Angie Dickinson | |
|---|---|
 Dickinson in 1982 | |
| Born | Angeline Brown (1931-09-30)September 30, 1931 (age 94) Kulm, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Immaculate Heart College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1954–2009 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
Angie Dickinson (bornAngeline Brown; September 30, 1931) is a retired American actress. She began her career on television, appearing in manyanthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough role inGun the Man Down (1956) withJames Arness and the Western filmRio Bravo (1959) withJohn Wayne andDean Martin, for which she received theGolden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.
Dickinson has appeared in more than 50 films, includingChina Gate (1957),Cry Terror! (1958),Ocean's 11 (1960),The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961),Jessica (1962),Captain Newman, M.D. (1963),The Killers (1964),The Art of Love (1965),The Chase (1966),Point Blank (1967),Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971),The Outside Man (1972),Big Bad Mama (1974), andDressed to Kill (1980).
From 1974 to 1978, Dickinson starred as Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson in theNBC crime seriesPolice Woman, for which she received theGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and threePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series nominations. She starred inBrian De Palma's erotic crime thrillerDressed to Kill (1980), for which she received aSaturn Award for Best Actress.
During her later career, Dickinson starred in several television movies and miniseries includingHollywood Wives (1985) andWild Palms (1993), also playing supporting roles in films such asEven Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994),Sabrina (1995),Pay It Forward (2000), andBig Bad Love (2001). Her last performance to date was in theHallmark Channel filmMending Fences (2009).
Dickinson, the middle of three daughters, was born Angeline Brown (called "Angie" by family and friends) on September 30, 1931,[1] inKulm, North Dakota, the daughter of Fredericka (née Hehr) and Leo Henry Brown.[2] Her parents were both ofGerman descent, with the family surname originally being "Braun". She was raisedRoman Catholic.[3] Her father was a small-town newspaper publisher and editor, working on theKulm Messenger and theEdgeley Mail.[4] She fell in love with movies at an early age, as her father was also the projectionist at the town's only movie theater until it burned down.[5]
In 1942, when she was 10 years old, the Brown family moved toBurbank, California,[6] where Angie attendedBellarmine-Jefferson High School, graduating in 1947 at age 15. The previous year, she had won the Sixth Annual Bill of Rights essay contest. She then studied atImmaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, and atGlendale Community College, becoming a business graduate by 1954. Taking a cue from her publisher father, she had intended to be a writer.[citation needed]
While a student during 1950–1952, she worked as a secretary atLockheed Air Terminal in Burbank (nowBob Hope Airport) and in a parts factory. She became Angie Dickinson in 1952, when she married football playerGene Dickinson.[7]
Dickinson came in second at a local preliminary for theMiss America contest, and that got the attention of a casting agent, who landed her a spot as one of six showgirls onThe Jimmy Durante Show.[8] The exposure brought her to the attention of a television-industry producer[who?], who asked her to consider a career in acting. She studied the craft and a few years later was approached by NBC to guest-star on a number of variety shows, includingThe Colgate Comedy Hour. She soon metFrank Sinatra, who became a lifelong friend.
On New Year's Eve 1954, Dickinson made her television acting debut in an episode ofDeath Valley Days. This led to roles in such productions asMatinee Theatre (eight episodes),Buffalo Bill, Jr.,City Detective,It's a Great Life (two episodes),Gray Ghost,General Electric Theater,Broken Arrow,The People's Choice (twice),Meet McGraw (twice),Northwest Passage,Gunsmoke,The Virginian,Tombstone Territory,Cheyenne, andThe Restless Gun.
In 1956, Dickinson appeared in an episode ofThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. The next year, she took another small role inRichard Boone's seriesHave Gun – Will Travel in the episode "A Matter of Ethics".
In 1958, Dickinson was cast as Laura Meadows in the episode "The Deserters" of an ABC/Warner Bros. Western series,Colt .45, withWayde Preston. That year, she also played the role of defendant Mrs. Fargo in thePerry Mason episode "The Case of the One-Eyed Witness".
