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Peggy Lipton  (born August 30, 1946) was an overnight success as flower child Julie Barnes in the iconic counterculture TV show The Mod Squad (1968-1973). A former model and singer, her career in film, stage and television has spanned more than forty years. Best known for her role in The Mod Squad, she is also noted for appearing as Norma Jennings in David Lynch's surreal Twin Peaks, and for her one-time marriage to Quincy Jones. She is mother to their two actress daughters Rashida and Kidada Jones.

Background
Born in New York on August 30, 1946, Peggy Lipton was raised in a comfortably upper-middle-class family, her parents being the corporate lawyer Harold Lipton, and an artist known professionally as Rita Benson. Her paternal grandparents were Russian Jews, and her mother was born in Dublin, Ireland to Jewish parents, immigrants from Eastern Europe. Lipton was raised on Long Island with her brothers, Robert, an actor, and Kenneth. She attended Lawrence Junior High School and the Professional Children's School.

Sexually abused by an uncle, Lipton was a nervous, withdrawn child, with a stutter so bad that at times she could not say her own name. In 1964 the family moved to Los Angeles and she became what she described as a "Topanga Canyon hippie", exploring meditation and yoga and subsisting on rice cakes and cottage cheese.

Career
Her father arranged her first modeling jobs in New York, while her mother encouraged her to take acting lessons. At 15 she became a Ford Agency model and enjoyed a successful career After she and her family moved to Los Angeles in 1964, she signed a contract with Universal Pictures and made her TV debut in the NBC sitcom The John Forsythe Show (1965). Between 1965 and 1968 her list of appearances include Bewitched, The Virginian, The Invaders, The Road West, The F.B.I., Walt Disney's Willie and the Yank, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and Mr. Novack.

Lipton's star rose on The Mod Squad. Waiflike and vulnerable, her performance as 'canary with a broken wing' Julie Barnes earned her four Golden Globe nominations during her tenure, and in 1971 she won a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actress in a Drama. Stick thin with long straight ash blond hair, clad in mini-skirts, bell bottoms and love beads, Lipton's Julie Barnes made her a fashion icon and the hip 'it' girl of her time.

As a singer she enjoyed some success with three of her singles landing on the Billboard charts: "Stoney End" (1968, later covered by Barbra Streisand) and "Lu" (1970), both of which were written by Laura Nyro, and "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" (1970) written by Donovan. "Stoney End" also is included in her only 1968 album Peggy Lipton (Ode Records), which has yet to have an official Ode Records/CBS release on CD.

When Lipton Married Quincy Jones in 1974, it was the beginning of her long hiatus from acting in order to concentrate on her family. After she seperated from him in 1986, she commented "I had a great marriage, but it's over, and acting is what I know best how to do. I wanted children very badly, and I knew I couldn't do both well." In 1988 Lipton returned to acting, and the couple divorced in 1990. The role which brought her return to the public's attention was that of Norma Jennings in Twin Peaks (1991-1992), and she has since appeared in many TV shows, including a recurring role in Crash and Popular.

Personal life
Lipton's modeling career and instant fame as Julie Barnes on The Mod Squad brought her the attentions of many famous men, including Paul McCartney, Terence Stamp, his brother Chris, Keith Moon, Elvis Presley, and others. As is often the case with abused children, she acted out sexually. During the late 60's-early 70's she had relationships with a series of alcoholic, abusive, and/or married men. During this time she also experimented with drugs. As The Mod Squad ended she fell in love with composer and producer Quincy Jones, and they married in 1974. An interracial marriage, Lipton says she and Jones were often pulled over by police under the assumption that a white woman with a black man must be either a prostitute or a kidnapping victim.

Jones and Lipton separated in 1986 and divorced in 1990. Still friends, the couple have two daughters, Rashida and Kidada Jones.

In 2005 Lipton released her memoirs, Breathing Out, co-written by David and Coco Dalton. In the book Lipton revealed that she was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2004.

Filmography

 * Mr. Novak, as Selma in "And Then I Wrote ..." (NBC-TV, 1965)
 * The John Forsythe Show as Joanna (NBC, 1965)
 * The Virginian (NBC, 1966), Dulcie Colby
 * Mosby's Marauders (1967), Oralee Prentiss
 * Blue (1968), Laurie Kramer
 * The Mod Squad (ABC-TV, 1968), Julie Barnes
 * A Boy...a Girl (1969)
 * Return of the Mod Squad (1979), Julie Barnes—TV
 * Addicted to His Love (1988), Assistant DA—TV
 * War Party (1988), TV Correspondent
 * I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)—Uncredited
 * Purple People Eater (1988), Mom
 * Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989), Kathleen Crowe
 * Twin Peaks (1990), Norma Jennings—TV Series
 * Fatal Charm (1990), Jane Sims
 * True Identity (1991), Rita
 * Secrets (1992), Olivia Owens—TV Series
 * Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Norma Jennings
 * Dangerous: The Short Films (1993), Mother—("Black or White" video)
 * Angel Falls (1993), Hadley Larson—TV Series
 * Wings (1994)—TV Series
 * The Spider And The Fly (1994), Helen Stroud—TV
 * Deadly Vows (1994), Nancy Wilson—TV
 * Justice For Annie: A Moment Of Truth Movie (1996), Carol Mills—TV
 * The Postman (1997), Ellen March
 * The Intern (2000), Roxanne Rochet
 * The '70s (2000), Gloria Steinem
 * Skipped Parts (2000), Laurabel Pierce
 * Jackpot (2001), Janice
 * Alias (2004), Olivia Reed—TV Series
 * Rules of Engagement (2007), Adam's Mom, Fay—TV Series
 * When in Rome (2010), Beth's mother, Priscilla Martin