Peggy Lipton – Mentor LA’s Promise Gala Honoring Tom Cruise, 2007 – Photo Credit: Glenn Harris / Photorazzi, PrPhotos.com
Birth Name: Margaret Ann Lipton
Date of Birth: August 30, 1946
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: May 11, 2019
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Peggy Lipton was an American actress, model, and singer.
Peggy was the daughter of Rita Hetty (Benson/Rosenberg) and Harold Arlen Lipton. Her father was born in The Bronx, New York, to Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire. Her mother was born in Dublin, Ireland, of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent.
Peggy was the mother of model, actress, and fashion designer Kidada Jones and actress, writer, and producer Rashida Jones, with her former husband, music, film, and television producer and instrumentalist Quincy Jones.
Peggy’s paternal grandfather was Max Lipschitz/Lipton (the son of Harris/Harold Lipschitz and Rebecca Leah Pitovsky/Witkowsky). Max was from Slutsk, Belarus.
Peggy’s paternal grandmother was Alice Goldfarb (the daughter of Aaron Goldfarb and Frieda/Freude Bass/Bab). Alice was from Brest, Belarus.
Peggy’s maternal grandfather was Hyman Rosenberg (the son of Marko Benjamin Rosenberg and Sarah Hahn). Hyman was a Russian Jewish emigrant, who was born in Saga, Province of Kemerovo.
Peggy’s maternal grandmother was Jeanie “Jane” Benson (the daughter of Benjamin Joseph Bensohn/Benson and Sophia Winestein/Weinstein). Jeanie was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, to Jewish parents from Latvia and/or Kaunas, Lithuania. Benjamin was the son of Schlaume/Solomon Benson and Gittel Vamer. Sophia was the daughter of Joseph Weinstein and Jane.
Sources: Genealogy of Peggy Lipton – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Peggy Lipton (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com
Lipton (left) with daughter Kidada Jones in 2006, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com
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