Jackie Collins

About Jackie Collins

Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins (born 4 October 1937), is a British-born novelist and former actress. She is the younger sister of actress Joan Collins. Each of Collins' twenty-five novels have been on the New York Times bestsellers list.

Collins was born in London, the daughter of Elsa Bessant and Joseph William Collins, a theatrical agent whose clients included Shirley Bassey, The Beatles and Tom Jones. Collins's South African-born father was Jewish and her British mother was Anglican. A middle child, Collins has one sister, actress Joan Collins (b.1933), and a younger brother, Bill Collins (b. 1946).

At 15, Collins was expelled from school; after she had been expelled, she threw her school uniform in the Thames.