These included Barnacle Bill (1957), Rock You Sinners (1957), The Safecracker (1958), Intent to Kill (1958), Passport to Shame (1958), and The Shakedown (1960), in which she was credited as Lynn Curtis.
Collins began appearing in acting roles in a series of British B movies. work permit to enable her to be groomed for stardom at 20th Century Fox. She returned to London after failing to gain a U.S. In 1956, Collins visited her older sister, Joan, who was then based in Los Angeles. During this period, she reportedly had a brief affair with 29-year-old Marlon Brando. Ĭollins attended Francis Holland School, an independent day school for girls in London and was expelled at age 15. A middle child, Collins had an elder sister, Joan Collins (actress and author), and a younger brother, Bill (who became a property agent). Ĭollins's South African-born father was Jewish, and her British mother was Anglican. Collins was born in 1937, in Hampstead, London, the younger daughter of Elsa (née Bessant) Collins (died 1962) and Joseph William Collins (died 1988), a theatrical agent whose clients later included Dame Shirley Bassey, the Beatles, and Sir Tom Jones.
