Dickinson, Angie
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| Birthname | Brown, Angeline | ||
| born on | 30 September 1931 at 18:15 (= 6:15 PM ) | ||
| Place | Kulm ND, USA, 46n18, 98w57 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   06°52'   22°30 Asc. 07°07'
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Biography
American actress who became a film starlet in 1954 in B movies. She had her first big break with "Rio Bravo" in 1959. Dickinson became a TV favorite with her series "Police Woman," 1974-1978. TV was her best medium, with better made-for-TV-movies for the most part than the roles she was given on the big screen. Dressed to Kill," 1980, was an exception as a tense thriller.
Dickinson spent a hard childhood watching her newspaper editor dad, Leo, battle alcoholism and her strong-willed mom, Frederica, struggle to raise her and her two sisters. In 1942 she moved to California where she worked as a secretary and had a short-lived marriage to college football player Gene Dickinson. Winning a beauty-pageant propelled her into acting and into some well publicized affairs with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson and eventually, composer Burt Bacharach. Dickinson married Bacharach in 1965 and blamed herself and the long hours she spent on the set of "Police Woman" for their separation in 1976. They divorced in 1981 and remain on speaking terms. Their daughter, Lea Nikki, was born three months premature and weighed 29 ounces. Though barely surviving her birth, Nikki is a geology grad student and drummer who has impaired vision.
Still gorgeous at 64, Dickinson recently separated from a beau who is nearly 37 years younger, Scottish music-stage actor John Barrowman.
In May 1993 Dickinson was in Oliver Stone's TV miniseries "Wild Palms" and in October of that year played a spa operator in the film "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."
Her 40-year-old daughter Nikki, who suffered from Asberger’s Disorder, committed suicide on January 4, 2007 at her Thousand Oaks, CA home by suffocating herself with a plastic bag and helium.
Relationships
- spouse relationship with Bacharach, Burt (born 12 May 1928)
- child relationship with Bacharach, Lea (born 12 July 1966)
Events
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1959 (Film, "Rio Bravo")
- Work : New Career 1954 (Became film starlet in B movies)
- Work : Begin Major Project 1974 (TV series, "Police Woman")
- Work : End Major Project 1978 (TV series, "Police Woman")
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1980 (Film, "Dressed to Kill")
- Family : Change residence 1942 (Moved to California)
- Relationship : Marriage 1965 (Burt Bacharach)
- Relationship : End significant relationship 1976 (Separated from Burt Bacharach)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 1981 (Burt Bacharach)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released May 1993 (TV miniseries, "Wild Palms")
- Death of Child 4 January 2007 (Suicide of daughter Nikki)
Source Notes
B.C. in hand from Stephen Przybylowski
Categories
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One daughter)
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star ("Police Woman")
- Family : Childhood : Family large (Five)
- Family : Childhood : Disadvantaged (Father an alcoholic)
- Vocation : Business : Clerical/ Secretarial
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Burt Bacharach, Frank Sinatra, others)
- Vocation : Beauty : Beauty Queen/ King
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Burt, 16 years)
- Family : Relationship : Divorce friendly (With Burt Bacharach)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Age difference more than 15 yrs (John, 37 years younger)
- Family : Parenting : Kids -Traumatic event (Daughter born three months premature)
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Second of three girls)
- Family : Childhood : Sibling circumstances (Sister Mary Lou has Alzheimers)