Dickinson went on to create memorable characters inMike Hammer,Wagon Train, andMen into Space. In 1965, she had a recurring role as Carol Tredman on NBC'sDr. Kildare. She had a role as the duplicitous murder conspirator in a 1964 episode ofThe Fugitive series withDavid Janssen and fellow guest starRobert Duvall. She played an unfaithful wife and bank robber in the 1958 "Wild Blue Yonder" episode ofRod Cameron (actor)'s syndicated television seriesState Trooper. She starred in twoAlfred Hitchcock Hour episodes, "Captive Audience" withJames Mason on October 18, 1962, and "Thanatos Palace Hotel" withSteven Hill (actor) on January 31, 1965.
Dickinson's motion-picture career began with a small, uncredited role inLucky Me (1954) starringDoris Day, followed byThe Return of Jack Slade (1955),Man with the Gun (1955)[10] andHidden Guns (1956). She had her first starring role inGun the Man Down (1956) withJames Arness, followed by theSam Fuller cult filmChina Gate (1957), which depicted an early view of theVietnam War.
Rejecting theMarilyn Monroe/Jayne Mansfield style of platinum blonde sex symbolism, because she felt it would narrow her acting options, Dickinson initially allowed studios to lighten her naturally brunette hair to honey-blonde. She appeared early in her career mainly in B-movies or Westerns, includingShoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957), in which she co-starred withRandolph Scott andJames Garner. In the crime dramaCry Terror! (1958), Dickinson had a supporting role opposite James Mason andRod Steiger as afemme fatale.
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Dickinson's big-screen breakthrough role came inHoward Hawks'Rio Bravo (1959), in which she played a flirtatious gambler called "Feathers", who becomes attracted to the town sheriff played by Dickinson's childhood idol John Wayne. The film co-starred Dean Martin,Ricky Nelson, andWalter Brennan.
When Hawks sold her personal contract with him to a major studio without her knowledge, she was unhappy. Dickinson nonetheless became one of the more prominent leading ladies of the next decade, beginning with filmThe Bramble Bush withRichard Burton. She also took a supporting role inOcean's 11 (1960) with friends Sinatra and Martin.[11]
These were followed by a politicalpotboiler,A Fever in the Blood (1961); a Belgian Congo-based melodrama,The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961), in which she played a missionary nurse tempted by lust; a scheming woman inRome Adventure (1962), filmed in Italy; and the title role in Jean Negulesco'sJessica (1962) withMaurice Chevalier, in which she played a young midwife resented by the married women of the town, set inSicily. Angie also shared the screen with friendGregory Peck as a military nurse in the dark comedyCaptain Newman, M.D. (1963).
ForThe Killers (1964), originally intended to be the first made-for-television movie, but released to theaters due to its violent content and entertainment value, Dickinson played afemme fatale opposite future U.S. PresidentRonald Reagan in his last movie role. Directed byDon Siegel, it was a remake of the 1946 version based on a story byErnest Hemingway and the only film Reagan made in which he was cast as a villain. He viciously slaps Dickinson in one of the film's scenes.[12]
Dickinson co-starred in the comedyThe Art of Love (1965), playing the love interest of both James Garner andDick Van Dyke. She joined a star-studdedArthur Penn/Sam Spiegel production,The Chase (1966), along withMarlon Brando,Jane Fonda,Robert Redford, andRobert Duvall. That same year, she was featured inCast a Giant Shadow, a war story withKirk Douglas.[11]
Dickinson's best movie of this era is considered to beJohn Boorman's cult classicPoint Blank (1967), a crime drama withLee Marvin, a criminal who is out for revenge after being betrayed by his wife and his best friend. The film has been described as epitomizing the stark urban mood of the period, while its reputation has grown through the years.[13]
Westerns continued to be a part of her work in the late 1960s, when she starred inThe Last Challenge oppositeGlenn Ford, inYoung Billy Young withRobert Mitchum, andSam Whiskey withBurt Reynolds.
