Jackie Collins

Jackie Collins
Collins in 2012
Born
Jacqueline Jill Collins

(1937-10-04)4 October 1937
London, England
Died19 September 2015(2015-09-19) (aged 77)
Resting placeWestwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation(s)Novelist, actress
Spouses
Wallace Austin
(m. 1960; div. 1964)
(m. 1965; died 1992)
PartnerFrank Calcagnini (engaged 1994–1998, his death)
Children3
RelativesJoan Collins (sister)
Websitewww.jackiecollins.com

Jacqueline Jill Collins OBE (4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015) was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there.[1] She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.[2] Her books have sold more than 500 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages.[3][4] Eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen, either as films or television miniseries. She was the younger sister of Dame Joan Collins.

  1. ^ "Dishing dirt with Jackie Collins, who says her novels pale before real life", Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2001.
  2. ^ Horwell, Veronica (20 September 2015). "Jackie Collins obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ Leadbetter, Russell (17 October 2007). "10 things about Jackie Collins". The Evening Times. Glasgow. p. 27.
  4. ^ Roberts, Oliver (18 November 2007). "Mistress of fiction". The Sunday Times. Johannesburg. p. 16.

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