Biografía

Had a ten-year, on-again/off-again relationship with Frank Sinatra.

Her daughter (with Burt Bacharach), Lea Nikki Bacharach, committed suicide at age 40 on January 4, 2007 in Ventura County, California. She was born prematurely on July 12, 1966 and battled Asperger's disorder, a form of autism.

Along with Henry Silva, she is one of only two actors to appear in both 11 a la media noche (1960) and its remake La gran estafa (2001).

Said she initially declined to play the ill-fated, sexually frustrated Kate Miller in Vestida para matar (1980) because she felt her role on the television series La mujer policia (1974) had made her into something of a role model, but director Brian De Palma eventually persuaded her to accept the role.

According to director Steve Carver, Dickinson allowed all of the crew to remain on set during the filming of her extensive nude scenes in Las temerarias - Angie y sus rebeldes (1974).

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

No question - the more powerful men are, the more sexy they are.

When I started shooting La mujer policia (1974), someone asked me if I had ever played a sleuth before. I said, "Yes, many times." I thought they were asking me if I had ever played a slut. I didn't know what a sleuth was.

I dress for women, and undress for men.

[on her initial reaction to the screenplay for Vestida para matar (1980)] I was like "I can't do this, I'm 'Police Woman'!".