In 1971, she played a lascivious substitute high-school teacher in the dark comedyPretty Maids All in a Row which also starred Rock Hudson andTelly Savalas, for directorRoger Vadim and writer-producerGene Roddenberry. In the film, her character seduces a sexually inexperienced student, portrayed byJohn David Carson, against the backdrop of a series of murders of female students at the same high school.Pretty Maids All In A Row drew hostile critical reviews, and was a box-office failure.[14]
Also in 1971, she portrayed the ambitious wife ofRobert Culp in the television movieSee the Man Run, and starred alongsideLeslie Nielsen inThe Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler. InThe Outside Man (1972), a French movie shot in Los Angeles, withJean-Louis Trintignant, directed byJacques Deray, she plays the beautiful but corrupt wife of a mobster. In 1973, she co-starred withRoy Thinnes in the supernatural thrillerThe Norliss Tapes, a television movie produced and directed byDan Curtis that in later years attained a modest cult following.[15]
One of Dickinson's best-known and most sexually provocative movie roles followed, that of the tawdry widow Wilma McClatchie from the Great Depression rompBig Bad Mama (1974) withWilliam Shatner andTom Skerritt. In her 40s at the time, she appeared nude in several scenes, which created interest in the movie and a new generation of male fans for Dickinson.[16]
A 1966Esquire cover gained Dickinson additional fame and notoriety, her having posed in nothing but a sweater and a pair of panty hose. The photo became so iconic, that while celebrating the magazine's 70th anniversary in 2003, the Dickinson pose was recreated for the cover byBritney Spears.[17]
Dickinson returned to the small screen in March 1974 for an episode of the critically acclaimed hit anthology seriesPolice Story. The guest appearance proved to be so popular, NBC offered Dickinson her own television show, which became a ground-breaking weekly series calledPolice Woman. At first, Dickinson was reluctant, but when producers told her she could become a household name, she accepted the role. It co-starredEarl Holliman as Sergeant Bill Crowley, Anderson's commanding officer, along withCharles Dierkop as investigator Pete Royster andEd Bernard as investigator Joe Styles. In the series, Dickinson played Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson, an officer of theLos Angeles Police Department's Criminal Conspiracy Unit, who often works undercover. The series became a hit, reaching number one in many countries in which it aired during its first year. It ran for four seasons and Dickinson won aGolden Globe Award, and receivedEmmy Award nominations for Best Lead Actress in a Dramatic Series three consecutive years. However, in a 2019 interview, Dickinson said that she regretted having done the series, since the remuneration was inadequate and it left her with little time for other projects.[18]
Dickinson acknowledged hersex symbol role, stating "Are my legs exploited? Well, that's all I have got to sell". While observing that "essentially a woman's job is being a woman", she disliked repeatedly doingPolice Woman scenes "where the phone rings while I'm taking a bath".[19] In 1978, the same year the show ended, Dickinson reprised her Pepper Anderson character on the television specialRingo, co-starring withRingo Starr andJohn Ritter. She also parodied the role in the 1975 and 1979Bob Hope Christmas specials for NBC. She did the same years later on the 1987 Christmas episode of NBC'sSaturday Night Live.
According to Dickinson,Police Woman caused a surge of applications for employment from women to police departments around the United States.[20]
Dickinson andPolice Woman influenced later female-starring, hour-long TV series such asCharlie's Angels,[19]Wonder Woman,The Bionic Woman, andCagney & Lacey. In 1987, the Los Angeles Police Department awarded Dickinson an honorary doctorate, which led her to quip, "Now you can call meDoctor Pepper."
On occasion during the 1970s, Dickinson took part in the popularDean Martin Celebrity Roast on television, and she was the guest of honor on August 2, 1977, roasted by a dais of celebrities that includedJames Stewart,Orson Welles, and herPolice Woman series co-star Earl Holliman.
Having done a television series plus the miniseriesPearl (1978) about thePearl Harbor bombing of 1941, Dickinson's career in feature films appeared to be in decline, but she returned to the big screen inBrian De Palma's erotic thrillerDressed to Kill (1980), for which she gained considerable notice, particularly for a long, silent scene in a museum before the character meets her fate. The role of Kate Miller, a sexually frustrated New York housewife, earned her a 1981Saturn Award for Best Actress. "The performers are excellent," wroteVincent Canby in his July 25, 1980The New York Times review, "especially Miss Dickinson."
She took a less substantial role inDeath Hunt (1981), which reunited her with Lee Marvin, and also appeared inCharlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen. Earlier that year, she had been the first choice to play the characterKrystle Carrington on the television seriesDynasty, but deciding she wanted to spend more time with her daughter, she turned it down; the role instead went toLinda Evans.[21] In the mid-1980s, Dickinson declined the role of Sable Colby on theDynasty spin-off,The Colbys.[22]
After turning down her ownJohnny Carson-produced prospective sitcom,The Angie Dickinson Show, in 1980 after only two episodes had been shot because she did not feel she was funny enough, the private-eye seriesCassie & Co. became her unsuccessful attempt at a television comeback. She then starred in several television movies, such asOne Shoe Makes It Murder (1982),Jealousy (1984),A Touch of Scandal (1984), andStillwatch (1987). She had a pivotal role in the highly rated miniseriesHollywood Wives (1985), based on a novel byJackie Collins.
