This week's birthday celebs are true women of the '60's. Let them inspire you revive your wild-flower nature.
Peggy Lipton (8/30/1946) - 60
Peggy Lipton's beauty got her a Ford Modeling Agency signing and a Universal Pictures contract. She starred on the popular '60's TV series The John Forsythe Show but her claim to fame came a few years later when she got the part in the groovy crime drama The Mod Squad. She received four Golden Globe nominations and a Golden Globe Award for her role as Julie Barnes. She had a brief singing career before returning to TV in the series Twin Peaks.
Peggy gave up acting after her marriage to Quincy Jones. When the marriage ended she struggled with depression and chronic fatigue. Lipton was treated with colon cancer in 2004; she remains in remission.
Lipton dated Elvis Presley for awhile, briefly dated Paul McCartney and later married Quincy Jones. The couple divorced after 16 years and two children, Kidada and Rashida.
Best line: On her book Breathing Out: ...for those of you in my life who I didn't write about, I'm sorry I left you out. And for those I did write about and you're upset, too fucking bad.
Lily Tomlin (9/1/1939) - 70
Mary Jean Tomlin's claim to fame came when she joined the outrageous '60's comedy show Laugh-In. She brought to live zany characters that helped define the show such as telephone operator Ernestine and kid story teller Edith Ann.
Tomlin went on to star in several films including the hit Nine to Five, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, All of me with Steve Martin and Big Business with Bette Midler. She later joined the cast of TV series Murphy Brown, Will & Grace, The West Wing and most recently Desperate Housewives.
Lily had her own one-woman Broadway show in the mid '80 called The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, and gave a brief encore of the show in 2000.
Tomlin has been with partner Jane Wagner for nearly 40 years, however, she didn't officially come out until 2001. Her sexual orientation was never a secret but she continues to reject to offers to talk about her personal life.
Best line: I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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