Editing Joan Collins (section)

==Personal life==

=== Marriages and family ===
Collins has been married five times,<ref name="tvg">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/joan-collins/bio/157289|title=Joan Collins Biography|publisher=Tvguide.com|access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> first to Northern Irish actor [[Maxwell Reed]], whom she married on 24 May 1952 after he [[date rape]]d her.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joan Collins, 81, reveals she was drugged, raped by husband Maxwell Reed before marrying him|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=30 November 2014|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/joan-collins-reveals-raped-husband-maxwell-reed-article-1.2028042|access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Joan Collins on love, loss and lust at 90: 'You have to eat life or life will eat you!'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/25/joan-collins-on-love-loss-and-lust-at-90-you-have-to-eat-life-or-life-will-eat-you|date=25 September 2023|access-date=25 September 2023|first=Simon|last=Hattenstone|language=en-gb|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Collins |first=Joan |title=Past Imperfect |year=1978 |isbn=0-425-07786-1 |chapter=Two|publisher=Berkley Books }}</ref>  She divorced Reed on 29 May 1956.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=30 May 1956 |title=Joan Collins Gets Divorce |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/30/archives/joan-collins-gets-divorce.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |location= |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref> In 1959, Collins began a romance with the then-unknown actor [[Warren Beatty]]. They became engaged in 1960, but his infidelity led to their split the same year.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://parade.com/211568/erinhill/joan-collins-shares-steamy-details-of-affairs-with-harry-belafonte-and-warren-beatty/|title=Joan Collins Shares Steamy Details of Affairs with Harry Belafonte and Warren Beatty|last=Hill|first=Erin|date=14 October 2013|newspaper=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays}}</ref> Collins revealed in her 1978 autobiography that she got an abortion during the relationship.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/1991/08/02/warren-beattys-relationships/|title=Warren Beatty's relationships|date=2 August 1991|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>

On 27 May 1963, she married actor and singer-songwriter [[Anthony Newley]], with whom she had two children, [[Tara Newley|Tara]] (born 12 October 1963) and [[Alexander Newley|Alexander]] (born 8 September 1965). The couple divorced on 13 August 1971. She wed her third husband, American businessman [[Ron Kass]] on 11 March 1972, and the couple had a daughter, Katyana (born 20 June 1972).<ref>{{cite book | last=Badman | first=Keith | title=The Beatles After the Breakup 1970–2000: A day-by-day diary | year=2001 | publisher=Omnibus Press | location=London | isbn=0-7119-7520-5 }}</ref> Collins and Kass divorced on 6 May 1983. She married former singer [[Peter Holm (singer)|Peter Holm]] on 3 November 1985.<ref name=upi>{{cite news| title=Joan Collins Wed 4th Time, in Vegas| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-07-mn-3396-story.html| work=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=7 November 1985| agency=Associated Press| access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref> Collins sought an [[annulment]] in December 1986,<ref name=trib>{{cite news| title=Joan Collins Seeks To Annul 4th Marriage| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-09/news/8604020138_1_annulment-irreconcilable-differences-peter-holm| date=9 December 1986| work=[[Chicago Tribune]]| accessdate=7 January 2014| archive-date=8 January 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108193340/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-09/news/8604020138_1_annulment-irreconcilable-differences-peter-holm| url-status=dead}}</ref> but was instead granted a divorce 24 August 1987.<ref name=deutsch>{{cite news| title=Divorce final between Joan Collins and fourth husband, Peter Holm| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19870825&id=drQeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r84EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4056,3789189| last=Deutsch| first=Linda| author-link=Linda Deutsch |agency=[[Associated Press]]| work=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]| date=25 August 1987| accessdate=7 January 2014}}</ref> 

