Angie Dickinson

Born in Kulm, North Dakota and educated at Glendale College and Immaculate Heart College, Angeline Brown acquired her professional name "Angie Dickinson" when she married college football star Gene Dickinson. A beauty contest winner, Dickinson entered films with an unbilled bit in the 1954 Warner Bros. musical "Lucky Me". Her earliest films consisted mostly of "B" Westerns (at one point, she dubbed in actress "Sarita Montiel"'s voice in 1957's "Run of the Arrow") and television (Dickinson was rather nastily murdered in very first episode of "Mike Hammer"). She moved to the A-list when selected by "Howard Hawks" to play the female lead in "Rio Bravo" (1958). The film gave Dickinson ample opportunity to display her celebrated legs, which, for publicity purposes, were reportedly insured by Lloyd's of London.

She went on to star in films both famous and forgettable: one of the roles for which she... Full Biography