Peggy Lipton obit

Peggy Lipton, blond star of 'The Mod Squad' and 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 72

She was not on the list.

Peggy Lipton, a star of the groundbreaking late 1960s TV show "The Mod Squad" and the 1990s show "Twin Peaks," died of cancer Saturday. She was 72.

Lipton died surrounded by her family, her daughters, Rashida and Kidada Jones, said in a statement.

"We are heartbroken that our beloved mother passed away from cancer today," they said. "She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side. We feel so lucky for every moment we spent with her. We can't put all of our feelings into words right now but we will say: Peggy was, and will always be our beacon of light, both in this world and beyond. She will always be a part of us."

Lipton played one of a trio of Los Angeles undercover "hippie cops" on "The Mod Squad," which aired on ABC from 1968 to 1973.


The Los Angeles Times says it was one of pop culture's first efforts to reckon seriously with the counterculture and one of the first TV shows to feature an interracial cast. Michael Cole and Clarence Williams III co-starred with Lipton, who played Julie Barnes, a runaway turned undercover cop. Tige Andrews played Capt. Adam Greer, who served as their boss.

Lipton was nominated for Emmys and won a Golden Globe in 1971 for her performance. The show addressed issues such as the Vietnam War, drugs and domestic violence.

Lipton also launched a recording career. Released in 1968, "Peggy Lipton" featured an early version of Laura Nyro's "Stoney End," later a hit for Barbra Streisand.

Lipton married music producer Quincy Jones in 1974, and they had two daughters. The couple divorced in 1989.

In the 1990s, she played the role of Norma Jennings in the TV series "Twin Peaks."

"It was very scary," Lipton told the Times in a 1993 interview. "I had a push-pull thing inside me that I wanted to do it.. I had become so insulated in my world as a mother, that I didn't know how to pick up the phone and call anybody to put myself out there."

More recently, she appeared in the film "A Dog's Purpose" (2017) and the TV show "There's ... Johnny!"

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1968      Blue       Laurie Kramer

1988      War Party            TV correspondent           

1988      Purple People Eater        Mom    

1989      Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects          Kathleen Crowe               

1990      Fatal Charm        Jane Sims             Video

1991      True Identity      Rita       

1992      Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me   Norma Jennings               

1997      The Postman      Ellen March       

2000      The Intern           Roxanne Rochet              

2000      Skipped Parts     Laurabel Pierce

2001      Jackpot                 Janice   

2010      When in Rome Priscilla                

2014      Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces Norma Jennings                Archive footage

2017      A Dog's Purpose               Adult Hannah     Final film role

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1965      Bewitched           Secretary             "Your Witch Is Showing"

1965      Mr. Novak           Selma    "And Then I Wrote..."

1965      The Alfred Hitchcock Hour            Mary Winters     "Night Fever"

1965      The John Forsythe Show               Joanna "Super Girl"

1966      The Virginian      Dulcie Colby       "The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind"

1967      Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color                Oralee Prentiss "Willie and the Yank: The Deserter", "Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders"

1967      Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre                Jill           "A Song Called Revenge"

1967      The Road West Jenny Grimmer "Elizabeth's Oddyssey"

1967      The Invaders      Bride     "Wall of Crystal"

1968–1973          The Mod Squad                 Julie Barnes        Main role: 123 episodes

1969      The Andy Williams Show               Herself 1 episode

1971      The Dick Cavett Show     Herself 1 episode

1979      The Return of the Mod Squad     Julie Barnes        TV film

1990      The Hitchhiker   Helen    "Working Girl"

1990      The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson             Herself 1 episode

1990–1991          Twin Peaks          Norma Jennings                Main role: 30 episodes

1992      Secrets Olivia Owens      TV miniseries

1993      Angel Falls           Hadley Larson    Main role

1994      The Spider and the Fly    Helen Stroud      TV film

1994      Deadly Vows      Nancy Weston   TV film

1994      Wings    Miss Laurie Jenkins          "Miss Jenkins"

1996      Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie        Carol Mills           TV film

2000      The 70s                Gloria Steinem TV film

2000      Popular                Kelly Foster         Recurring role

2004      Alias       Olivia Reed         Recurring role

2005      Cuts       Marsha                 "The Turkey Triangle"

2007      Rules of Engagement      Fay         "A Visit from Fay"

2009      Crash     Susie      Recurring role

2012      House of Lies     Phoebe Van Der Hooven               "Prologue and Aftermath"

2014      Psych     Scarlett Jones    "1967: A Psych Odyssey"

2016–2017          Angie Tribeca     Peggy Tribeca    2 episodes

2017      Twin Peaks          Norma Jennings                5 episodes

2017      Claws    Peggy Lipton      "Self-Portrait"

2017      There's... Johnny!            Evelyn Greenfield            "Owed to Joy"