Donyale Luna

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.1261

Gender

Female

Birthday

31-Aug-1945

Age

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan USA

Also Known As
  • Peggy Ann Freeman

Donyale Luna

Biography

Peggy Ann Freeman (August 31, 1945 – May 17, 1979), known professionally as Donyale 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 African-American model to appear on the cover of the British edition of Vogue, in March 1966. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donyale Luna, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


Credits

Camp Camp (1965) Character: N/A
Shot at Warhol's Silver Factory, Camp features a group of Superstars putting on a "summer camp" talent show complete with singing, dancing, jokes, poetry, and Gerard Malanga as master of ceremonies.
Il Festival del Proletariato Giovanile al Parco Lambro Il Festival del Proletariato Giovanile al Parco Lambro (1976) Character: Self
Between June 26 and 29, 1976, the sixth edition of the Festival of the Juvenile Proletariat took place at Parco Lambro in Milan, an event conceived by the countercultural magazine Re Nudo. The organizers invited Alberto Grifi to film those days filled with meetings, debates, and concerts, but not everything went as planned. This is the 58-minute version (from 27 hours of footage) edited by Grifi himself after the event.
Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali (1969) Character: Self
A documentary about surrealist artist Salvador Dali, narrated by Orson Welles.
Screen Test [ST195]: Donyale Luna Screen Test [ST195]: Donyale Luna (1967) Character: N/A
Luna appears in one of Warhol’s famous screen tests. Contrary to Warhol’s preferred stasis, she acknowledges the camera with a series of smiles, winks, and suggestive facial expressions.
Nudi Verso la Follia Nudi Verso la Follia (2004) Character: N/A
The documentary focuses on the impressive event of the Italian youth world organized at Parco Lambro in Milan in 1976. The gathering, four days dedicated to counterculture and pop music, was attended by students, young people, workers, lumpenproletarians, feminists, gays and young people from extra-parliamentary groups. The memories and testimonies of those who organized, sang or simply participated will be a commentary on the splendid images of the time. For the first time, meaning is given to the exclusive and complete material shot by Alberto Grifi and six other operators at Parco Lambro in 1976.
Donyale Luna: Supermodel Donyale Luna: Supermodel (2023) Character: Self (archive footage)
Explores the remarkable life and career of Donyale Luna, one of the first Black supermodels who graced the covers of both Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar in Europe.
Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo ? Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo ? (1966) Character: Mannequin
A model tells a television crew about her dreams of a life with prince charming all while fending off the lecherous advances of a horde of men.
Fellini – satyricon Fellini – satyricon (1969) Character: Enotea
After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
Skidoo Skidoo (1968) Character: God’s Mistress
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.
Salomé Salomé (1972) Character: Salome
Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and, after she fails to seduce the prophet John The Baptist, she dances for the King in order to ask for his execution.



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