Angie Dickinson is a popular American actress who has been a prominent on-screen face for over six decades. His foray into acting began with his appearance in television shows, particularly in the Anthology Series around the 50s. However, his starring roles came in 1956 after starring in the movie, Gun the Man Down. So far, her talents and impressive career have won her many awards including: a “Golden Globe Award” for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, three “Primetime Emmy Awards ” for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Series drama, a “Saturn Prize ”for best actress among others. More facts below.

Biography of Angie Dickinson

Whose birth name is Angeline DickinsonBrown was born in Kulm, North Dakota, USA on September 30, 1931 to parents, Leo Henry Brown and Fredericka Brown, who raised her Catholic. She has three sisters, making her the second child of four daughters by her parents. From her last name, we can tell that she has heritage outside of America and rightly so, she is of German descent. His father, Leo, was the editor and publisher of a small town newspaper.

When she was 10, Angie and her family moved to Burbank, California and enrolled in Bellarmine-Jefferson High School. There, she became the lucky winner of the sixth annual Bill of Rights Essay Contest. In 1947, at the age of 15, when she graduated from high school, Dickinson continued her education at Immaculate Heart College. In college, she also worked at the Lockheed Air terminal as a secretary, as she had considered becoming a writer just like her father. Nevertheless, Angie graduated with a business degree in 1954.

In 1953, just before graduating, Angie Dickinson entered a beauty pageant where she finished second. As a result of this, she was lucky enough to meet a producer in the television industry who later helped her break into Hollywood as an actress.

She then made her debut as a television actress in one of the episodes of Days of Death Valley. To date, the actress has over 149 credits in her career spanning 6 decades. Some of his most memorable works include; Gun the man down, Policewoman, ” Rio Bravo and a host of others.

Net value

Angie Dickinson has had a career that spans well over six decades as both a TV show actress and an actress in movies. One of the things that made her highly sought after on her holidays was the fact that she was willing to play exciting roles and stay stoned, especially in a time that was just beginning to experience a sexual revolution. All of these and more over the years have earned him a net worth of over $30 million.

Daughter

Angie Dickinson’s first marriage was to former football player Gene Dickinson, a union that began in 1952. It was then that she changed her surname from Brown to Dickinson. However, they separated in 1960 without any children in the marriage.

The actress then met Burt Bacharach with whom she tied the knot in 1965. She, however, retains the surname “Dickinson” from her previous marriage due to her popularity with that name. The following year, their only daughter together, Lea Nikki Bacharach was born. Unfortunately, it was a three month premature birth. Nikki had a few unfortunate complications including: visual impairment and Asperger’s Syndrome.

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Due to this condition, Angie Dickinson has turned down a lot of big roles just to cure her daughter in the best possible way. However, Nikki was then placed in a psychiatric treatment center for adolescents for a period of nine years. Nikki managed to get into California Lutheran University, but after graduating, she could no longer pursue a career there because of the visual impairment she suffered from. Unfortunately, Nikki Bacharach committed suicide by suffocation in her apartment in the Thousand Oaks neighborhood of Ventura County to escape her situation. This happened on January 4, 2007, at the age of 40.

Interestingly, when she was a little girl, her father Burt wrote a song called Nikki for his fragile daughter.

Is she still alive?

The Hollywood veteran is alive and well, over 86, she is still healthy and going strong. More recently, Angie Dickinson was spotted outside her home in Los Angeles when she went out to dump trash wearing a hat, a large white sweater, black pants and flip flops.

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