![]() Her second novel, The Stud, was published in 1969. The book was banned in Australia and South Africa, but the scandal bolstered sales in the United States and the UK. After the publication of her first novel The World Is Full of Married Men, romantic novelist Barbara Cartland called the book "nasty, filthy and disgusting", and charged Collins with "creating every pervert in Britain". Four decades later, she admitted she was a "school dropout" and "juvenile delinquent" when she was 15: "I'm glad I got all of that out of my system at an early age," she said, adding that she "never pretended to be a literary writer." Writing career 1960s Ĭollins had begun many works of fiction but abandoned them, and only completed her first novel after being persuaded to do so by her second husband Oscar Lerman. Her first book, The World Is Full of Married Men (1968), became a best-seller. After minor appearances in such television series as Danger Man and The Saint, Collins gave up on pursuing an acting career, although she did play briefly on the television series Minder in 1980. These included Barnacle Bill (1957), Rock You Sinners (1957), The Safecracker (1958), Intent to Kill (1958), Passport to Shame (1958), and The Shakedown (1960), in which she was credited as Lynn Curtis. Collins began appearing in acting roles in a series of British B movies. work permit to enable her to be groomed for stardom at 20th Century Fox. She returned to London after failing to gain a U.S. ![]() In 1956, Collins visited her older sister, Joan, who was then based in Los Angeles. During this period, she reportedly had a brief affair with 29-year-old Marlon Brando. Ĭollins attended Francis Holland School, an independent day school for girls in London and was expelled at age 15. A middle child, Collins had an elder sister, Joan Collins (actress and author), and a younger brother, Bill (who became a property agent). Ĭollins's South African-born father was Jewish, and her British mother was Anglican. She was the younger sister of Dame Joan Collins.Ĭollins was born in 1937, in Hampstead, London, the younger daughter of Elsa (née Bessant) Collins (died 1962) and Joseph William Collins (died 1988), a theatrical agent whose clients later included Dame Shirley Bassey, the Beatles, and Sir Tom Jones. Eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen, either as films or television miniseries. Her books have sold more than 500 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times bestsellers list. ![]() ![]() She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. Jacqueline Jill Collins OBE (4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015) was an English romance novelist and actress. Frank Calcagnini (engaged 1994–1998, his death) ![]()
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