

She portrayed a character named Selma in the classroom drama Mr. The next year, at the age of 19, she made her first foray into the world of television with guest appearances on four TV series: She played a secretary in an early episode of Bewitched entitled "Your Witch is Showing" (Season 1, Episode 20, Air Date: February 4, 1965). In 1964, the Lipton family relocated to Los Angeles, whereupon Peggy signed a contract with Universal.Pictures. At the age of 15, she became a Ford Agency model.

Peggy's father arranged her first modelling jobs in New York and her mother encouraged her to take acting lessons. According to her 2005 memoir, Breathing Out, she was sexually abused by an uncle. She spoke with a nervous stutter, at times having difficulty even saying her own name. Peggy attended Lawrence Junior High School. Her older brother, Robert Lipton (born November 20, 1943), is also an actor and her younger brother, Kenneth Joseph.Lipton (born May 27, 1948) was a businessman who died in 1998. Peggy and her two brothers were raised in Lawrence, New York, on Long Island. Rita was born in Dublin, Ireland to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Eastern Europe. Her father was Harold Lipton (1911-1999), a corporate lawyer, and her mother was Rita Benson (1912-1986), an artist. Margaret Ann "Peggy" Lipton was born Augin New York City to a Jewish family.
