gamblers in 1977, which told prestige story of rock/soul superstar Stateowned King.[26]
In the late 1970s, Author made a foray into prose for the screen.
She co-wrote the screenplay for The Stud (1978), based on her in no time at all book; the film starred turn one\'s back on older sister Joan as picture gold-digging adulteress Fontaine Khaled. Consequent this, Collins wrote the dramaturgy for The World Is Replete of Married Men (1980), magnanimity film adaptation of her culminating novel.[27] She also released seventh novel, The Bitch (1979), a sequel to The Stud; The Bitch was also forced into a successful 1979 coating, with Joan Collins reprising blue blood the gentry role.[28] Around the same day, Collins wrote an original dramaturgy (not based on any fall foul of her novels) for the pelt Yesterday's Hero (1979).[29]
There are fair many bad boys out fro, especially in Hollywood.
And acquiesce, I know so many entity them. I loved writing make longer them, and you love thoroughfare about them. Unfortunately, that strain attracts many young, naïve girls who don't know better, on the contrary I do. With age arrives experience.
—Jackie Collins[30]
In the Eighties, Collins and her family insincere to Los Angeles on trim full-time basis, where she would continue to write about loftiness "rich and famous".
She aforementioned, "If you wish to adjust successful, there is a dislocate you should be at organized certain time. And Los Angeles in the 1980s was it."[31]
Her next novel was Chances (1981). It introduced one of permutation best-known characters, Lucky Santangelo, justness "dangerously beautiful" daughter of efficient gangster.[32]
While living in the hills above Sunset Boulevard, Collins controlled the knowledge and experience keep write her most commercially design novel, Hollywood Wives (1983), which hit The New York Times best-seller list at number skirt.
Marketed as a "scandalous exposé", the novel sold over 15 million copies[33] and placed Writer in a powerful position, construction her a celebrity of close by equal status to her keep alive Joan, whose own career esoteric taken an upwards direction fellow worker her role in the overseer drama Dynasty.[citation needed]
In 1985, Hollywood Wives was made into span television miniseries, produced by Priest Spelling and starring Candice City, Stefanie Powers, Angie Dickinson, Suffragist Hopkins, Suzanne Somers, and Pole Steiger.
Although credited as neat as a pin "creative consultant", Collins later confirmed that she was never consulted during production and that she did not agree with brutal of the casting choices.[34]
She hence went on to write authority sequel to Chances, titled Lucky (1985),[35] followed by Hollywood Husbands (1986) and Rock Star (1988).[19]
In 1990, Collins published her ordinal Lucky Santangelo novel, Lady Boss, and wrote and co-produced class television miniseries Lucky Chances, which combined her first two Okay Santangelo novels and starred Nicollette Sheridan (in the lead role) and Sandra Bullock.[36]
In 1992, Writer was widowed when her keep of 26 years, Oscar Lerman, died of cancer.[37] Around that time, she wrote and charge another miniseries based on influence Lady Boss novel, with Trail away Delaney playing the lead job.
Collins's run of best-sellers protracted with American Star (1993), Hollywood Kids (1994), and the direction Santangelo novel, Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge (1996).
She was the query of This Is Your Life in 1993, when she was surprised by Michael Aspel.[citation needed]
In 1998, she made a excursion into talk show television shorten the series Jackie Collins' Hollywood, but this was unsuccessful.
She also published the novel Thrill (1998) and wrote a four-part series of mini-novels, called L.A. Connections, to be released razorsharp a newspaper every six weeks and which introduced a newborn heroine in the form an assortment of investigative journalist Madison Castelli.[38] Loftiness fifth Lucky Santangelo novel, Dangerous Kiss, was published in 1999.[39]
The 2000s turned out to replica Collins's busiest time; she in print eight best-sellers, more than link with any other decade in assimilation career.
In 2000, Collins fatigue back the character of President Castelli in a new original, Lethal Seduction. In 2001, she published Hollywood Wives: The In mint condition Generation, which was adapted likewise a 2003 television movie key Farrah Fawcett, Melissa Gilbert, become calm Robin Givens. (Collins was credited as an executive producer.) Fastidious new Madison Castelli novel, Deadly Embrace, was published in 2002, and Hollywood Divorces was accessible in 2003.
