# So what is it about Angie Dickinson? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098 "2004-09-12T02:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/21 "2004-09-13T16:11:10Z")
One movie that a lot of nerds like Angie Dickinson in is “Pretty Maids All in a Row”, with script by Gene Roddenberry. Very sexy, but minimal nudity. (That’s a body double in “Dressed to Kill”, but most fans of hers don’t mind.) As to Angela Lansbury, may I suggest “Something for Everyone”. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/22 "2004-09-13T16:11:28Z")
Going to IMDB and searching through their list of most popular movies of the late 60’s-early 70’s, trying to figure out which of the leading ladies got the jobs because they were hot and what they had in common, I noticed a couple things. First, a _lot_ of those movies had very few women in them (no, _Big Bad Mama_ didn’t make the list; thanks for reminding me of the William Shatner scenes. The scars had just begun to heal…), and there were a lot of war movies. Second, here’s a rough, biased list of said hot actresses: Jane Fonda (Cat Ballou, Barbarella, Klute) Cybill Shepherd (Last Picture Show) Faye Dunaway (Bonnie & Clyde, Thomas Crown Affair, Three Musketeers) Teri Garr (Young Frankenstein, Laugh-in, Close Encounters) Dyan Cannon (Bob & Ted & Carol & Alice) Sally Kellerman (M_A_S_H_, Where No Man has Gone Before) … I think you’re overlooking one of her main attractions: she was _BLONDE._ ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/23 "2004-09-13T16:38:59Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > (That’s a body double in “Dressed to Kill”, but most fans of hers don’t mind.) Yes and no. In the shower scene, yes. But that’s really her getting out of bed nude after her liaison with the anonymous man in the museum. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/24 "2004-09-13T17:15:31Z")
24 posts before someone mentions her Kennedy connection? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/25 "2004-09-21T19:36:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 24 posts before someone mentions her Kennedy connection? What Kennedy connection? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/26 "2004-09-21T20:42:16Z")
She knew JFK, so people assume they had a sexual relationship. But she has never said so publicly. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/27 "2004-09-21T20:52:52Z")
The essence of Angie Dickinson was that she was a _broad_ (in the good sense of the word.) A broad could drink with the guys, shoot pool, play poker, out cuss a Marine, take a dirty joke and give back a dirtier one, ride a horse, handle a sailboat, etc. Her association with the Rat Pack cemented that image a long time before Big Bad Mama. To top it off, she was a good-looking’ broad. Jackie Kennedy could ride a horse and handle a sailboat, but I trust you get the distinction. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/28 "2004-09-21T21:28:19Z")
I see. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/29 "2004-09-24T05:41:38Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > One movie that a lot of nerds like Angie Dickinson in is “Pretty Maids All in a Row”, with script by Gene Roddenberry. Very sexy, but minimal nudity. On a meaningless tangent, “Pretty Maids All in a Row” was filmed at University High School in Los Angeles, where I went to school. I never saw the movie though. Oh, I have another tangent. I also went to the coincidently named University Elementary School, where Angie Dickinson’s daughter Nicky Bacharach was my classmate. An odd girl. I wonder what ever happened to her. ---
**Author:** ![scotpens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@scotpens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotpens)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/30 "2016-06-30T17:35:52Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > One movie that a lot of nerds like Angie Dickinson in is “Pretty Maids All in a Row”, with script by Gene Roddenberry. Very sexy, but minimal nudity. (That’s a body double in “Dressed to Kill”, but most fans of hers don’t mind.) The only movie where Angie appeared fully frontally naked was 1974’s _Big Bad Mama_. That was the picture that proved she’s not a natural blonde (although we knew that already). ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/31 "2016-06-30T17:41:00Z")
You do know this is a 12 year old thread? ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a8b319/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/32 "2016-06-30T17:41:17Z")
I was rewatching The Sopranos recently. This newspaper headline from one of Jnr Soprano’s dreams reaffirms the op quite brilliantly. [https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/comments/3nw44l/that\_time\_uncle\_jun\_almost\_married\_angie/](https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/comments/3nw44l/that_time_uncle_jun_almost_married_angie/) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/33 "2016-06-30T19:02:43Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Oh, I have another tangent. I also went to the coincidently named University Elementary School, where Angie Dickinson’s daughter Nicky Bacharach was my classmate. An odd girl. I wonder what ever happened to her. _This_ is a reason for an (long overdue) update this thread. She committed suicide in 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/34 "2016-06-30T19:59:50Z")
Another update is that Dickinson, [who is now 84](http://richestnetworth.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Angie-Dickinson-Net-Worth-600x400.jpg), retired from movie making in 2009. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/35 "2016-06-30T20:07:18Z")
Back in the '70s, I spent some time visiting a pen-pal in Scotland. Her dad (an RAF vet) was hooked on \*\*\*Police Woman \*\*\* (“It’s my favorite show!”), and I would sit and watch it with him in their living room (the only time I ever watched it). I swear, he damned near salivated whenever Angie was on screen! Personally, she never did much for me. This, on the other hand, I love: [SCTV's Undercover Policewoman - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfFgzes1m3g)😃 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/36 "2016-06-30T20:42:02Z")
Angie played hot blondes consistently in her career, and right at the time of her Police Story and Police Woman roles she played in the naked sex fest movie Big Bad Mama. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/37 "2016-06-30T21:18:56Z")
For me, she was the sexy neighbor in **Grumpy Old Men**. The sequel featured [another lovely lady](http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/g4185/sophia-loren-photos/) who I think men of my father’s generation found quite attractive. I think both ladies aged incredibly well. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/38 "2016-06-30T21:41:31Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > For me, she was the sexy neighbor in **Grumpy Old Men**. No, she wasn’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/39 "2016-06-30T21:48:04Z")
I’ve read my fair share of Hollywood gossip and I’ve heard it opined on a number of occasions that Angie Dickinson was the single best lay in the history of Hollywood. Lord knows she got my father’s engine rumbling, that’s for sure. Man never missed _Police Woman_. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098/40 "2016-06-30T22:41:02Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > The sequel featured [another lovely lady](http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/g4185/sophia-loren-photos/) who I think men of my father’s generation found quite attractive. I think both ladies aged incredibly well. They sure did age better than another lady of that era, Brigitte Bardot (who is the same age as Sophia Loren). [Then](http://marieclaire.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/11116/000078c7a/d0ce_orh100000w440/brigitte-bardot-garticle.jpg) and [now](https://saboteur365.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/brigitte-bardot-recent.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098.md?page=3)