
Angie Dickinson
Birthday: 30 September 1931, Kulm, North Dakota, USA
Birth Name: Angeline Brown
Height: 165 cm
Angie Dickinson was born in Kulm, North Dakota, the daughter of Fredericka (Hehr) and Leo Henry Brown, a newspaper editor and publisher of The Kulm Messenger. Her parents were both of German descent, ...Show More

[on meeting Bill Clinton at a Democratic fundraiser] I was standing next to Suzanne Pleshette on the Show more
[on meeting Bill Clinton at a Democratic fundraiser] I was standing next to Suzanne Pleshette on the receiving line, and as he got closer, I said to her, "My God, I'm beginning to sweat!". And then he was in front of me, bigger than life, and so great-looking. He said when he met me, "At last!". Hide
I miss Nikki so much, but [committing suicide] was her decision. The world was too harsh a place for Show more
I miss Nikki so much, but [committing suicide] was her decision. The world was too harsh a place for her. Hide
When I started shooting Police Woman (1974), someone asked me if I had ever played a sleuth before. Show more
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. Hide
I think [my father] was one of those sad people who didn't get what he wanted in life.
I think [my father] was one of those sad people who didn't get what he wanted in life.
I dress for women, and undress for men.
I dress for women, and undress for men.
I'm not a feminist: I'm for women, but I'm not against men.
I'm not a feminist: I'm for women, but I'm not against men.
My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.
My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.
[on Dressed to Kill (1980)] I'm sorry I didn't try to go for an Academy Award for that role. I think Show more
[on Dressed to Kill (1980)] I'm sorry I didn't try to go for an Academy Award for that role. I think I could have won it. But the studio didn't want to put up the campaign, and I felt that I didn't want to go for a supporting-actor award, because I'd always thought of myself as the lead, even though by then I wasn't getting starring roles. I regret it now. Of course, [Brian De Palma] is to blame for the great performance. Hide
[on her initial reaction to the screenplay for Dressed to Kill (1980)] I was like "I can't do this, Show more
[on her initial reaction to the screenplay for Dressed to Kill (1980)] I was like "I can't do this, I'm 'Police Woman'!". Hide
I don't want to be unkind to Burt [Burt Bacharach] because I'm very respectful of him, as a person a Show more
I don't want to be unkind to Burt [Burt Bacharach] because I'm very respectful of him, as a person and an artist, as a former husband and as a father to Nikki, but he had no real connection with her. She was too difficult for him, but it was his loss. He put her in a hospital, and it was the worst thing you can do. He had the wrong goal in mind: he thought that she was just a difficult child, and I was just a terrible mother, indulging her. He didn't know there was actually a syndrome. He thought, "Just get her away from Angie's indulgence and she'll shape up." But, of course, the doctors didn't have a clue. He does regret it, and he has said, "I'm terribly sorry. Had I known, I never would have done that.". Hide
No question - the more powerful men are, the more sexy they are.
No question - the more powerful men are, the more sexy they are.
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