The world's first black supermodel, Luna was born Peggy Ann Freeman was in Detroit and grew up there in the northeast side of the city. Her father, Nathaniel Freeman, worked for almost 40 years at Ford Motor Company, usually in the foundry. Her mother, Peggy, was receptionist at the downtown YWCA for almost 30 years. Her parents had a difficult ...
[on LSD] I think it's great. I learned that I like to live, I like to make love, I really do love somebody, I love flowers, I love the sky, I like bright colors, I like animals. Acid also showed me unhappy things - that I was stubborn, selfish, unreasonable, mean, that I hurt other people.
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[1966] The civil-rights movement has my greatest support, but I don't want to get involved racially.
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[When asked in 1966 about what her success might mean for other people of color] If it brings about more jobs for Mexicans, Chinese, Indians, Negroes, groovy. It could be good, it could be bad. I couldn't care less.
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[When asked in 1966 why she moved to Europe in December 1965] I love New York, but there were bad things. People were on drugs or hung up on pot. There was homosexuality and lesbianism and people who liked to hurt.
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Fact
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Gave birth to her only child, daughter Dream Cazzanina, in 1977. The child's father is her second husband, Luigi Cazzaniga.
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In March of 1966, Luna became the first black model to appear on the cover of British Vogue Magazine.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Salomè
1972
Salomè
Fellini Satyricon
1969
Enotea
Skidoo
1968
God's Mistress (as Luna)
Who Are You, Polly Magoo?
1966
Mannequin / Model
Camp
1965
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
1996
Documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Il Festival del proletariato giovanile al Parco Lambro
$600,000