Joan Collins

In 1997, Queen Elizabeth II granted Joan the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Joan appeared on the December 1983 cover of Playboy at the age of 50.

By the end of Dynasty's run on television, Joan was making a whopping $120,000 per episode.

Joan was a great admirer of former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.

Turned down Frank Sinatra, Robert F. Kennedy, Darryl F. Zanuck and Dean Martin.

She had affairs with Dennis Hopper, Arthur Lowe, Sydney Chaplin, Ryan O'Neal, and George Englund (Cloris Leachman's husband).

Refused to return to work on Dynasty (1981) at the beginning of the 1985-1986 season until she was given a raise, forcing the writers to write her out of the first episode of the season. It was a bold move on her part, because the previous season's cliffhanger was the infamous "Moldavian Massacre", in which all the characters were shot. It would have been very easy for the producers to fire her and eliminate the character of Alexis by having her being killed in the shootout. However, she successfully negotiated a raise to around $60,000 per episode and returned to work, missing only one episode.

Joan is allergic to shellfish.

Only appeared in 13 of 22 episodes during the final season of Dynasty (1981) because the producers told her they couldn't afford to pay her every week.

Once engaged to Warren Beatty.

The eldest of three children, she is the sister of famous novelist Jackie Collins.