In 1982, and again in 1986, Dickinson appeared in two ofPerry Como's Christmas specials for theABC television network, in both of which she did something she was not known to have done before: singing. Dickinson later denied having sung on camera since the two Como specials in an interview withLarry King, which he conducted at the approximate time of her appearance inDuets.
In motion pictures, Dickinson reprised her role as Wilma McClatchie forBig Bad Mama II (1987) and completed the television movieKojak: Fatal Flaw, in which she was reunited with Telly Savalas. She co-starred withWillie Nelson and numerous buddies in the television WesternOnce Upon a Texas Train (1988).
She was presented one of theGolden Boot Awards in 1989 for her contributions to Western cinema.
In the ABC miniseriesWild Palms (1993), produced byOliver Stone, she was the sadistic, militant sister of Senator Tony Kruetzer, played byRobert Loggia. That same year, she starred as a ruthless Montana spa owner inGus Van Sant'sEven Cowgirls Get the Blues withUma Thurman. In November of that year, she walked off the set of a proposedThis Is Your Life special for her, refusing to participate in the show.[23]
In 1995,Sydney Pollack cast her as the prospective mother-in-law ofGreg Kinnear in the romantic comedySabrina starringHarrison Ford, a remake of theBilly Wilderclassic. She playedBurt Reynolds' wife in the thrillerThe Maddening and the mother of Rick Aiello andRobert Cicchini in theNational Lampoon comedyThe Don's Analyst. In 1997, she seduced old flame Artie (Rip Torn) in an episode of HBO'sThe Larry Sanders Show called "Artie and Angie and Hank and Hercules".
Dickinson played the alcoholic, homeless mother ofHelen Hunt's character inPay It Forward (2000), the grandmother ofGwyneth Paltrow's character in the dramaDuets (2000), and the mother ofArliss Howard's character inBig Bad Love (2001), co-starringDebra Winger.
Having appeared in the originalOcean's 11 (1960) with good friends Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, four decades later, she made a brief cameo in the2001 remake withGeorge Clooney andBrad Pitt.
An avidpoker player, during the summer of 2004, she participated in the second season ofBravo'sCelebrity Poker Showdown. After announcing her name, hostDave Foley said, "Sometimes, when we say 'celebrity', we actually mean it." Also in 2004, Dickinson appeared in the comedyElvis Has Left the Building, playing an ex-mechanic and the mother ofKim Basinger's character.
Dickinson is a recipient of the state ofNorth Dakota'sRough Rider Award.[citation needed]
In 1999,Playboy ranked Dickinson number 42 on their list of the "100 Sexiest Stars of the Century". In 2002,TV Guide ranked her number three on a list of the "50 Sexiest Television Stars of All Time", behindDiana Rigg and George Clooney (who tied for number one).[citation needed]
In 2009, Dickinson starred in a Hallmark Channel drama,Mending Fences co-starringLaura Leighton. It is her last acting credit to date.
Dickinson was married to Gene Dickinson, a college football player who later moved into the electronics business, from 1952 to 1960, though they separated in 1956.[7] During her marriage, Dickinson became close friends withJohn Kenneth Galbraith andCatherine Galbraith. Her visits to them and her touring when Galbraith wasU.S. Ambassador to India are amply recounted in his memoirsAmbassador's Journal andA Life in Our Times.[24] Dickinson kept her married name after their divorce.
She married composerBurt Bacharach in 1965. They remained a married couple for 16 years; late in their marriage they had a period of separation during which they dated other people.[25][19] On July 12, 1966, Dickinson gave birth to their daughter Nikki, who wasautistic and died by suicide on January 4, 2007.[26] Burt Bacharach died in 2023.[27]
Dickinson had a relationship with musicianBilly Vera in the 1980s and appeared in the music video for his single "I Can Take Care of Myself".[28] For several years in the 1990s, Dickinson dated radio and television interviewerLarry King.
