My mother was against me being an actress – until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.
Angie Dickinson Quotes
Without Police Woman I wouldn't have had a career. The show started about the same time the women's movement was taking off. Ours was the first prime-time one-hour show featuring a strong, professional woman. It paved the way for other series to follow.
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| Birth: | 30th September, 1931 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Actress |
About
Angie Dickinson was born in Kulm, North Dakota. She is an American actress who has appeared in more than 50 films and starred on television as Sergeant Leann "Pepper" Anderson in the successful 1970s crime series Police Woman. She studied at Glendale Community College and in 1954 graduated from Immaculate Heart College with a degree in business. On New Year's Eve 1954, Dickinson made her television acting debut in an episode of Death Valley Days. Dickinson's best movie of this era was arguably John Boorman's cult classic Point Blank, a lurid crime drama with Lee Marvin as a criminal betrayed by his wife and best friend and out for revenge. Dickinson is a recipient of the state of North Dakota's Rough Rider Award. In July, 2009, Dickinson starred in a Hallmark Channel film, Mending Fences. She married Burt Bacharach in 1965.
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