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
Flower child originated as a synonym for hippie, especially among the idealistic young people who gathered in San Francisco and the surrounding area during the Summer of Love in 1967. It was the custom of "flower children" to wear and distribut ...
Julie Barnes in the crime drama ''
The Mod Squad
''The Mod Squad'' is an American crime drama series, originally broadcast for five seasons on ABC from September 24, 1968, to March 1, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Peter "Pete" Cochran, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III ...
'' (1968–1973), for which she won the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1970.
After ''The Mod Squad'', Lipton married musician
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...
and began a 15-year hiatus from acting, during which she raised her two children,
Kidada and
Rashida Jones
Rashida Leah Jones (; born February 25, 1976) is an American actress.
Jones appeared as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series '' Boston Public'' (2000–2002), as Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series ''The Office'' (2006–2009; 2011), and ...
. She returned to acting in 1988, performing in many TV roles, including
Norma Jennings in
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...
's ''
Twin Peaks
''Twin Peaks'' is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show returned in 2017 ...
''.
Early life
Lipton was born Margaret Ann Lipton into an upper middle-class
Jewish
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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 Lipschitz, Lipshitz, or Lipchitz, is an Ashkenazi Jewish (Yiddish/German-Jewish) surname. The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz ( Lifschitz), Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz, Lipshitz, Lipshits, Lopshits, Lipschutz (Lip ...
) were
Jewish immigrants from Russia, and her mother was born in
Dublin
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, Ireland, to
Jewish parents from Latvia. Lipton was raised on
Long Island
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with her brothers: Robert, who became an actor, and Kenneth. She attended Lawrence Junior High School and the
Professional Children's School
Professional Children's School (PCS) is a not-for-profit, college preparatory school geared toward working and aspiring child actors and dancers in grades six through twelve. The school was founded in New York City in 1914 to provide an academic ed ...
. Sexually abused by an uncle, Lipton was a nervous and withdrawn child with a
stutter
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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 "
Topanga Canyon
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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
Ford Models, originally the Ford Modeling Agency, is an American international modeling agency based in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen Ford and her husband Gerard W. Ford.
Company
Ford Models was started in 1946 by Eileen ...
model and enjoyed a successful early career.
After she and her family moved to Los Angeles in 1964, Lipton signed a contract with
Universal Pictures
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. She made her television debut at age 19 in the
NBC
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sitcom ''The John Forsythe Show'' (1965). Between 1965 and 1968, she appeared in episodes of ''
Bewitched
''Bewitched'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typ ...
'', ''
The Virginian'', ''
The Invaders
''The Invaders'' is an American science-fiction television series created by Larry Cohen that aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1967 to 1968. Roy Thinnes stars as David Vincent, who after stumbling across evidence of an in-progress invas ...
'',
''The Road West'',
''
The F.B.I.
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'', ''
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', and ''
Mr. Novak''.
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
Emmy Award
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nominations and four
Golden Globe Award
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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 "
it girl
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The expression ''it girl'' originated in British upper-class society around the turn of the 20th century. ...
" 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
ABC movie, ''Addicted to His Love''.
She eventually regained major attention for her performance as
Norma Jennings in
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...
's TV series ''
Twin Peaks
''Twin Peaks'' is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show returned in 2017 ...
'' (1990–1991), and subsequently appeared in many TV shows, including recurring roles in ''
Crash
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Common meanings
* Collision, an impact between two or more objects
* Crash (computing), a condition where a program ceases to respond
* Cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating
* Couch ...
'' and ''
Popular''. In 2017 she reprised her character of Norma Jennings in the
''Twin Peaks'' revival. Also in 2017, she appeared in an episode of ''
Angie Tribeca'' 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
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...
in 1970) and "Lu" (1970),
both written by
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro ( ; born Laura Nigro; October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums ''Eli and the Thirteenth Confession'' (1968 ...
. Her "
Wear Your Love Like Heaven" (1970) was written by
Donovan
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. "Stoney End" is included in her 1968 album ''Peggy Lipton'' (
Ode Records), 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
Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated telev ...
, co-wrote the 1984
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the " Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and ...
hit, "
L.A. Is My Lady".
Personal life
Lipton was briefly linked with
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
. At age eighteen she began using drugs in an attempt to alleviate her depression. After Lipton married musician and producer
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...
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
colon cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowe ...
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 "
Wear Your Love Like Heaven" 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
See also
References
External links
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