Dame Joan Collins in pictures as she turns 90

By Press Association

May 23 2023, 2:37pm

Joan Collins (PA)

Dame Joan Collins made her stage debut at the age of nine and has been a consummate performer ever since.

As she marks her 90th birthday, we look back at the actress over the decades, from her role as vengeful schemer Alexis Carrington Colby in the soap Dynasty, to her book signings and brushes with royalty.

Joan Collins – Endell Street Baths – Holborn — Preparing for filming at the Endell Street Baths in Holborn, London, in 1951 (PA)

Film – Joan Collins – ‘The Robe’ Premiere, the Odeon, Leicester Square, London — At the premiere of The Robe in 1953 (PA)

Entertainment – Joan Collins and Daughters – London Airport — With her children Sasha and Tara at London Airport in 1966 (PA)

Joan and Jackie Collins – London Airport — With her sister Jackie Collins (right) and niece Tracy Austin in 1962 (PA)

Royalty – Queen Elizabeth II – Royal Variety Performance – Theatre Royal, London — Meeting Queen Elizabeth II backstage following the Royal Variety Performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1985 (PA)

Joan Collins – Heathrow Airport – London — Arriving at Heathrow in 1988 (PA)

Actress and authoress Joan Collins — Launching her book Too Damn Famous in Harrods in 1995 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Collins Over The Moon — On stage in Over The Moon at the Old Vic in 2001 (Myung Jung Kim/PA)

“Your Countryside, You’re Welcome Week” Collins — Launching a campaign to encourage people to visit the countryside in 2002 (Sean Dempsey/PA)

Joan Collins Gangs of New York — With her husband Percy Gibson at the Gangs Of New York premiere in London in 2003 (Ian West/PA)

London Fashion Week – Christopher Kane Celeb Sighting — Arriving at a Christopher Kane fashion show in 2009 (Yui Mok/PA)

Platinum Jubilee — During the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations in 2022 (Jonathan Brady/PA)