Collins was born in Exmouth, Devon, the daughter of Mary Honora (née Callanan), a schoolteacher, and William Henry Collins, a school headmaster. She is of Irish extraction and was brought up as a Roman Catholic in Wallasey, Cheshire. Her great-uncle was Irish poet Jeremiah Joseph, Callanan

Are Pauline Collins and Joan Collins related?

No, The Time of Their Lives is a 2017 British road comedy film directed and written by Roger Goldby and starring Joan Collins as Helen Shelley and Pauline Collins (no relation) as Priscilla.

Joan Collins married her fifth and current husband Percy Gibson, who is 31 years her junior, on 17 February 2002 at Claridge’s Hotel in London. As of 2019, Collins had three grandchildren

Collins played the title role in the play, Shirley Valentine, for which she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

Her other film appearances include City of Joy (1992), Paradise Road (1997), Albert Nobbs (2011), Quartet (2012), and The Time of Their Lives (2017)