Angie Dickinson

Angie Dickinson

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Angie Dickinson was born on Sep 30, 1931 in USA. Angie Dickinson's big-screen debut came with The Mickey Rooney Show - Season 1 directed by Leslie H. Martinson in 1954. Angie Dickinson is known for Comanche directed by Burt Kennedy, Kris Kristofferson stars as Sergeant Sam Winchester and Wilford Brimley as Doctor. Angie Dickinson has got 7 awards and 17 nominations so far. The most recent award Angie Dickinson achieved is Texas Film Awards. The upcoming new movie Angie Dickinson plays is Elvis Has Left the Building which will be released on Aug 27, 2004.

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 climbed until she became one of the nation's top movie stars.

  • Birthday

    Sep 30, 1931
  • Place of Birth

    Kulm, North Dakota, USA
  • Also known

    Angeline Brown

Known For

Awards

7 wins & 17 nominations

Texas Film Awards
2012
Star of Texas Award
Winner - Texas Film Hall of Fame
Golden Boot Awards
1989
Winner - Golden Boot
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