Margaret Ann "Peggy" Lipton (August , â€" May , ) was an American
actress, model, and singer. She made appearances in many of the most
popular television shows of the s before she landed her defining role
as flower child Julie Barnes in the crime drama The Mod Squad (â€"),
for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress â€"
Television Series Drama in .After The Mod Squad, Lipton married
producer Quincy Jones and began a -year hiatus from acting, in which
she raised her two children, Kidada and Rashida Jones. She returned to
acting in , performing in many TV roles, including Norma Jennings in
David Lynch's Twin Peaks.Margaret Ann Lipton was born into an upper
middle class Jewish family in New York City on August , , the daughter
of artist Rita Benson (born Rita Hetty Rosenberg) and corporate lawyer
Harold Lipton. Her paternal grandparents (surnamed Lipschitz) were
from Russia, and her mother was born in Dublin, Ireland to 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an uncle, Lipton was a nervous and withdrawn child with a stutter so
bad that she was sometimes unable to say her own name. In , the family
moved to Los Angeles, where Lipton became what she called a "Topanga
Canyon hippie" who explored meditation and yoga.
actress, model, and singer. She made appearances in many of the most
popular television shows of the s before she landed her defining role
as flower child Julie Barnes in the crime drama The Mod Squad (â€"),
for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress â€"
Television Series Drama in .After The Mod Squad, Lipton married
producer Quincy Jones and began a -year hiatus from acting, in which
she raised her two children, Kidada and Rashida Jones. She returned to
acting in , performing in many TV roles, including Norma Jennings in
David Lynch's Twin Peaks.Margaret Ann Lipton was born into an upper
middle class Jewish family in New York City on August , , the daughter
of artist Rita Benson (born Rita Hetty Rosenberg) and corporate lawyer
Harold Lipton. Her paternal grandparents (surnamed Lipschitz) were
from Russia, and her mother was born in Dublin, Ireland to 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
bad that she was sometimes unable to say her own name. In , the family
moved to Los Angeles, where Lipton became what she called a "Topanga
Canyon hippie" who explored meditation and yoga.
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