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| partner = Frank Calcangnini (engaged 1994–1998, his death) | relatives = Joan Collins (sister) | website = }} Jacqueline Jill Collins OBE (4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015) was an English romance novelist. She moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s, became a U.S. citizen and spent most of her career.〔("Dishing dirt with Jackie Collins, who says her novels pale before real life" ), ''Chicago Tribune'', 20 July 2001.〕〔("Beloved author Jackie Collins only told older sister Joan two WEEKS before she died that she had been battling breast cancer for six years – because she didn't want to be a burden" ), ''Daily Mail'', 19 September 2015.〕 She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on ''The New York Times'' bestsellers list. In total, her books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages. Eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen, either as films or television mini-series. She was the younger sister of actress Joan Collins. ==Early life== Collins was born in 1937 in Hampstead, London,〔Born in 1937 as per (findmypast.co.uk )〕 the younger daughter of Elsa (née Bessant) Collins (died 1962) and Joseph William Collins (died 1988), a theatrical agent whose clients later included Shirley Bassey, the Beatles and Tom Jones. Collins' South African-born father was Jewish and her British mother was Anglican. A middle child, Collins had an elder sister, actress Joan Collins, and a younger brother, Bill, a property agent.〔 (subscription required)〕 Collins attended Francis Holland School, an independent day school for girls in London.〔(Francis Holland School website ); retrieved 1 January 2014.〕 She was expelled from the school at age 15.〔 During this period she reportedly had a brief affair with 29-year-old Marlon Brando. She began appearing in acting roles in a series of British B movies in the 1950s, and worked as a stage singer alongside a young Des O'Connor, among others. Her parents then sent her to Los Angeles to live with her older sister, Joan, a Hollywood actress.〔Hamilton, Geoff; Jones, Brian. ''Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction'', ''Facts on File — Infobase Learning'', (2013) e-book〕 There, she tried acting in small parts in low budget British films, including ''Barnacle Bill'' (1957), ''Rock You Sinners'' (1957), ''The Safecracker'' (1958), ''Intent to Kill'' (1958), ''Passport to Shame'' (1958), and ''The Shakedown'' (1960), in which she was credited as Lynn Curtis. Her acting was unexceptional, however, and after further appearances in such television series as ''Danger Man'' and ''The Saint'', Collins gave up on pursuing an acting career, although she did play briefly on the television series ''Minder'' in 1980.〔 She made a switch from the screen to becoming a novelist, with her first novel in 1968, ''The World Is Full of Married Men'', becoming a best-seller.〔 Four decades later, she admitted she was a "school dropout" and "juvenile delinquent" when she was fifteen: "I'm glad I got all of that out of my system at an early age," she later said,〔Dunne, Dominick. ''The Mansions of Limbo'', Random House Publishing (1991) e-book〕 adding that she "never pretended to be a literary writer."〔("Jackie Collins, Novelist Who Wrote of Hollywood’s Glamorous Side, Dies at 77" ), ''The New York Times'', 19 September 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jackie Collins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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