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She is the eponymous star of Warhol's Donyale Luna (1967), a 33-minute color film in which she plays Snow White, wearing blue contacts. In 1966 upon having moved to London, she appeared in Michelangelo Antonionis Blowup (1966), a satire of fashion photography.
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- Peggy Ann Freeman, August 31, 1945, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Heroin overdose
Jan 3, 2024 · Celebrity News. Donyale Luna’s Fashion Through the Years: Photos. By Ayana Herndon. January 3, 2024, 7:02am. Donyale Luna in 1974, 1966 and 1973. Donyale Luna is widely regarded as...
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- Born. Peggy Ann Freeman, who later changed her name to Donyale Luna, was born in Detroit in 1945 to Nathaniel and Peggy Freeman. Her father worked in Ford Motors manufacturing, and her mother was a Young Women’s Christian Association secretary.
- Growing up. Luna grew up with two sisters and her sisters explained in the HBO documentary that Donyale always knew she would be famous.
- Changing her identity. Donyale was obsessed with theater and wanted to be a movie star. When she became a teenager she started to separate from her born identity, making up the name Donyale Luna, claiming to be of multiple races and ethnicities, and started speaking in a signature accent.
- Scouted. One day, Donyale stopped by a photoshoot near her Catholic school out of curiosity. Fashion photographer David McCabe saw the six-foot-tall Donyale and knew that she had to be a model.
Mar 29, 2024 · Mar 29, 2024 - 09:07 EDT. It is likely that we have come across Donyale Luna’s photographs at some point. An impossibly leggy woman with a piercing gaze, she was the first Black supermodel to...
Sep 20, 2023 · This image released by Max shows model Donyale Luna from the documentary “Donyale Luna: Supermodel.” The film offers insight into how the first Black model to grace the covers of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue went largely unknown for years. (Luigi Cazzaniga/HBO Max via AP)
