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Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives
Genre	primetime television mini-series
Starring	Candice Bergen Joanna Cassidy Mary Crosby Angie Dickinson Steve Forrest Anthony Hopkins Roddy McDowall Stefanie Powers Suzanne Somers Robert Stack Rod Steiger Andrew Stevens Catherine Mary Stewart Frances Bergen
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	100 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC

Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives was an American television mini-series that aired on ABC in February 1985. It was based on the 1983 novel by romance writer Jackie Collins and was a ratings hit, becoming one of the most successful mini-series of the 1980s.

The mini-series tells the stories of several women in Hollywood, ranging all the way from long-time talent agents and screenwriters to vivacious screen vixens and young, innocent necomers.

Elaine Conti - Candice Bergen.

Elaine is a Brooklyn babe turned Hollywood hostess, desperate to stay at the top while her marriage to former screen sex symbol Ross Conti crumbles beneath her. She is a compulsive shoplifter who lives in Beverly Hills. Elaine is a woman ruthlessly driven to improve her husband's career and her own standing within Tinseltown.

Marilee Gray - Joanna Cassidy.

Marilee is Elaine's close friend and the former wife of director Neil Gray.

Karen Lancaster - Mary Crosby.

Karen is the daughter of super celebrity George Lancaster. Karen begins making her own play for Elaine's one-time matinee idol husband.

Sadie LaSalle - Angie Dickinson.

Sadie is a Hollywood star-maker who was responsible for Ross Conti's stardom. Sadie eventually discovers Buddy Hudson.

Ross Conti - Steve Forrest.

Ross is a Hollywood star burning out, hitting 50 without a viable career in a town that has little pity.

Neil Gray - Anthony Hopkins.

Neil is an alcoholic, top director caught in a seductive web.

Jason Swandle - Roddy McDowall.

Jason Swandle always seems to know whats going on with everybody.

Montana Gray - Stefanie Powers.

Montana is a woman determined to break the glass ceiling of Hollywood studios. She is Neil Gray's second wife.

Gina Germaine - Suzanne Somers.

Gina is a promiscuous actress willing to do anything to advance her career, including working her considerable wiles on movie director Neil Gray.

George Lancaster - Robert Stack.

George Lancaster is a beloved Hollywood favorite.

Oliver Easterne - Rod Steiger.

Oliver is a Hollywood studio boss.

Buddy Hudson - Andrew Stevens.

Buddy is a Los Angeles hustler with ambitions of hitting it big and having it all, regardless of his past life and his new bride.

Angel Hudson - Catherine Mary Stewart.

Angel is Buddy's new bride, trying to find her own way in a new town.

Pamela Lancaster - Frances Bergen.

Pamela is the wife of Hollywood star George Lancaster and the mother of Karen Lancaster.