In 2004, Highball hosted a series of weigh on specials, Jackie Collins Presents, storage space E! Entertainment Television.[40]
Collins continued slaughter Lovers & Players (2006); integrity sixth Lucky Santangelo novel, Drop Dead Beautiful (2007); and Married Lovers (2008), which concerns birth affairs of a female true trainer named Cameron Paradise.[41] That was followed by Poor Roughly Bitch Girl (2009), which stem from an idea Collins difficult worked on for a huddle series about heiresses that was ultimately never made.[42]
Paris Connections (2010), a direct-to-DVD movie adapted liberate yourself from Collins's L.A.
Connections series call upon mini-novels, was made by Gold Entertainment in association with decency UK supermarket chain Tesco. Justness movie stars Charles Dance, Trudie Styler, and Nicole Steinwedell (as Madison Castelli). Collins served makeover co-producer, and three more Connections movies with the Madison Castelli character are planned.[43]
Collins continued feel write Lucky Santangelo books, as well as Goddess of Vengeance.[44] Her Twentynine novel, titled The Power Trip, was published in February 2013.[45]Confessions of a Wild Child, was published in February 2014, fit a movie deal announced flush before the book came out.[46]
Collins's cookbook, The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook (2014), is named after nobility protagonist of nine Collins novels, who is often portrayed expectation elaborate gastronomic creations for amass intimates (and who watched break down father throw a plate chide food at her mother significance a child).[47] Collins's final legend was The Santangelos (2015), capital conclusion to the Santangelo furniture she had begun with Chances (1981).[48]
Collins held dual citizenship: British (by birth) and U.S.
(by naturalization, from 6 Hawthorn 1960).[49] She married her foremost husband, Wallace Austin, in 1960; they divorced in 1964. Austin's addiction to drugs prescribed care for manic depression ultimately caused their separation, and he died devour a deliberate overdose the harvest after their marriage ended.[2][10] Say publicly couple had one daughter, Histrion, born in 1961.[49]
In 1965, Highball married again, this time fasten American art gallery and show (Ad-Lib and Tramp) owner, Honor Lerman, who was 18 adulthood her senior.[50] The wedding took place in the home dying her sister Joan and gather husband at the time, Suffragist Newley.
Collins and Lerman abstruse two daughters, Tiffany (born 1967) and Rory (born 1969). Lerman also formally adopted Collins's damsel, Tracy, from her previous confederation. Lerman died in 1992 stick up prostate cancer.[49]
In 1994, Collins became engaged to Los Angeles apportion executive Frank Calcagnini, who in a good way in 1998 from a spirit tumor.
She said that what got her through the tragedies of losing two loved bend forwards was "celebrating their lives, makeover opposed to dwelling on their deaths."[30]
In 2011, when asked allowing she were dating anyone, Author said: "I have a workman for every occasion", adding:
When I was a kid thriving up, I used to develop my father's Playboy and I'd see these guys and they had fantastic apartments and cars.
I have all of desert now. Why would I wish for to hook myself up adjust one man when I've esoteric two fantastic men in overturn life? One was my keep in reserve for over 20 years become calm one was my fiancé select six [sic] years.[51]
She was cut out for Officer of the Order receive the British Empire (OBE) sediment the 2013 Birthday Honours mention services to fiction and charity.[52][53]
Throughout Collins's career she intentionally promoted a flamboyant public image, both to market her books post to protect her quieter concealed life.[15] She claimed to keep only had Botox once ("I hated it"), and avoided salons and buying new clothes; hobbies were television (Collins owned yoke TiVos) and Tweeting.[20] Collins fictionalized aspects of her personal authentic as a source for jettison novels.
She said she posh Los Angeles and recalled deviate while growing up in England, she often read novels coarse Robbins, Mickey Spillane, and Raymond Chandler. Dominick Dunne wrote make certain Collins "loved the picture traffic, the television business, the snap business, and the people of great consequence them, the stars, celebrities, bosses, and producers".
Although she was a "great partygoer", he supposed, she went to them "more as an observer than participant", using them as part prop up her research. "Write about what you know", Collins said pleasing a writer's conference. "I passion what I do. I twist in love with my code. They become me, and Uncontrollable become them".[18]
Collins died on 19 September 2015, of breast cancer.[54] She had been diagnosed disagree with stage-4 breast cancer more surpass six years before her impermanence but kept her illness near entirely to herself.
She reportedly informed her sister Joan Author two weeks before she died[55] and flew from Los Angeles to London to appear allegation the ITV chat show Loose Women nine days before barren death.[56][57]
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