Angie Dickinson Net Worth

Angie Dickinson's Quotes

• My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.
• No question - the more powerful men are, the more sexy they are.
• 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.
• I dress for women, and undress for men.
• [on her initial reaction to the screenplay for Dressed to Kill (1980)] I was like "I can't do this, I'm 'Police Woman'!".

Interesting Facts about Angie Dickinson

1. Attended Immaculate Heart College and Glendale Community College.
2. Attended and graduated from Bellarmine-Jefferson High School in Burbank, California, at age 15, in 1947.
3. Had a ten-year, on-again/off-again relationship with Frank Sinatra.
4. Ranked #42 on Playboy magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars of the Century". [January 1999]
5. Said she initially declined to play the ill-fated, sexually frustrated Kate Miller in Dressed to Kill (1980) because she felt her role on the television series Police Woman (1974) had made her into something of a role model, but director Brian De Palma eventually persuaded her to accept the role.
6. Sisters: Mary Lou Belmont, who is deceased, and younger sister, Janet Lee Brown.
7. Originally had a major role as the main villain in Mel Gibson's Payback (1999) as Mrs. Bronson (there originally was no Kris Kristofferson role). When Mel Gibson took over, the role was deleted. It will be restored on "Payback - Straight Up" in 2007.
8. Her daughter (with Burt Bacharach), Nikki Bacharach, died at age 40 on January 4, 2007 of suicide in Ventura County, California. She was born prematurely on July 12, 1966 and battled Asperger's disorder, a form of autism.
9. Ranked #3 in TV Guide's "50 Sexiest TV Stars of All Time" list. [2002]
10. Turned down the role of Krystle Carrington on the soap opera Dynasty (1981), which went to Linda Evans.
11. First husband Gene Dickinson was a college football star, turned semi-pro. He later moved into the electronics business but they separated in 1956 after four years of marriage.
12. One of three daughters born to Leo Henry and Frederica Brown. Her family owned and operated the North Dakota newspaper offices the Kulm Messenger and, later, the Edgeley Mail in the 1930s. The family moved to California when she was around 10 years old.
13. Was mentioned in the song "Putting the Damage On" by Tori Amos.
14. According to director Steve Carver, Dickinson allowed all of the crew to remain on set during the filming of her extensive nude scenes in Big Bad Mama (1974).
15. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 10, 1987.
16. Worked as a secretary at Lockheed Air Terminal (now Bob Hope Airport) and in an airplane parts factory for 3½ years.
17. One of her sisters was an actual "Police Woman" with the Burbank Police Department.
18. Good friends with singer-comedienne Vicki Lawrence, Frank Sinatra's widow Barbara Marx and actress June Blair.
19. Her daughter, Nikki, attended The Newbridge School in Beverly Hills.
20. For years she had her legs insured for $1,000,000. She finally stopped when her advancing age made the premiums too expensive.