Angie Dickinson | Born 1931

Angie Dickinson started her career in the 1950s by appearing in several anthology series. She then received her much-awaited breakthrough in 1956 when she did Gun the Man Down, opposite James Arness, followed by the Western movie Rio Bravo in 1959. She received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for the latter.


In her more than five decades of acting career, Dickinson received 50 movie credits. She also conquered the small screens and received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. Later, she was nominated thrice for the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the NBC crime series Police Woman. However, in 2009, Dickinson ultimately decided to turn her back to the entertainment world.

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