Attended Immaculate Heart College and Glendale College.
Born at 6:15 PM.
First husband Gene Dickinson was a college football star, turned semi-pro. He later moved into the electronics business but they separated in 1956 after four years of marriage. They divorced in 1960.
Had a ten-year, on-again/off-again relationship with Frank Sinatra.
Her daughter (with Burt Bacharach), Nikki Bacharach, died at age 40 on January 4, 2007, of suicide in Ventura County, California. She was born prematurely in 1966 and battled Asperger's disorder, a form of autism.
Measurements: 35-23-36 (as a 1960s starlet), 35C-25-35 1/2 (during "Police Woman" (1974)) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Mentioned in the song "Putting the Damage On" by Tori Amos.
One of three daughters born to Leo and Frederica Brown. Her family owned and operated the North Dakota newspaper offices The Kulm Messenger and, later, the Edgeley Mail in the 1930s. The family moved to California when she was around 10 years old.
Originally had a major role as the main villain in Mel Gibson's Payback (1999/I) as Mrs. Bronson (there originally was no Kris Kristofferson role). When Mel Gibson took over, the role was deleted. It will be restored on "Payback - Straight Up" in 2007.
Ranked #3 in TV Guide's '50 Sexiest TV Stars of All Time' list in 2002.
Ranked #42 on "Playboy" Magazines "100 Sexiest Stars of the Century," January 1999.
Said she initially declined to play the ill-fated, sexually frustrated "Kate Miller" in Dressed to Kill (1980) because she felt her role on the "Police Woman" (1974) TV series had made her into something of a role model, but director Brian De Palma eventually persuaded her to accept the role.
Sisters: Mary Lou Belmont, who is deceased, and younger sister, Janet Lee.
Turned down the role of Krystle Carrington on "Dynasty" (1981).
Was in serious consideration for the role of Carol McCoy in The Getaway (1972), which went to Ali MacGraw.