Happy 88th Birthday, Angie Dickinson

Angie Dickinson was born on September 30, 1931 in Kulm, North Dakota, U.S.A., but from the time she was 11 grew up in Burbank, Ca. She began her career on television, appearing in many anthology series during the 1950s, before landing her breakthrough role in the western film Rio Bravo (1959), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.

In her six decade career, she has appeared in more than 50 films, including Ocean's 11 (1960), The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961), Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), The Killers (1964), The Chase (1966), Point Blank (1967), Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971), and Big Bad Mama (1974).

From 1974 to 1978, she starred in the ground-breaking role of the female  police sergeant in the NBC crime series Police Woman, for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

In 1980 she starred in Brian De Palma's erotic crime thriller Dressed to Kill, for which she received a Saturn Award for Best Actress.

During her later career, Dickinson starred in several television movies and miniseries, also playing supporting roles in films such as Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994), Sabrina (1995), Pay It Forward (2000) and Big Bad Love (2001).

Happy 88th Birthday, Angie Dickinson. May it be a wonderful one.