Celebrities including Liam Neeson, Bravo's Andy Cohen, Vanity Fair honcho Graydon Carter and Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief Glenda Bailey turned out at New York City's Feinstein's at Loews Regency last night to see Joan Collins talk about life, loves, legends - and even do a split! – in her one-woman show, "One Night With Joan."

The hour-long set, which features film clips and family photos, opens with the "Dynasty" diva – still stunning at 77 – revealing that she always wanted to be in show business and, as a child, wrote fan letters to Hollywood stars whom she would later work with, including dancer Gene Kelly.

While studying acting in her teens, the squeaky-voiced Collins was told she would never make it in the theater and was instead doomed to do films – her goal, of course! Shortly after Collins arrived in Hollywood to make movies, she met a breathy young blonde who warned her that the casting couch was alive and well. That bombshell was Marilyn Monroe.

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