Peggy Lipton Biography And Net Worth

Who is Peggy Lipton?

Margaret Ann Lipton 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 The Mod Squad (1968–1973), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1970.

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Biography

Lipton was born Margaret Ann Lipton into an upper-middle-class Jewish 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 Dublin, Ireland, to Jewish parents from Latvia. Lipton was raised on Long Island with her brothers: Robert, who became 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 Sexually abused by an uncle, Lipton was a nervous and withdrawn child with a stutter so severe that she was sometimes unable to say her own name.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 hippie” who explored meditation and yoga.

Career

Peggy Lipton’s father was instrumental in getting Peggy her first modelling job, and her mother suggested that she take acting lessons. When Lipton was 15 years old, she signed with Ford Models, and after her family moved to L.A., she entered into a contract with Universal Pictures. She made her acting debut in a 1965 episode of “The John Forsythe Show,” then she guest-starred on “Bewitched” (1965), “Mr. Novak” (1965), “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” (1965), “The Virginian” (1966), “The Road West” (1967), and “The Invaders” (1967). Peggy’s first film was 1967’s “Mosby’s Marauders,” and she followed it with “Blue” (1968) and “A Boy… a Girl” (1969). From 1968 to 1973, she starred as Julie Barnes on the crime drama “The Mod Squad,” which aired 124 episodes over five seasons and earned Lipton a Golden Globe Award and four Primetime Emmy nominations. Lipton reprised her role in the 1979 TV movie “The Return of the Mod Squad.”

After marrying Quincy Jones, Peggy took a hiatus from acting, and in the late ’80s, she appeared in the films “War Party” (1988), “Purple People Eater” (1988), “Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects” (1989), and “Twin Peaks” (1989) and the TV movie “Addicted to His Love” (1988). From 1990 to 1991, Lipton played Norma Jennings on the ABC series “Twin Peaks.” She returned for the 1992 film “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” and five episodes of the 2017 Showtime revival. She appeared in the films “Fatal Charm” (1990) and “True Identity” (1991) and the TV movies “The Spider and the Fly” (1994), “Deadly Vows” (1994), and “Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie” (1996), and she co-starred with Kevin Costner in 1997’s “The Postman” (which Costner also directed). Peggy starred as Hadley Larson on the CBS drama “Angel Falls” (1993), and she guest-starred on “The Hitchhiker” (1990) and “Wings” (1994).

Lipton portrayed Gloria Steinem in the 2000 TV movie “The 70s,” and she had recurring roles as Kelly Foster on The WB’s “Popular” (2000) and Olivia Reed on ABC’s “Alias” (2004). Around this time, she appeared in the films “The Intern” (2000), “Skipped Parts” (2000), and “Jackpot” (2001), then she guest-starred in “Cuts” (2005) and “Rules of Engagement” (2007) and played Susie in four episodes of the Starz drama “Crash” (2009). Peggy co-starred with Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Will Arnett, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Danny DeVito, and Anjelica Huston in the 2010 romantic comedy “When in Rome,” and she played Bell’s mother again in a 2012 episode of the Showtime series “House of Lies.” Lipton guest-starred on “Psych” (2014), “Angie Tribeca” (2016–2017), “Claws” (2017), and “There’s… Johnny!” (2017), and her final film was 2017’s “A Dog’s Purpose.” Peggy also released two albums and three successful singles, and she co-wrote the song “L.A. Is My Lady” (which was a hit for Frank Sinatra) with her then-husband Quincy Jones as well as Marilyn and Alan Bergman.

Net Worth

American actress, Peggy Lipton had a net worth of $10 million at the time of her death in 2019.

Personal Life

Peggy Lipton was briefly linked with Paul McCartney. At the age of eighteen, she began using drugs in an attempt to alleviate her depression. After Peggy married musician and producer Quincy Jones 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. Peggy and Jones separated in 1986 and divorced in 1989.

Death

After being diagnosed in 2004, Peggy Lipton died of colon cancer in Los Angeles on May 11, 2019, at the age of 72.

FAQs

How did Peggy Lipton pass away?

She died from colon cancer.

How old was Peggy Lipton at the time of her death?

Peggy Lipton (1946-2019) 72 years old

How long was Quincy Jones married to Peggy Lipton?

Peggy Lipton and Quincy Jones were married for 14 years

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