Editing Joan Collins (section)

==Early life==
Collins was born in [[Paddington]], London on 23 May 1933,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eldridge |first1=Alison |title=Joan Collins |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joan-Collins |website=Britannica |access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Joan Collins: A Life of Glamour, Talent, and Philanthropy |date=31 December 2023 |publisher=Andro Press |isbn=979-8-8735-2986-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfZp0AEACAAJ |access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref> and brought up in [[Maida Vale]], the daughter of Elsa Collins (née Bessant), a dance teacher, and Joseph William Collins, a talent agent<ref name="profile"/> (whose clients would later include [[Shirley Bassey]], [[the Beatles]] and [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]).<ref name="profile">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7C33EC6AB70D8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|work=Newsbank|date=2 April 1988|title=Joan Collins profile|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=25 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430130725/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7C33EC6AB70D8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her father, a native of South Africa, was [[Jew]]ish, and her British mother was [[Anglican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/interviews/my-father-warned-me-not-to-trust-showbiz-men-1.477915|title=Joan Collins: 'My father warned me not to trust showbiz men'|last=White|first=Francine|date=January 3, 2019|website=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011190126/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/arts/2007/09/20/bolor116.xml Joan Collins: low cunning and high drama], Telegraph.co.uk; accessed 28 December 2014.</ref><ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF3F1C6E5E94DE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Queen of Hollywood gossip mill Jackie Collins's novels grow out of the best dirt"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013075227/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF3F1C6E5E94DE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=13 October 2022 }}, nl.newsbank.com; accessed 28 December 2014.</ref><ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB718E537DBA35B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Collins returns to an early love, the stage"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013075230/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB718E537DBA35B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=13 October 2022 }}, Nl.newsbank.com; accessed 28 December 2014.</ref> She had two younger siblings, [[Jackie Collins|Jackie]], a novelist, and Bill, a property agent.<ref name="Times15">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/jackie-collins-g0mvqdxrjll|title=Jackie Collins|work=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=21 September 2015|access-date=22 September 2015}} (subscription required)</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/books/novelist-jackie-collins-dies-breast-cancer-age-77-n430411|title=Best-Selling Novelist Jackie Collins Dies of Breast Cancer at Age 77|date=19 September 2015|access-date=20 September 2015|agency=NBC News}}</ref> She was educated at the [[Francis Holland School]], an independent day school for girls in London.<ref name=tatler>[http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2014/public/francis-holland-school-nw1 Francis Holland School, NW1 at Tatler Schools Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192025/http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2014/public/francis-holland-school-nw1 |date=2 January 2014 }}, Tatler.com; retrieved 28 December 2014.</ref> Collins made her stage debut in the [[Henrik Ibsen]] play ''[[A Doll's House]]'' at the age of nine, and at the age of 16 trained as an actress at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA) in London. At the age of 17, Collins was signed to the [[The Rank Organisation|Rank Organisation]], a British film studio.<ref name=TCM>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=37169&apid=83564 Joan Collins bio]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, TCM.com; accessed 28 December 2014.</ref>