Anita Pallenberg

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Anita Pallenberg (born January 25, 1944 in Rome, Italy) is a model, actress and fashion designer. She was the common-law wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards from 1967 to 1977.

The daughter of an Italian artist and a German secretary, Anita became fluent in four languages at an early age. Before settling in London, she lived in Germany and New York City, where she was involved with the Living Theater (starring the play Paradise Now, which featured nudity on stage) and Andy Warhol's Factory.

She is also known for her romantic involvement with three Rolling Stones band members: Brian Jones (whom she met in 1965), Keith Richards (for whom she left Jones in 1967), and Mick Jagger. Singer Marianne Faithfull was also Jagger's girlfriend during late 1960s, and remains a great friend of Pallenberg's.

Pallenberg and Richards had three children, a son born in 1969 named Marlon (who is now married to Franco-Welsh fashion model Lucie de la Falaise), a daughter, Dandelion, born in 1972 (who now goes by the name Angela Richards), and another boy, Tara, who was born in 1976, but died of health complications soon after birth. The couple ended their relationship in 1977.

A brief affair with Jagger occurred during the filming of Performance, a movie for which she co-wrote the script. She also starred as The Black Queen in Roger Vadim's classic Barbarella, and as the sleeper wife of Michel Piccoli in the film Dillinger è morto, directed by Marco Ferreri.

Pallenberg became a fashion designer during the 1990s, after concluding a four years at London's St. Martins School of Art and Design. She now divides her time between New York City and Europe, and sporadically appears in public as a party DJ.