I was just watching an interview with Joan Collins..... She made $1650 a week on some of her projects in the 50's. She also appeared in Star Trek, Batman, some horror films and Cleopatra. She was replaced with Elizabeth Taylor though, because the production company was losing money and wanted to go with more of a sure thing...

Her daughter Katy, was in a coma for seven weeks after a bad accident. It was right before she played on Dynasty...