1. Angie Bowie was married to Bowie from 1970 until their divorce in 1980.
24 Facts About Angie Bowie
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Angie Bowie's father was a US Army colonel who later worked as a mining engineer and ran a mill for the Cyprus Mines Corporation.
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Angie Bowie has a brother who is 16 years older than her.
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Angie Bowie performed on The Mike Douglas Show in early 1975.
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Angie Bowie auditioned for the title role in the 1974 television movie Wonder Woman, with Cathy Lee Crosby getting the part.
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Newsweek hypothesized in its February 11,1974, issue that Angie Bowie lost out to Crosby because of her refusal to wear a bra.
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Later in 1975, Angie Bowie bought the television rights to the Marvel Comics characters Black Widow and Daredevil, hoping to develop and sell a series featuring the two heroes.
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Angie Bowie planned to play Black Widow, with actor Ben Carruthers as Daredevil.
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Angie Bowie was slated to portray Ruth Ellis in a 1979 film that was ultimately never produced.
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In March 1982, Angie Bowie appeared on the television program The Old Grey Whistle Test, reciting poetry, while Mick Karn, from the band Japan, played bass.
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Angie Bowie has had credited acting roles in at least four films: Eat the Rich, Demented, Deadrockstar and La Funcionaria Asesina.
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On January 5,2016, Angie Bowie appeared on Celebrity Big Brother 17, where she finished in 12th place.
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Angela Angie Bowie has written two autobiographies: Free Spirit, as well as Backstage Passes: Life On the Wild Side with David Angie Bowie, published in 1993 and updated in 2000.
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Angie Bowie sang with Subterraneans vocalist Jude Rawlins on a version of the Rolling Stones song "The Last Time", included on the 2003 Subterraneans album Orly Flight.
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Angie Bowie has reinvented herself as a journalist specializing in gender issues.
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Angie Bowie served as a "roving reporter" for the award winning transgender and drag monthly 'Frock Magazine.
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Angie Bowie met musician David Bowie in London in 1969, at the age of 19.
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Angie Bowie stated that they were not in love, and the union was a marriage of convenience.
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Angie Bowie later preferred to be known as Joe or Joey but has reverted to the name Duncan Jones.
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Angie Bowie stated that David's drug habit had become so out of control that she believed giving him the responsibility of raising their son would stabilize him.
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Angie Bowie wrote the song "The Prettiest Star", about her.
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Angie Bowie mentioned the estrangement during her 2016 appearance on Celebrity Big Brother.
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Angie Bowie previously said that, although she has not seen her son since he was 13, he had been in very brief contact with her daughter Stasha in the early 2000s.
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Angie Bowie has long claimed to have inspired The Rolling Stones' hit song "Angie" from their 1973 album Goats Head Soup.