JACKIE COLLINS AT 15 WAS DEBAUCHED INTO HOLLYWOOD AND SEDUCED BY Marlon BRANDO
Her self-confessed wild child story began because she was expelled from school for having a sneaky cigarette behind a tree
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Actress: Jackie at 25 starring in The Saint
Plunged into the debauched world of Hollywood at 15, Jackie Collins used the experience to launch her career as a best-selling author of “bonkbuster” novels.
And it all began because she was expelled from school for having a sneaky cigarette behind a tree.
The self-confessed wild child was sent packing from her family home in London to join older sister Joan in Los Angeles to keep her from temptation.
It was a move that backfired spectacularly on her parents as within days she was being seduced by Hollywood heartthrob Marlon Brando before falling into the clutches of men she would later base many of her lust-fuelled characters on.
Actress and author Jackie Collins
Star: Jackie sold more than 500m copies of her novels
But it also acted as the springboard for a glittering career as an author who sold in excess of 500 million copies in more than 40 countries.
And just five days before her death at the age of 77 from breast cancer, Jackie insisted in an interview she would not have had it any other way.
She said: “Looking back, I’m not sorry about anything I did. I did it my way, as Frank Sinatra would say.”
Speaking of the moment Wild One star Brando seduced her, Jackie once said: “This guy came up and said: ‘Marlon thinks you’re great looking and have a great body and would like to meet you.’
Actor Marlon Brando rides a Triumph motorcycle in a scene from the movie "The Wild One" Getty
Icon: Brando rides Triumph motorcycle in "The Wild One"
"We had a very brief but fabulous affair. He was at the height of his fame and glamour.
“He was my favourite movie star, I’d seen The Wild One 26 times, and then I met him at a party. He stared straight at my 39in chest, men often talk to my chest, and said, ‘That’s a great looking body you have, little girl.’
“It was a mutual attraction. He had girlfriends but I didn’t care.
“It was such a thrill for me because it was the most amazing introduction to Hollywood.
Actress: Jackie at 25 starring in The Saint
Plunged into the debauched world of Hollywood at 15, Jackie Collins used the experience to launch her career as a best-selling author of “bonkbuster” novels.
And it all began because she was expelled from school for having a sneaky cigarette behind a tree.
The self-confessed wild child was sent packing from her family home in London to join older sister Joan in Los Angeles to keep her from temptation.
It was a move that backfired spectacularly on her parents as within days she was being seduced by Hollywood heartthrob Marlon Brando before falling into the clutches of men she would later base many of her lust-fuelled characters on.
Actress and author Jackie Collins
Star: Jackie sold more than 500m copies of her novels
But it also acted as the springboard for a glittering career as an author who sold in excess of 500 million copies in more than 40 countries.
And just five days before her death at the age of 77 from breast cancer, Jackie insisted in an interview she would not have had it any other way.
She said: “Looking back, I’m not sorry about anything I did. I did it my way, as Frank Sinatra would say.”
Speaking of the moment Wild One star Brando seduced her, Jackie once said: “This guy came up and said: ‘Marlon thinks you’re great looking and have a great body and would like to meet you.’
Actor Marlon Brando rides a Triumph motorcycle in a scene from the movie "The Wild One" Getty
Icon: Brando rides Triumph motorcycle in "The Wild One"
"We had a very brief but fabulous affair. He was at the height of his fame and glamour.
“He was my favourite movie star, I’d seen The Wild One 26 times, and then I met him at a party. He stared straight at my 39in chest, men often talk to my chest, and said, ‘That’s a great looking body you have, little girl.’
“It was a mutual attraction. He had girlfriends but I didn’t care.
“It was such a thrill for me because it was the most amazing introduction to Hollywood.
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