Profile
Donyale Luna
Model + Cover Girl + Companion
Female
Born
Aug 31, 1945
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Died
May 17, 1979
Death Place
Rome
Other Names
Peggy Ann Freeman
Donyale Luna was an American model and cover girl. She also appeared in several films, in Camp by Andy Warhol, Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? by William Klein, as Groucho Marx's companion in Otto Preminger's Skidoo, and most notably as Oenothea in Federico… Read More
Romance
Check out the latest love interests for Donyale Luna.
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Luigi CazzanigaMarried 1975 - 1979
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Georg WillingDated
News + Updates
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CommentNYTimes - Jul 31, 2011
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5 Supermodels That Transformed Into Super Moguls The Atlanta PostGoogle News - Jul 09, 2011
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Vezi Foto! Top 10 Cele Mai Frumoase Femei De Culoare Opinia TimisoareiGoogle News - Jun 10, 2011
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L'estate Comoda Dei Pantaloni Lunghi E Larghi La Stampa (Blog)Google News - May 03, 2011
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Donyale Luna.
CHILDHOOD
1945
Birth
Born on August 31, 1945.
TEENAGE
1965
19 Years Old
After being discovered by the photographer David McCabe, she moved from Detroit to New York City to pursue a modeling career. In January 1965, a sketch of Luna appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar.
TWENTIES
She became the first African American model to appear on the cover of a Vogue magazine, the March 1966 British issue, shot by British photographer David Bailey.
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1967
21 Years Old
In 1967, the mannequin manufacturer Adel Rootstein created a mannequin in Luna's image, a follow-up to the company's Twiggy mannequin of 1966.
1968
22 Years Old
According to the journalist Judy Stone, who wrote a profile of Luna for The New York Times in 1968, the model was "secretive, mysterious, contradictory, evasive, mercurial, and insistent upon her multiracial lineage -- exotic, chameleon strands of Indigenous-Mexican, Indonesian, Irish, and, last but least escapable, African."
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1969
23 Years Old
Around 1969 Luna was also romantically involved with German actor Klaus Kinski.
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1972
26 Years Old
Luna starred as the title character in the 1972 Italian film Salomé, by director Carmelo Bene.
1975
29 Years Old
Luna appeared in a nude photo layout in the April 1975 issue of Playboy; the photographer was Luigi Cazzaniga.
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THIRTIES
1979
34 Years Old
Died on May 17, 1979.
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