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Donyale Luna

Donyale Luna

Currently Active 1945 — Present
Model, actress

Personal Info

Born
Aug 31, 1945
Age
80
Birth Place
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

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Born Peggy Ann Freeman
August 31, 1945
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died May 17, 1979 (aged 33)
Rome, Italy
Cause of death Heroin overdose
Occupations Model, actress
Spouse Luigi Cazzaniga ​(m. 1976)​
Children 1
Modeling information
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown

Peggy Ann Freeman (August 31, 1945 – May 17, 1979), known professionally as Donyale Luna (occasionally billed simply as Luna), was an American model and actress who gained popularity in Western Europe during the late 1960s. Generally cited as "the first Black supermodel", Luna was the first Black model to appear on the cover of the British edition of Vogue, in March 1966.

Luna made several underground films with Andy Warhol beginning in 1965, and following the experimental film Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? (1966), she appeared in Otto Preminger's Skidoo (1968) and Federico Fellini's Satyricon (1969).

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Born Peggy Ann Freeman
August 31, 1945
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died May 17, 1979 (aged 33)
Rome, Italy
Cause of death Heroin overdose
Occupations Model, actress
Spouse Luigi Cazzaniga ​(m. 1976)​
Children 1
Modeling information
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown

Peggy Ann Freeman (August 31, 1945 – May 17, 1979), known professionally as Donyale Luna (occasionally billed simply as Luna), was an American model and actress who gained popularity in Western Europe during the late 1960s. Generally cited as "the first Black supermodel", Luna was the first Black model to appear on the cover of the British edition of Vogue, in March 1966.

Luna made several underground films with Andy Warhol beginning in 1965, and following the experimental film Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? (1966), she appeared in Otto Preminger's Skidoo (1968) and Federico Fellini's Satyricon (1969).

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