- Younger sister of Joan Collins.
- Expelled from Francis Holland School in England for truancy, smoking, and selling copies of her own book of dirty limericks.
- As the titillating London-born author of Rock Star (1999), Lucky Chances (1990) and Hollywood Wives (1985), the writer has had 400 million copies of her books sold in more than 40 countries.
- In 1959, she changed her name to Lynn Curtis, because of forever being referred to as "sister of Joan Collins". Two years later, she felt comfortable enough to revert to her real name.
- Sent her daughters to Francis Holland School in England, the same school that she was expelled from.
- Her father was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (some of whom had come from the Netherlands and Germany). Her mother was English, and had French ancestry.
- The Sunday Times Rich List estimated her net worth at $147 million (2009).
- Jackie Collins passed away on September 19, 2015, only two weeks away from what would have been her 78th birthday on October 4.
- Following her death, she was interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. She had dual British and American citizenship.
- In 2004, she plugged her 23rd book "Hollywood Divorces" which was a thinly-disguised portrait of certain Tinseltown players.
- She was made an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to fiction and charity. She is a romantic novelist.
- Fed up of being in the shadow of her sister Joan she changed her name to Lynn Curtis, had the tip of her nose removed and changed her hair style then 2 years later reverted to her original name.
- Author of books such as Hollywood Wives (1985).
- Widow of Oscar Lerman.
- She had 3 daughters Tracy, Tiffany and Rory.
- Youngest daughter of Joseph William and Elsa Collins.
- Sister-in-law of Percy Gibson.
- Has the same birthday (October 4th) as another famous novelist, Anne Rice.
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