Joan Collins

 Joan Collins, an English author and actress who has a net worth in excess of $20 million. She is most famous for her role in the role of Alexis Colby on the soap show "Dynasty," which ran from 1981 until 1989. Joan was in more than 195 episodes. Joan Henrietta Collins was born in London in England on the 23rd of May, 1933. Her father was a talent agent who represented the likes Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones. He was Jewish and a native of South Africa. Her mother was Anglican and came from England. She has two younger siblings and her younger sister, Jackie Collins, was an author with the highest sales, selling 500 million books in her lifetime. She was a student at the girls-only Francis Holland School, an independent school in London. When she was nine, she was cast in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" play. At the age of sixteen she was already enrolled as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. One year later she signed with the British studio Rank Organization. "The Skin of Our Teeth" In 1954 she was a part of a princess in the drama "The Land of the Pharaohs," and her performance was so striking that it landed her a seven-year contract with 21st Century Fox.