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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.

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Joan Collins
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 23
Actress
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London
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Joan Henrietta Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins
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