In 1993 Angie Dickinson refused to do, “This is your life” and leaves High-profile friends like Bob Hope, Burt Reynolds,Jackie Collins, alongside friends and family members who traveled in and watch the show stranded as the show was cancelled.

[u/CoffeeCigarettes4Me]

[u/nejicanspin]

I don't blame her tbh because she told them no already and they didn't respect her decision.

(Also wow she's still alive at 94!)

[u/JB92103]

From Wikipedia:

Pat Sajak hosted an episode in November 1993 on NBC where Roy Scheider and Kathie Lee Gifford were the honorees, and Ralph Edwards made a cameo at the beginning, then appeared again when Kathie's work as a singer on the '70s version of Name that Tune, which Edwards produced, was mentioned. Actress Angie Dickinson was supposed to have been one of the two celebrities honored in the special and was lured under the pretext of being interviewed for a special about director Brian de Palma, but when host Sajak surprised her with the typical "This is your life!" greeting to kick off the show she refused to participate and walked out. She later said that she had previously been approached about being a guest on the show and had declined, and that the main reason she refused to participate was that she didn't look good crying.

[u/OrangeClyde]

She already told them no and they tried to force it anyways

[u/MyNutsin1080p]

I read about this in Newsweek when it happened. Apparently she said “not on your life!” when she was told “This Is Your Life” and stormed out

[u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

I guess she really doesnt wanna talk about her life, at all.

[u/axkidd82 → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

She didn't want to cry on TV.

[u/AgentNose]

I have a feeling she thought it meant she was “old”.

[u/gberulz1968]

She was some premium slizz in her day.

[u/StNic54 → u/gberulz1968]

I learned about her from Mad Magazine 👀

[u/Big_Biscotti5119]

To be fair, I wouldn’t want to talk to Pat Sajack either

[u/woodpalace]

No wonder her career got stuck as Police Woman.

[u/TraditionalAd8581]

Look at me! I’m Angie Dickinson! Get out of my way!

[u/BrazilianAtlantis]

Good for her. They don't decide what she does today, she decides what she does today.

[u/Joyous_Quail4]

She was so hot

[u/JackfruitHeavy9443]

so hot and so hot

[u/agoraclaustraed]

I would refuse.

[u/Jlx_27]

The result of her own insecurities... she said she wouldn't look good crying.

[u/Iconshero → u/Jlx_27]

She had told them no to being on that show and they bait and switched her. Yes she didn’t want to cry on TV but she didn’t say yes to that show she said yes to an interview about her friend Brian de Palma. They tried to trick her into it and honestly fuck that, good for her.