My mother was a domestic ...

My mother was a domestic goddess and Mother Earth figure. She was sweet and placid - just what the perfect wife was supposed to be and I was determined not to be.
 Joan Collins

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In fact, the 20th century I think was the most fascinating century and the whole of man civilization because so much happened.
 Joan Collins
Certainly there are dozens of over-50 actresses who look great: Sophia Loren, Susan Sarandon, Ursula Andress, Stefanie Powers, Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, Joanna Lumley, Linda Gray - the list is endless, and these are just the actresses! I have many friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s, not in the limelight, but who all look absolutely stunning.
 Joan Collins
My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.
 Joan Collins
My mother use to call me 'Miss Perpetual Motion' because I rarely keep still.
 Joan Collins
My grandmother spoiled my father rotten and he grew up expecting women to do whatever he wanted. When he married my beautiful mother, Elsa, he expected her to give up her career as a champion ballroom dancer and become a good wife and mother, which she dutifully did.
 Joan Collins