Margaret Ann Lipton (August 30, 1946 – May 11, 2019) was an American actress, model, and singer. She made appearances in many of the most popular television shows of the 1960s before she landed her defining role as flower child Julie Barnes in the crime drama ''

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'' (1968–1973), for which she won the

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in 1970. After ''The Mod Squad'', Lipton married musician

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and began a 15-year hiatus from acting, during which she raised her two children, Kidada and

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. She returned to acting in 1988, performing in many TV roles, including

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's ''

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''.

Early life

Lipton was born Margaret Ann Lipton into an upper middle-class

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family in New York City on August 30, 1946, the daughter of artist Rita Benson (born Rita Hetty Rosenberg) and corporate lawyer Harold Lipton. Her paternal grandparents (surnamed Lipschitz) were Jewish immigrants from Russia, and her mother was born in

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, Ireland, to Jewish parents from Latvia. Lipton was raised on

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with her brothers: Robert, who became an actor, and Kenneth. She attended Lawrence Junior High School and the

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. Sexually abused by an uncle, Lipton was a nervous and withdrawn child with a

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so severe that she was sometimes unable to say her own name. In 1964, the family moved to Los Angeles, where Lipton became what she called a "

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hippie" who explored meditation and yoga.

Career

Modeling and acting

Lipton's father arranged her first modeling jobs in New York, while her mother encouraged her to take acting lessons. At 15, Lipton became a Ford Agency model and enjoyed a successful early career. After she and her family moved to Los Angeles in 1964, Lipton signed a contract with

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. She made her television debut at age 19 in the

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sitcom ''The John Forsythe Show'' (1965). Between 1965 and 1968, she appeared in episodes of ''

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'', '' The Virginian'', ''

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'', ''The Road West'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Lipton starred in ''The Mod Squad'' as one of a trio of Los Angeles undercover "hippie cops". Appearing waiflike and vulnerable, as David Hutchings wrote, her performance as "canary with a broken wing" Julie Barnes earned her four

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nominations and four

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nominations during her tenure. In 1971, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actress in a Drama. Thin with long, straight, ash blonde hair, clad in mini-skirts, bell bottoms, and love beads, Lipton's Julie Barnes became a fashion icon and the hip "

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" of her time. After ''The Mod Squad'', Lipton did no full-time acting for 15 years. In March 1988, she returned to television as the star of an

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movie, ''Addicted to His Love''. She eventually regained major attention for her performance as

's TV series ''

'' (1990–1991), and subsequently appeared in many TV shows, including recurring roles in ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2017 she reprised her character of Norma Jennings in the ''Twin Peaks'' revival. Also in 2017, she appeared in an episode of ''

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'' as the mother of the title character played by her daughter Rashida Jones.

Singing

As a singer, three of Lipton's singles landed on the ''Billboard'' charts: " Stoney End" (No. 121 Bubbling Under Hot 100, 1968, later a hit for

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in 1970) and "Lu" (1970), both written by

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. Her "

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" (1970) was written by

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. "Stoney End" is included in her 1968 album ''Peggy Lipton'' (

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), which was released on CD on July 29, 2014, by RealGone Music, along with other singles and previously unreleased material (nineteen tracks in all). Lipton and her husband Quincy Jones, along with

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, co-wrote the 1984

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hit, " L.A. Is My Lady".

Personal life

Lipton was briefly linked with

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. At age eighteen she began using drugs in an attempt to alleviate her depression. After Lipton married musician and producer

in 1974, she took a hiatus from acting to concentrate on her family (with the exception of appearing in the made-for-TV movie '' The Return of the Mod Squad'' in 1979). The couple had two daughters, Kidada and Rashida, who both became actresses. Lipton separated from Jones in 1986, and they divorced in 1989.

Death

Lipton died of

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in Los Angeles on May 11, 2019, after being diagnosed in 2004.

Discography

*1968 ''Peggy Lipton'' (Ode Records) *2013 ''Peggy Lipton: The Complete Ode Recordings'' (Vivid Sound)

Singles

*1968 "

" b/w "Honey Won't Let Me" (45 rpm) (''Record World'' AC #40) *1968 " Stoney End" b/w "San Francisco Glide" (45 rpm) (''Billboard'' #121) *1969 "Red Clay County Line" b/w "Just A Little Lovin' (Early In The Morning)" (45 rpm) *1970 "Lu" / "Let Me Pass By" (45 rpm) (#45 Canada, February 1970) *1970 "Let Me Pass By" b/w " Hands Off the Man (Flim Flam Man)" (45 rpm)

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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