Hollywood icon Angie Dickinson, 86, seen outside LA home

She's a Hollywood icon with 146 credits in her six decade career.

And the spark was still there when Angie Dickinson, 86, was spotted outside her Los Angeles home recently.

The star popped a white trilby over her grey-blonde tresses as she went out in the bright sunshine to pick up some scraps of trash in her drive.

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Out and about: Angie Dickinson, 86, was spotted picking up a few scraps of trash from the drive of her home in Los Angeles recently

The star teamed the hat with a baggy white sweater, black pants and flip-flops.

Angie is best known for her role as Sergeant Leann 'Pepper' Anderson in the NBC crime series Police Woman, which ran from 1974 to 1978, becoming the first woman to play a cop.

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But she was a beauty who had attracted attention since 1954, when she appeared in five TV series.

She had a role in the original 1960 version of Ocean's 11 opposite Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean, playing his wife Beatrice, and reportedly had a 10-year affair with the star. 

Cleaning up: The actress popped a white trilby over her grey-blonde tresses as she went out in the bright sunshine

Bending down: The star teamed the hat with a baggy white sweater, black pants and flip-flops

Angie also had a cameo in George Clooney's 2001 reboot of the Las Vegas heist movie.

She also allegedly had affairs with Frank's Rat Pack pal Dean Martin and President John F. Kennedy.

Now single, the actress was married to composer Burt Bacharach, now 89, from 1965 to 1981. 

 Her life hasn't been without tragedy. Their daughter, Nikki, committed suicide in 2007 when she was 40.

One the beat: Angie is best known for her role as Sergeant Leann 'Pepper' Anderson in the NBC series Police Woman, which ran from 1974 to 1978, becoming the first woman to play a cop

Early days: The beautiful blonde, seen in a promo snap in 1955, has enjoyed a six decade career

Aside from Ocean's 11, Angie has starred in more than 50 films including director Rober Vadim's risque comedy Pretty Maids All In A Row in 1971.

The icon received a Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame for her contribution to television in 1987. 

Angie's last film performance was in 2004's Elvis Has Left The Building and she was last seen on TV in 2009's Mending Fences.

Chatting her up: Angie was delighted to be interviewed by her longtime lover Frank Sinatra when he stood in for host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in November 1977

Blonde beauty: Angie looked radiant when she appeared in NBC's Cassie Holland in 1981

However she has appeared in a number of documentaries and news shows since then including last year's PBS documentary about another of Sinatra's Rat Pack pals Sammy Davis, JR.: I've Gotta Be Me.

Back in 2010 when she was 79, Angie reflected on her life and career telling NJ.com: 'I was lucky.

'I came along at the right time for so many great things. I met some great stars and stayed friends with many and lovers with some. It was a fantastic life, really. And it still is.'

Young love: Angie with her then husband, composer Burt Bacharach in 1966 a year after they tied the knot. The couple divorced in 1981

Still working: Angie was last seen on TV in 2009's Mending Fences but she has since appeared in a number of documentaries and news shows including last year's PBS documentary about another of Sinatra's Rat Pack pals Sammy Davis, JR.: I've Gotta Be Me

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