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Date of Birth

30 September 1931, Kulm, North Dakota, USA

Birth Name

Angeline Brown

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography

Angie Dickinson was born in Kulm, North Dakota, in 1931, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Brown. Mr. Brown was the publisher of The Kulm Messenger. The family left North Dakota in 1942 when Angie was 11 years old, moving to Burbank, California. In December of 1946, when she was a senior at Bellamarine Jefferson High School in Burbank, she won the Sixth Annual Bill of Rights Contest. Two years later her sister Janet, did likewise. Being the daughter of a printer, Angie at first had visions of becoming a writer, but gave this up after winning her first beauty contest. After finishing college she worked as a secretary in a Burbank airplane parts factory for 3-1/2 years. In 1953 she entered the local Miss America contest one day before the deadline and took second place. In August of the same year she was one of five winners in a beauty contest sponsored by NBC and appeared in several TV variety shows. She got her first bit part in a Warner Brothers movie in 1954 and gained television fame in the TV series "The Millionaire" (1955) and got her first good film role opposite John Wayne and Dean Martin in Rio Bravo (1959). Her success then spiraled until she became one of the nation's top movie stars.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Kulm Diamond Jubilee Supplement

Spouse

Burt Bacharach	(16 May 1965 - 1980) (divorced) 1 child
Gene Dickinson	(2 June 1952 - 1960) (divorced)

Trivia

Attended Immaculate Heart College and Glendale College.

Turned down the role of Krystle Carrington on "Dynasty" (1981).

Measurements: 35-23-36 (as a 1960s starlet), 35C-25-35 1/2 (during "Police Woman" (1974)) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

Had a ten-year, on-again/off-again relationship with Frank Sinatra.

Ranked #42 on "Playboy" Magazines "100 Sexiest Stars of the Century," January 1999.

Said she initially declined to play the ill-fated, sexually frustrated "Kate Miller" in Dressed to Kill (1980) because she felt her role on the "Police Woman" (1974) TV series had made her into something of a role model, but director Brian De Palma eventually persuaded her to accept the role.

Sisters: Mary Lou Belmont, who is deceased, and younger sister, Janet Lee.

Originally had a major role as the main villain in Mel Gibson's Payback (1999/I) as Mrs. Bronson (there originally was no Kris Kristofferson role). When Mel Gibson took over, the role was deleted. It will be restored on "Payback - Straight Up" in 2007.

Her daughter (with Burt Bacharach), Nikki Bacharach, died at age 40 on January 4, 2007, of suicide in Ventura County, California. She was born prematurely in 1966 and battled Asperger's disorder, a form of autism.

Ranked #3 in TV Guide's '50 Sexiest TV Stars of All Time' list in 2002.

Born at 6:15 PM.

First husband Gene Dickinson was a college football star, turned semi-pro. He later moved into the electronics business but they separated in 1956 after four years of marriage. They divorced in 1960.

One of three daughters born to Leo and Frederica Brown. Her family owned and operated the North Dakota newspaper offices The Kulm Messenger and, later, the Edgeley Mail in the 1930s. The family moved to California when she was around 10 years old.

Personal Quotes

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

No question - the more powerful men are, the more sexy they are.

When I started shooting "Police Woman" (1974), someone asked me if I had ever played a sleuth before. I said, "Yes, many times". I thought they were asking me if I had ever played a slut. I didn't know what a sleuth was.

I dress for women, and undress for men.

[On her initial reaction to the screenplay for Dressed to Kill (1980)]: I was like "I can't do this, I'm 'Police Woman'!".

[When asked on "Celebrity Poker Showdown" (2003) what making Ocean's Eleven (1960) was like] Oh, it was wonderful. And I remember most of it.

I'm not a feminist: I'm for women, but I'm not against men..

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