My Take
Peggy Lipton fascinates me as a performer who defined two different eras of television. As Julie Barnes in The Mod Squad she embodied late-sixties counterculture cool, earning a Golden Globe and multiple Emmy nominations; two decades later she returned as Norma Jennings in Twin Peaks, all warmth and quiet melancholy behind a diner counter. Model, singer, writer — she had genuine range, yet never seemed to chase the spotlight. There is a gentleness to her screen presence that modern television rarely produces. Her passing in 2019 closed a chapter, but the luminous ease she brought to every frame still holds up beautifully.
Overview
Margaret Ann Lipton (August 30, 1946 – May 11, 2019) was an American model, actress, 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 was nominated for four Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a T…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peggy Lipton
- Name (Japanese)
- ペギー・リプトン
- Reading
- ぺぎー・りぷとん
- Born
- August 30, 1946 – May 11, 2019
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / writer / model / television actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lawrence High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.