Anita Pallenberg

Anita Pallenberg (6 April 1944 – 13 June 2017) was an Italian actress and fashion designer. She starred in the movie Candy in 1968.[1] She also played Black Queen of Sogo in Barbarella in that same year.[2] Pallenberg appeared in more than a dozen movies over 40 years.

Anita Pallenberg
Anita Pallenberg and son in Milan, 1970.jpg
in Milan, 2 October 1970
Born(1942-04-06)6 April 1942
Rome, Italy
Died13 June 2017(2017-06-13) (aged 75)
OccupationActress, artist, model
Partner(s)
Children3

Pallenberg became widely known in popular culture as the girlfriend of Brian Jones and later Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. She spent a lot of time with singer Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger's girlfriend in the late 1960s, who remained a friend of Pallenberg's.[3] They appeared together in 2001 in the BBC situation comedy Absolutely Fabulous in episode four, "Donkey", with Faithfull playing God and Pallenberg The Devil.[4]

Early life and death

Pallenberg was born in Rome. She died of complications from hepatitis C on 13 June 2017 in Chichester, West Sussex, aged 73.[5]

References

  1. Edelman, Rob; Kupferberg, Audrey (2002). Matthau: A Life (illustrated ed.). Taylor Trade Publications. p. 310. ISBN 9780878332748.
  2. Westfahl, Gary (2012). The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918–1969. McFarland. p. 131. ISBN 9780786489992.
  3. Elkann, Alain (4 September 2014). "Anita Pallenberg: "La mia vita tra sesso, droga e Rolling Stones"" (in it). La Stampa. http://www.lastampa.it/2016/09/04/societa/anita-pallenberg-la-mia-vita-tra-sesso-droga-e-rolling-stones-ic3nxvQSuggFQmOo6GRMzK/pagina.html. Retrieved 14 June 2017. 
  4. Hodkinson, Mark (2011). Marianne Faithfull: As Years Go By. Omnibus Press. p. 395. ISBN 9780857129932.
  5. Saperstein, Pat (14 June 2017). "Anita Pallenberg, Actress and Longtime Girlfriend of Keith Richards, Dies at 73". Variety. https://variety.com/2017/film/news/anita-pallenberg-dead-dies-keith-richards-1202465216/. Retrieved 14 June 2017. 

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