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Peggy Moffitt Dies: Iconic ’60s Model, Cultural Influencer & Actress Who Appeared In Antonioni’s ‘Blow-Up’ Was 86


Moffit was known for her signature pale skin, harlequin eye makeup, five-point Vidal Sassoon haircut and collaboration with designer Rudi Gernreich.

Peggy Moffitt, the iconic ’60s model who was also a contract player at Paramount and who appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up, died at her Beverly Hills home on Saturday from complications of dementia. Among their other collaborations was a short he shot called “Basic Black: William Claxton w/ Peggy Moffitt.” Created in 1967, it is regarded as the first fashion video has a place in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Those included You’re Never Too Young with Jerry Lewis, Meet Me in Las Vegas with Cyd Charisse, Up Periscope with James Garner and Girls Town with Mamie Van Doren and Mel Tormé.

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