In April 2000, Collins and [[George Hamilton]] performed the play ''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]'' by [[A.R. Gurney]] at the [[Marines' Memorial Theatre]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref name="playbill/88399">{{cite web |last1=Lefkowitz |first1=David |title=Joan Collins & George Hamilton Read Love Letters in San Fran, April 11-23 |url=https://playbill.com/article/joan-collins-george-hamilton-read-love-letters-in-san-fran-april-11-23-com-88399 |website=[[playbill.com]] |access-date=4 May 2025 |date=April 11, 2000}}</ref> Percy Gibson<ref name="thenational.scot/23898759">{{cite news |title=Who is Dame Joan Collins husband Percy Gibson? |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/national/uk-today/23898759.dame-joan-collins-fifth-husband-percy-gibson/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=[[ The National (Scotland)]] |date=21 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> was producing the play.<ref name="people/who-is-percy">{{cite news |last1=McCarty |first1=Megan |title=Who Is Joan Collins' Husband? All About Percy Gibson |url=https://people.com/tv/who-is-percy-gibson-joan-collins-husband/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=[[People.com]] |date=January 16, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> She married Gibson, her fifth and current husband,<ref name="evoke.ie/collins-gibson">{{cite news |title=How They Met: Joan Collins 'Met Soulmate' in Percy Gibson |url=https://evoke.ie/2022/02/18/entertainment/how-they-met-joan-collins-percy-gibson |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=[[evoke.ie]] |date=18 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="broadwayworld/Percy-Gibson">{{cite web |title=Percy Gibson (Assistant Company Manager, Associate Company Manager): |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Percy-Gibson/ |website=[[Broadway World]] |access-date=4 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> who is 32 years her junior, on 17 February 2002 at [[Claridge's|Claridge's Hotel]] in London.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=18 February 2002 |title=Actress Joan Collins marries for 5th time |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-02-18-0202180162-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |location= |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref> Collins has four grandchildren.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/entertainment/celebrities/joan-collins|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907071119/https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/entertainment/celebrities/joan-collins|archive-date=7 September 2022|url-status=dead|title= Grande Dame Joan Collins|magazine=Saga Magazine|date=6 September 2022|first=David|last=Wigg}}</ref>

Collins's younger sister was [[Jackie Collins]], a bestselling English [[romance novel]]ist, who died in September 2015. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' bestsellers list]].<ref name="Horwell">{{cite news|last=Horwell|first=Veronica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/20/jackie-collins|title=Jackie Collins obituary|work=The Guardian|date=20 September 2015|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref>

Collins maintains residences in [[Belgravia]], [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], and [[Saint-Tropez]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://joancollins.net/career.html|title=Joan Collins Career|publisher=Joancollins.net|access-date=31 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102232727/http://www.joancollins.net/career.html|archive-date=2 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> describing her life in 2010 as being "that of a gypsy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womanandhome.com/articles/travelandentertainment/celebrityinterviews/292265/joan-collins.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209195227/http://www.womanandhome.com/articles/travelandentertainment/celebrityinterviews/292265/joan-collins.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2013|title=Interview with Joan Collins|publisher=Woman And Home|date=17 November 2010|access-date=31 October 2012}}</ref> In 2019, Collins and Gibson escaped a "terrifying" fire at her London flat in [[Eaton Place]]. Gibson was able to contain the blaze using a fire extinguisher before the emergency services arrived. Collins was treated for smoke inhalation but was otherwise unharmed and thanked the emergency response crews on social media.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47927045|title=Joan Collins flees 'terrifying' fire in Belgravia flat|date=14 April 2019|access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/joan-collins-lucky-to-be-alive-following-fire-at-her-london-flat-919007.html|title=Joan Collins 'lucky to be alive' following fire at her London flat|date=14 April 2019|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420105043/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/joan-collins-lucky-to-be-alive-following-fire-at-her-london-flat-919007.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, she sold her condo in New York for $2 million.<ref>Wallace, Rachel (May 20, 2021). [https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/joan-collins-sells-longtime-nyc-pied-a-terre "Joan Collins Sells Longtime NYC Pied-à-Terre For $2 Million"]. ''Architectural Digest''.</ref>

===Political views===
Collins was a supporter of Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]], and was invited to attend [[Death and funeral of Margaret Thatcher|her funeral]] on 17 April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatcher-funeral-guest-list-1824266|title=Thatcher's funeral guest list|publisher=Mirror.co.uk|date=15 April 2013|access-date=16 April 2013}}</ref> She also said: "I'm a big [[monarchism|monarchist]] and I love [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.film-news.co.uk/show-news.asp?H=Joan-Collins-so-happy-with-husband&nItemID=9362|title=Joan Collins so happy with husband|publisher=Film-News.co.uk|date=4 February 2010|access-date=31 October 2012}}</ref> In 2004, it was announced she had become a Patron of the [[UK Independence Party]], though she later said this did not necessarily mean she would vote for the party.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/oct/28/otherparties.uk "Patron Joan Collins 'may not vote Ukip'"]'The Guardian'. 28 October 2004; retrieved 5 February 2022.</ref> In 2013, she supported [[Brexit|British withdrawal from the European Union]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/07/european-union-exit-_n_3227972.html "European Union Exit: Who Else Wants Britain To Leave? (Other Than Nigel Farage)"], ''The Huffington Post''. 7 May 2013; retrieved 31 March 2014.</ref>