Biography
Though never making it onto Hollywood's A-list, Angie Dickinson nevertheless attained a kind of hipster-chick primacy in the rarified cloister of swinging, swanky showbiz royalty, even before reaching her zenith as a thespian. A former beauty queen, Dickinson began with early forays on television prior to her breakout performance as a feisty gambler opposite John Wayne in John Ford's influential western "Rio Bravo" (1959). Having fallen in …
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Career Milestones
1952 | Entered local beauty contest, Jack Roarke's Beauty Parade, when she was 20 in order to win a watch; won competition and subsequent larger-scale contests that followed (date approximate) |
1954 | Screen acting debut in "Lucky Me" |
1955 | Earliest TV appearances include work on "Matinee Theater" (NBC) |
1956 | Played first female lead in the Western film "Gun the Man Down" opposite James Arness |
1959 | Played Mary McCauley on the CBS adventure series "Men into Space"; replaced in the role during the series' run by Joyce Taylor |
1959 | Played breakthrough role in the Howard Hawks Western "Rio Bravo" |
1966 | First TV-movie, "The Poppy Is Also a Flower" |
1974 | Last feature film for five years, "Big Bad Mama" |
1974 | Starred as Pepper on the TV crime drama "Police Woman" (NBC) |
1978 | First TV miniseries, "Pearl" (ABC) |
1979 | Returned to feature films with roles in "L'homme en colere" and "Jack London's Klondike Fever" |
1982 | Starred as Cassidy "Cassie" Holland on the short-lived NBC detective series "Cassie and Company" |
1988 | Away from features for seven years; returned in "Big Bad Mama II" |
1993 | Played attention-getting supporting role in the much-ballyhooed TV miniseries "Wild Palms" (ABC) |
1993 | Returned again to features in Gus Van Sant's "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" |
1995 | Cast in the remake of "Sabrina" opposite Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond |
1997 | Guest starred on ABC sitcom "Ellen" |
2000 | Cast as Gwyneth Paltrow's grandmother in "Duets" |
2000 | Portrayed a bag lady in "Pay It Forward" |
2001 | Appeared in the all-star crime comedy "Ocean's Eleven" |
Awards
1959 | Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress |
1974 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Police Woman |
1975 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Police Woman |
1975 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Police Woman |
1976 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Police Woman |
1976 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Police Woman |
1977 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Police Woman |
1977 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Police Woman |