DameJoanHenriettaCollins,DBE(born23May1933)isanEnglishactress,authorandcolumnist.BorninLondon,CollinsgrewupduringtheSecondWorldWar.AftermakingherstagedebutintheHenrikIbsenplayADoll'sHouseattheageofnine,shetrainedasanactressattheRoyalAcademyofDramaticArt(RADA)inLondon.ShethensignedanexclusivecontractwiththeRankOrganisationandappearedinvariousBritishfilms.