Jackie Collins, who mastered the art of the Hollywood potboiler, spinning tales of sex and celebrity into an extraordinary literary career, is the subject of a new documentary coming to CNN at the end of the month.The cable news channel announced today it will premiere LADY BOSS: The Jackie Collins Story at 9pm ET and PT on June 27.
The film, directed by Laurie Fairrie, takes its title from one of Collins’ novels, featuring perhaps her most famous character, Lucky Santangello.
Among her 32 novels, five were built around Lucky; film adaptations were made of several of them, with Kim Delaney playing Lucky in one film and Nicollette Sheridan taking the role in two others.In all, Collins, the younger sister of actress Joan Collins, sold more