Peggy Lipton: biography, personal life and selected filmography

Peggy Lipton is a former American model andA woman who has devoted fifty years of her career to a career in film and television. She is most known for the role of Julie Barnes from the criminal drama "Detachment" Dandies "and Norma Jennings from the mystical series" Twin Peaks. " In the article a little more time will be devoted to the creativity of the actress.

Biography

Born Ann Margaret "Peggy" Lipton in 1946in NYC. Her parents were corporate lawyer Harold Lipton and artist Rita Benson. The girl grew up on Long Island with her brothers: Kenneth and Robert. She studied at a professional children's school, a school that specializes in preparing children who want to become actors or dancers in the future.

In 1964, the Liptons in full force moved toLos Angeles, where the girl, as she later claimed, a little zahhippovala - engaged in meditation and yoga, and ate cottage cheese and rice cakes. In 1974, Ann Margaret married the producer and musician Quincy Jones. They had two daughters - Leah Rashid and Kidad. And to give more time to the family, the actress even stopped acting. But after twelve years of marriage Peggy and Quincy began to distance themselves from each other, and in 1990 divorced.

Carier start

For the first time actress Peggy Lipton appeared on the screenTV in 1965, when she played a secretary in the comedy series Sola Saks "My wife charmed me" (1964-1972). And then she received episodic roles in several TV series: "Mr. Novak" (1963-1965), "The Hour of Alfred Hitchcock" (1962-1965), "The Virgin" (1962-1971), "Disneyland" (1954-1991), "FBI "(1965-1974) and" The Invaders "(1967-1968).

In 1968, the actress played a small roleLauri Kramer in the western Silvio Narizzano "Blue." And in the period from 1968 to 1973, Peggy as one of the main characters participated in the filming of the multi-series crime drama ABC Channel "Detachment". In the center of the story are four friends, leading a wild life. Each of them has already crossed the line of law, and now, to stay at liberty, the guys are forced to cooperate with the police. Peggy Lipton played Julie Barnes - a hippy girl and a failed singer who ran away from a drug addict mother, but was caught by the San Francisco police for vagrancy.

Cannibal Angel

The role of the second plan the actress received intelevision comedy by Arthur Allan Seidelman "Dependent on his love" (1988). In the same year she appeared in the fantastic comedy of Linda Shane "The Purple Ogre." She starred in the criminal fighter J. Lee Thompson "Kinjait: Forbidden Topics." And Jane Sims played in the thriller Alan Smithy and Fritz Kirsch "Lethal Charm" (1990), where a schoolgirl named Valerie "was lucky" to find her love in the form of Adam Brennan, who, according to police, is guilty of several murders.

In 1991, Peggy Lipton as Rita, the charactersecond plan, appeared in the comedy film Charles Lane "Change of Personality." But two years later, Hadley Larson starred in the dramatic miniseries Joyce Elliason "Angel Falls" (1993). And a year later, played in the detective film of Michael Catlmann's "Spider and Fly" and the television drama Alan Metzger's "Deadly Commitment."

Pigtail-clairvoyant

The role of Ellen Marsh Peggy went to the adventurethe militant Kevin Costner "The Postman" (1997). Roxane Rothchet the movie star played in the comic picture "The Practitioner", filmed by Michael Lange in 1999. In the role of an American feminist, politician and journalist appeared in the television drama of Peter Werner "The Seventies" (2000). The image of Kelly Foster has tried on four episodes of teenage drama by Gina Mathews and Ryan Murphy's "Best" (1999-2001).

In 2000, Tamra Davis presented the worldmelodrama "Children under 16," in which Peggy Lipton earned a worthy supporting role. Episodic character actress was offered to play in the comic drama of Michael Polisch "Jackpot" (2001). She also played Olivia Reed in the multi-part action movie The Spy (2001-2006) and Susie in four episodes of Glen Mazza's drama Clash (2008-2009).

A small role for the actress was in melodrama"Once Upon a Time in Rome", created in 2009 by Mark Stephen Johnson. Then she appeared in the first season of the comedy series Matthew Carnahan "Resident Lie" (2012-2016) and in the eighth season of the comedian detective Steve Franks "Clairvoyant" (2006-2014). In 2017 Peggy performed one of the main roles in the comedy drama Lasse Hallström's "Dog's Life". And the mother of the main character, Peggy Tribeca, played in two episodes of the police comedy Steve and Nancy Carell "Angie Tribeca" (2016- ...).

The half-life of Peggy Lipton in "Twin Pix"

When in the late 80's David Lynch and Mark Frostlaunched in the production of their multi-genre (but mostly mystical) project called "Twin Peaks", one of the main roles they offered Anne Margaret Lipton. In the series about life in a quiet town, which in a single moment was covered by a wave of mysterious murders, the actress played the role of Norma Jennings - the charming owner of a local cafe.

You can say, the character has become an integral partproject, in addition, strongly fell in love with the audience. Therefore, the appearance of Peggy Lipton in the film "Twin Peaks: Through the Fire" (1991), which was the prequel of the series, was expected. And even after 22 years, when the script was ready and given a "green light" to the shootings, Norma Jennings was allocated a seat in five episodes of the third season.