A former secretary who drifted into a beauty contest in order to win a watch, Dickinson won several other... (Learn more)
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Angie Dickinson’s Milestones
| Earliest TV appearances include work on "General Electric Theater" and "Matinee Theater" | |
| Starred as Pepper on the TV crime drama, "Police Woman" | |
| 1952 | Entered local beauty contest, Jack Roarke's Beauty Parade, when she was 20 in order to win a watch; won competition, and also won subsequent larger-scale contests which followed (date approximate) |
| 1954 | Screen acting debut in "Lucky Me" |
| 1956 | Played first female lead in the Western film, "Gun the Man Down", opposite James Arness |
| 1959 - 1960 | Played Mary McCauley on the CBS adventure series, "Men into Space"; was replaced in the role during the series' run by Joyce Taylor |
| 1959 | Played breakthrough role in the Howard Hawks western, "Rio Bravo" |
| 1965 | First began alternating second leads with leading roles |
| 1966 | First TV-movie, "The Poppy Is Also a Flower" |
| 1974 | Last feature film for five years, "Big Bad Mama" |
| 1978 | First TV miniseries, "Pearl" |
| 1979 | Returned to feature films with roles in "L'homme en colere" and "Jack London's Klondike Fever" |
| 1982 | Starred as Cassidy "Cassie" Holland on the short-lived NBC detective series, "Cassie and Company" |
| 1988 | Away from features for seven years; returned in "Big Bad Mama II" |
| 1993 | Played attention-getting supporting role in the much-ballyhooed TV miniseries, "Wild Palms" |
| 1994 | Returned again to features in "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" |
| 2000 | Cast as Gwyneth Paltrow's grandmother in "Duets" |
| 2000 | Portrayed a bag lady in "Pay It Forward" |
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