JOAN COLLINS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 279003

JOAN COLLINS
Color publicity photograph of Joan Collins from the knees up in a white fur trimmed coat and surrounding by silver presents and furniture
Photograph signed "Joan Collins" in blue ink. With notation on verso in violet ink. Color, 7¾x9¾ overall, 7¼x9½ image, one surface. Best known for her role as Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan (1981-1989) on the TV series Dynasty, British actress Joan Collins, daughter of a London theatrical booking agent and born in London in 1933, made her show business debut in a production of The Doll's House at age nine. After debuting in British films in 1951 (in an un-credited role in Lady Godiva Rides Again), she made an auspicious American debut as an Egyptian temptress in Land of the Pharoahs (1955). This assignment led to a contract with 20th Century-Fox, where, despite a few good dramatic parts (Girl on the Red Velvet Swing, 1955) and an adroit comic characterization in Rally Round the Flag, Boys (1958), she was written off by critics as decorative but nothing more. Collins' role on Dynasty changed all that. At the beginning of the 1985-1986 season, she had the star power to demand a raise before returning to work, but she later only appear in 13 of the final season's 22 episodes as producers could not afford to pay her every week. Collins, who has also appeared in made-for-TV movies and miniseries and in guest appearances from 1957 to 2005, also had recurring roles on the TV "soaps" Pacific Palisades (1997) and The Guiding Light (2002). Trekkers may recognize her as Edith Keeler, Captain Kirk's doomed love interest, from the original series episode The City on The Edge of Forever (1967). In 1991, she realized one of her dreams when she debuted on Broadway in Private Lives. Collins is the sister of author Jackie Collins and the mother of British news anchor Tara Newley and artist Alexander Newley (by second husband, Anthony Newley) and actress Katyana Kass (by third husband, Ronald S. Kass). Lightly toned, creased and bowed. Signature is lightly smeared. Otherwise in fine condition.