In 2023, Dickinson stated that she had a 20-year on-and-off affair withFrank Sinatra. She said he was the love of her life and "one of the most charismatic men that ever was" .[19][29][5][30]
In a 2006 interview withNPR, Dickinson stated that she was aDemocrat.[31] She campaigned forKennedy's presidential campaign in 1960 and supportedLyndon B. Johnson in 1964.[19][4][32]
There is a street named after Dickinson inSan Antonio, Texas.[33]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Results | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Golden Boot Awards | Golden Boot | — | Won | [34] |
| 1959 | Golden Globe Awards | Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Rio Bravo | Won | [35] |
| 1974 | Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama | Police Woman | Won | ||
| 1975 | Nominated | ||||
| 1976 | Nominated | ||||
| 1977 | Nominated | ||||
| 1975 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated | [36] | |
| 1976 | Nominated | ||||
| 1977 | Nominated | ||||
| 1980 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress | Dressed to Kill | Won | [37] |
| Year | Honor | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Television | Inducted | [38] |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Linda Benson |
| 1968 | A Case of Libel | Anita Corcoran |
| 1970 | The Love War | Sandy |
| 1971 | Thief | Jean Melville |
| 1971 | See the Man Run | Joanne Taylor |
| 1973 | The Norliss Tapes | Ellen Sterns Cort |
| 1974 | Pray for the Wildcats | Nancy McIlvain |
| 1977 | A Sensitive, Passionate Man | Marjorie 'Margie' Delaney |
| 1978 | Ringo | Sgt. Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson |
| 1978 | Overboard | Lindy Garrison |
| 1979 | The Suicide's Wife | Diana Harrington |
| 1981 | Dial M for Murder | Margot Wendice |
| 1982 | One Shoe Makes It Murder | Fay Reid |
| 1984 | Jealousy | Georgia/Laura/Ginny |
| 1984 | A Touch of Scandal | Katherine Gilvey |
| 1987 | Stillwatch | Abigail Winslow |
| 1987 | Police Story: The Freeway Killings | Officer Anne Cavanaugh |
| 1988 | Once Upon a Texas Train | Maggie Hayes |
| 1989 | Fire and Rain | Beth Mancini |
| 1989 | Prime Target | Sgt. Kelly Mulcahaney |
| 1991 | Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Carolyn Payton |
| 1992 | Treacherous Crossing | Beverly Thomas |
| 1996 | Remembrance | Margaret Fullerton |
| 1997 | Deep Family Secrets | Rénee Chadway |
| 1997 | The Don's Analyst | Victoria Leoni |
| 1999 | Sealed with a Kiss | Lucille Ethridge |
| 2009 | Mending Fences | Ruth Hanson |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | I Led 3 Lives | Comrade Margaret | Episode: "Asylum" |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show | Receptionist | Episode: "The Executive" |
| 1954 | Death Valley Days | Salina Harris | 3 episodes |
| 1955 | City Detective | Cigarette Girl | Episode: "The Perfect Disguise" |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill, Jr. | Anna Louise Beaumont | Episode: "The Death of Johnny Ringo" |
| 1955 | Matinee Theatre | — | 7 episodes |
| 1955 | It's a Great Life | Myra | Episode: "The Raffle Ticket" |
| 1956 | General Electric Theater | Shaw | Episode: "Try to Remember" |
| 1956 | It's a Great Life | Rita Moore | Episode: "The Voice" |
| 1956 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Ann Drew | Episode: "One of Jesse's Gang" |
| 1956 | Chevron Hall of Stars | Bertha | Episode: "Mr. Thompson" |
| 1956 | Four Star Playhouse | — | Episode: "The Rites of Spring" |
| 1956 | The Millionaire | Jane Carr / Janice Corwin | Episode: "Millionaire Jane Carr" |
| 1956 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Ann | Episode: "Always the Best Man" |
| 1956 | Broken Arrow | Terry Weaver | Episode: "The Conspirators" |
