An attractive and talented film actress of the 1960s and 1970s, and star of the popular television show Police Woman, Angie Dickinson's lasting image was thrust upon her by Brian De Palma in 1980. By then an elegant and sophisticated presence,...

Angie Dickinson (born September 30, 1931) is a Golden Globe-winning American television and film actress, perhaps best known for her role as the sultry Sergeant Leann "Pepper" Anderson in the 1970s crime drama Police...

Lee Marvin (1924–1987) brought a distinctive brand of amused and often bemused virility to over 60 action films from 1951 to 1986, the best of which are being shown by the Film Society of Lincoln Center from May 11 to May 24. Marvin won his...

Today is Sunday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2007. There are 92 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 30, 1846, Boston dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time as he extracted an ulcerated tooth from merchant...

The idea for Rio Bravo (1959) began with Howard Hawks hating High Noon (1952). In 1962, Hawks explained this to me, referring to High Noon as that picture “in which Gary Cooper ran around trying to get help and no one would give him any....

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 6:Sept. 30: Actress Deborah Kerr is 86. Actress Angie Dickinson is 76. Singer Cissy Houston is 74. Singer Johnny Mathis is 72. Actor Len Cariou is 68. Singer-drummer Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield is 65. Singer Marilyn...