Andrea Collins
Andrea Collins is an artist, writer, radio personality and activist.[1][2]
Personal life
Collins met Phil Collins when the performed in the same London production, when they were both children.[2] The pair started dating when they were 14, and dated until she moved to Canada, with her family, when she was 18 years old. During the time the pair lived in London Collins occasionally performed as a backup singer in band Collins was in, when he was a teenager.
She appeared in a London production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, where Vanessa Redgrave performed the lead role.[2] Collins describes being influenced by Redgrave's feminism, stating she was the first woman she ever met who did not wear a bra.
Andrea and Phil re-united when his band's world tour took him to Vancouver, when they were 24.[2] The pair married, and Phil Collins adopted her daughter Joely, and the pair had a child together, Simon.
Several songs Collins wrote are said to be about their relationship.
Andrea described Collins leaving for a two year world tour mere days after Simon's birth. She described Collins imposing stains on their marriage with multiple affairs.
In 2016, after Collins
Collins was the first of musician Phil Collins three wives. The pair met when they were just 11 years old, when they performed in London, in the same production. The two dated until she moved to Canada, when she was 18. They reunited when
The pair married,
References
- ↑ Jack Boulware (2000-08-22). "Save the Trees". Salon magazine. https://www.salon.com/2000/08/22/calendar_3/. Retrieved 2020-10-10. "By exposing her nipples, Andrea Collins hopes to stop the logging of Saltspring Island, a community of pristine forest 33 miles southwest of Vancouver, B.C. This unorthodox plan centers on the publication of a calendar that features Canadian women posing nude in the great outdoors. In addition to the ex-Mrs. Collins, other famous anti-logging breasts include those of Birgit Bateman, wife of painter Robert Bateman, and Denise McCann, wife of musician Randy "Takin' Care of Business" Bachman."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tanya Lester (2000-07-19). "Andrea Collins: Environmentalist looks back on life with the stars". Salt Spring Driftwood: p. 1. http://saltspringarchives.com/driftwood/2000/v41n29July19-2000Sp.pdf. Retrieved 2020-10-10. "Andrea's involvement in the attempt to save the Texada land is her current focus. Along with her Save Salt Spring Campaign Fund, her artistic talents are being utilized in the calendar of nude women along with friend Ruth Tarasoff."
