Actress Peggy Lipton, star of 'Mod Squad' and 'Twin Peaks,' has died at the age of 72.
LOS ANGELES — Peggy Lipton, actress and singer known for her roles in"The Mod Squad" and"Twin Peaks," and the mother of Rashida Jones, has died at 72 of cancer.
Lipton won a Golden Globe and was Emmy-nominated four times for her role as flower child Julie Barnes in"The Mod Squad," in which she starred from 1968 to 1973. She became a fashion icon for her hippie outfits on the show, which featured three hip undercover cops,"One black, one white, one blonde," as the marketing campaign described.
After a long break to raise her daughters, she returned to acting on David Lynch's original"Twin Peaks" series, on which she played Norma Jennings, the owner of the Double R Diner. She reprised her role in the recent revival of the series. Claire Danes played the"blonde cop" role in the 1999 feature film version of"The Mod Squad," and Lipton returned for a brief cameo.
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