10/01/2025
Celebrating the life, career and birthday of ANGIE DICKINSON, who turned 94 yesterday! I have known Angie since 1987 and we have been friends ever since. I began working for the GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN ESTATE out of Ira & Lee's Roxbury Drive home in Beverly Hills. Angie and Lee Gershwin were best friends and I was introduced to Angie my first week there. When I said to her "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Dickinson" and she said "Oh, please, call me Angie!" I knew we would become friends. After Lee's passing, I began my Fan Mail service, Tom Monjack Celebrity Enterprises, in January 1992. Angie was extremely helpful to me. Although she had a full time assistant and didn't need to use my service, she said to tell people she WAS my client. As everyone in the business knew Angie, her generosity opened many doors for me. When her assistant retired a few years later, Angie did become my client and I handled her fan mail (and, boy, did she get fan mail!) for over 20 years until she decided to stop responding to fans in 2019. After 60+ years, she deserved a rest!
I didn't call Angie or post a Happy Birthday message here on FB yesterday. Every year when I would call Angie on her birthday, she would tell me she didn't like making a big fuss about her birthday. I then began the tradition of calling her the day AFTER her birthday to send my love and hopes that she enjoyed her special day. I just called her at home and now, here is my Happy Birthday wishes to ANGIE DICKINSON, a very special woman in my life and a friend I truly treasure.
Here is my favorite photo of Angie as well as photos of Ron and I visiting with Angie at her home after we had moved from LA to Palm Springs. ❤❤❤