{"id":2469,"date":"2025-09-02T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2025-09-02T23:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:27:00","slug":"this-girl-slept-in-the-underground-yet-became-a-famous-actress-who-at-90-is-happy-with-her-younger-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2469","title":{"rendered":"This Girl Slept in the Underground Yet Became a Famous Actress Who, at 90, Is Happy with Her Younger Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Joan Collins: From Wartime Evacuee to Iconic Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infornations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240302-1-8.jpg\" alt=\"This Girl Slept in the Underground Yet Became a Famous Actress Who, at 90, Is Happy with Her Younger Husband\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Joan Collins, born on May 23, 1933, in London, England, grew up during World War II. Although she was too young to fully grasp the events leading to the war, the conflict profoundly affected her childhood. Joan\u2019s family often sought shelter in London\u2019s Tube stations, hiding from the bombings. Despite the disruption to her schooling, Joan\u2019s early years shaped her resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Encouraged by her grandmother, Joan pursued acting, even as her father warned her that a career in showbiz might not last. Defying expectations, Joan became a household name, especially known for her role in the 1981 drama series \u201cDynasty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infornations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240302-1-13.jpg\" alt=\"This Girl Slept in the Underground Yet Became a Famous Actress Who, at 90, Is Happy with Her Younger Husband\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In her personal life, Joan faced challenges. She was engaged to Warren Beatty but never married him. Instead, she married five times and is currently with her fifth husband, Percy Gibson, whom she married in 2002. Despite their 32-year age difference, Joan, now 90, and Percy, 58, share a deep and enduring bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Collins: From Wartime Evacuee to Iconic Actress Joan Collins, born on May 23, 1933, in London, England, grew up during World War II. Although she was too young to fully grasp the events leading to the war, the conflict profoundly affected her childhood. Joan\u2019s family often sought shelter in London\u2019s Tube stations, hiding from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions\/2471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}