Donyale Luna

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-08-31 (34 years old)

Deathday

1979-05-17

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan USA

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.

Acting

1968

Skidoo

as God’s Mistress

2023

Donyale Luna: Supermodel

as Self (archive footage)

1972

Salomé

as Salome

1969

Satyricon

as Enotea

1965

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