Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, DBE (born 23 May 1933) is a 5' 6" English actress, author & columnist. She made her stage debut at the age of nine, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, entered British films in 1951 & went to Hollywood under contract to 20th Century Fox in 1955. Her appearances on American television during the 1960s included playing the villainous Siren in Batman, Run For Your Life, The Virginian, Mission: Impossible, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and Star Trek.
