---
name: "Donyale Luna"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donyale-luna"
fi1m_id: "donyale-luna"
imdb_id: "nm0526021"
tmdb_id: 1385158
wikidata_id: "Q3036872"
roles: []
born: "31 August 1945"
died: "17 May 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:51:25.215051+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Donyale Luna

## Identity

Donyale Luna

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donyale-luna
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donyale-luna
- **IMDb ID:** nm0526021
- **TMDB ID:** 1385158
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3036872
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donyale_Luna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3036872, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0526021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1385158

Actor. Born 31 August 1945 in Detroit, Michigan USA. Died 17 May 1979.

## Details

- **Born:** 31 August 1945, Detroit, Michigan USA
- **Died:** 17 May 1979
- **Also known as:** Peggy Ann Freeman
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donyale_Luna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3036872, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0526021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1385158

## Biography

Donyale Luna, also credited as Luna and born Peggy Ann Freeman, was an American model and actress. She began her career in New York in 1964 and rose to prominence in Europe as a fashion model during the mid-1960s.

In 1966 she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of the British edition of *Vogue*. Luna also acted in films including *Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?* (1966) and *Fellini Satyricon* (1969), in which she played Enotea. She appeared in other European productions such as *Skidoo* (1968) and *Salomè* (1972).

Luna died in Rome on 17 May 1979, aged 33.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Satyricon* (1969), Fi1m 65, as Enotea — [page](https://film.one/film/satyricon.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nudi Verso la Follia* (2004), Actor
- *Salomé* (1972), as Salome
- *Satyricon* (1969), as Enotea — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/satyricon.md)
- *Skidoo* (1968), as God’s Mistress
- *Screen Test [ST195]: Donyale Luna* (1967), Actor
- *Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?* (1966), as Mannequin
- *Camp* (1965), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Donyale Luna](https://film.one/media/person/3915042/gallery-f9c196642893.jpg) Donyale Luna — Tom Marvel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Donyale_Luna_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Donyale_Luna_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Donyale Luna dancing and enjoying with a man in a party, 1967.](https://film.one/media/person/3915042/gallery-164b77049e7a.jpg) Donyale Luna dancing and enjoying with a man in a party, 1967. — Elio Sorci, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Donyale-Luna-dancing-and-enjoying-with-a-man-in-a-party-1967-352128977192.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Donyale Luna](https://film.one/media/person/3915042/gallery-5e28e7d405e3.jpg) Donyale Luna — Image via TMDB
- ![Donyale Luna](https://film.one/media/person/3915042/gallery-9068fc8a9ca7.jpg) Donyale Luna — Image via TMDB

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