Joan Collins: ‘I have to work. How rich do you think I am?’
She’s survived everything that fame and misfortune have thrown at her , Joan Collins remains the doyenne of divas. Andrew Billen meets her in Claridge’s (of course)
Here is my theory: Dame Joan Collins may not swagger among the pantheon of Britain’s greatest actresses, but her acting was good enough to harm her. Snatched from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for starletdom by the Rank Organisation aged 17 and now still hard at work, two roles define her. The first is the nymphomaniac businesswoman Fontaine Khaled from The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979), the latter film bearing the title that subtitles Collins like an invisible chat-show chyron. The other role, obviously, is Alexis Colby, the vengeance-is-hers ex-wife of the oil tycoon Blake Carrington in Dynasty (1981-89). Yes, before those parts she played a nun and afterwards a Noël Coward heroine or two, but it is those predatory vamps..
You can read the full interview in Saturday's The Times magazine!
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