| 1957 | The Gray Ghost | Edie Page | Episode: "Point of Honor" |
| 1957 | Gunsmoke | Rose Daggitt (credited as Angie Dickson) | Episode: "Sins of the Father" |
| 1957 | Cheyenne | Jeannie | Episode: "War Party" |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Mrs. Garron | Episode: "Circumstantial" |
| 1957 | Have Gun – Will Travel | Amy Bender | Episode: "A Matter of Ethics" |
| 1956–57 | The Lineup | Doris Collins | 3 episodes |
| 1957 | M Squad | Hazel McLean | Episode: "Diamond Hard" |
| 1957 | Meet McGraw | Mary Gaan | Episode: "Tycoon" |
| 1957 | Meet McGraw | Lisa Parish | Episode: "McGraw in Reno" |
| 1958 | The Restless Gun | Evelyn Niemack | Episode: "Imposter for a Day" |
| 1958 | Perry Mason | Marian Gallagher Fargo | Episode: "The Case of the One-Eyed Witness" |
| 1958 | The Bob Cummings Show | Milly | Episode: "Bob and Automation" |
| 1958 | Tombstone Territory | Dolores | Episode: "Geronimo" |
| 1958 | State Trooper | Betty Locke | Episode: "Wild Green Yonder" |
| 1958 | Colt .45 | Laura Meadows | Episode: "The Deserters" |
| 1958 | Studio 57 | — | Episode: "Gambler's Luck" |
| 1958 | The People's Choice | Geraldine Gibson Hexley | 2 episodes |
| 1958 | Mike Hammer | Lucille Hart | Episode: "Letter Edged in Blackmail" |
| 1958 | Mike Hammer | Rita Patten | Episode: "Look at the Old Man Go" |
| 1958 | Target | Betty Nelson | Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt" |
| 1958 | Northwest Passage | Rose Carver | Episode: "The Bound Women" |
| 1958 | Man with a Camera | Norma Delgado | Episode: "Closeup on Violence" |
| 1959 | Wagon Train | Clara Duncan | Episode: "The Clara Duncan Story" |
| 1959 | Men into Space | Mary McCauley | Episode: "Moon Probe" |
| 1960 | Lock Up | Betty Nelson | Episode: "Sentenced to Die" |
| 1962 | Checkmate | Karen Vale | Episode: "Remembrance of Crimes Past" |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Janet West | Season 1 Episode 5: "Captive Audience" |
| 1962 | The Dick Powell Show | Judy Maxwell | Episode: "No Strings Attached" |
| 1964 | The Fisher Family | Helen | Episode: "Bright Shadows" |
| 1965 | The Fugitive | Norma Sessions | Episode: "Brass Ring" |
| 1965 | The Man Who Bought Paradise | Ruth Paris | Unsold TV pilot |
| 1965 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Ariane Shaw | Season 3 Episode 15: "Thanatos Palace Hotel" |
| 1965 | Dr. Kildare | Carol Tredman | 3 episodes |
| 1966 | The Virginian | Annie Carlson | Episode: "Ride to Delphi" |
| 1966 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Christina | Episode: "And Baby Makes Five" |
| 1971 | The Man and the City | Charlene | Episode: "Running Scared" |
| 1972 | Ghost Story | Carol Finney | Episode: "Creatures of the Canyon" |
| 1973 | Hec Ramsey | Sarah Detweiler | Episode: "The Detroit Connection" |
| 1974 | Police Story | Lisa Beaumont | Episode: "The Gamble" |
| 1974–78 | Police Woman | Sgt. Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson | 91 episodes |
| 1978 | Pearl | Midge Forrest | 3 episodes |
| 1982 | Cassie & Co. | Cassie Holland | 13 episodes |
| 1985 | Hollywood Wives | Sadie LaSalle | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1987 | Saturday Night Live | Various – Guest host | |
| 1991 | Empty Nest | Jackie Sheridan | Episode: "Almost Like Being in Love" |
| 1993 | Wild Palms | Josie Ito | 5 episodes |
| 1993 | Daddy Dearest | Mrs. Winters | Episode: "Mother Love" |
| 1997 | Diagnosis: Murder | Capt. Cynthia Pike | Episode: "Murder Blues" |
| 1997 | Ellen | Betsy | Episode: "G.I. Ellen" |
| 1997 | George & Leo | Sheila Smith | Episode: "The Witness" |
| 1997 | The Larry Sanders Show | Herself | Episode: "Artie and Angie and Hank and Hercules" |
| 2004 | Judging Amy | Evelyn Worth | Episode: "Catching It Early" |
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