At the time of the publication the book was considered shocking because of its sexual content. In 1968 she made her first bestseller, The World Is Full Of Married Men, achieving overnight success. Like her sister, she went to Los Angeles in search of a film career. In 1959 she married Wallace Austin – they divorced in 1963. During a rebellious adolescence she was expelled from school at fifteen. Collins started to write at the age of eight. The Stud and The Bitch were British-based novels.
However, her novels The Stud (1969) and its sequel, The Bitch (1979), were later made into films star-ring her famous sister, and Chances (1981) and Lucky (1985) have been made into television mini-series. But when Joan Collins established herself as a star in Hollywood, Jackie found her talents in popular fiction. Jackie and Joan grew around the entertainment business and they both were encouraged toward acting career. Her father was a theatrical booking agent and intended both daughters to go into the theatre. Only when they reach the peak of their careers do they find there's nowhere left to go but down - to the Valley of the Dolls.Jackie Collins was born in London.
These three beautiful women become best friends when they are young and in New York, struggling to make their names in the entertainment industry.
For Anne, Neely and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. It is often sited as the bestselling novel of all time.ĭolls - red or black capsules or tablets washed down with vodka or swallowed straight. Never had a book been so frank about sex, drugs and show business. Valley of the Dolls took the world by storm when it was first published, fifty years ago. Before Jackie Collins, Candace Bushnell and Lena Dunham, Jacqueline Susann held the world rapt with her tales of the private passions of Hollywood starlets, high-powered industrialists and the jet-set.
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