Peggy Lipton aka Peggy Lipton Jones (born August 30, 1946) is an American television actress. She played "Julie Barnes" in The Mod Squad, and Norma Jennings in Twin Peaks.
Lipton was born in New York City, the daughter of Rita Hetty (née Benson), an artist, and Harold Lipton, a corporate lawyer. Her paternal grandparents were Russian Jews and her Dublin-born mother was also Jewish, descended from Eastern European immigrants. Lipton was raised in ...
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Peggy Lipton aka Peggy Lipton Jones (born August 30, 1946) is an American television actress. She played "Julie Barnes" in The Mod Squad, and Norma Jennings in Twin Peaks.
Lipton was born in New York City, the daughter of Rita Hetty (née Benson), an artist, and Harold Lipton, a corporate lawyer. Her paternal grandparents were Russian Jews and her Dublin-born mother was also Jewish, descended from Eastern European immigrants. Lipton was raised in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York on Long Island with her brothers, Robert, an actor, and Kenneth. She attended Lawrence Junior High School and the Professional Children's School.
Lipton signed with the Ford Modeling Agency and enjoyed a successful career. In 1964 her family moved to Los Angeles and she signed a contract with Universal Pictures the same year. She made her debut as a student at a private girls' academy in San Francisco in the NBC sitcom The John Forsythe Show (1965–1966). In 1967, Lipton appeared in the series finale, ...
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