Exotic beauty, actress, and
Keith Richards' main partner in crime (along with
Mick, of course), during the years
1967-
1977. Of Italian-German extraction, she early distinguished herself with the
Living Theater in "
Paradise Now", an avant-garde production featuring nudity among other wild touches. Originally, she set herself to seduce
Brian Jones (who she photographed in
Nazi regalia), when she began designing costumes for the band, but found her true apposite in Keith for whom she bore three children, of which two survive. It's Pallenburg's designs, more than anything else, that even now, define what
rock-and-roll "looks like" -- tight pants, loose shirts, lots of scarves and jewelry, extravagant use of
satin,
velvet, and other shiny materials set off by the matte textures of
jersey and
denim. No slouch as an actress, she made "
Performance" with Mick Jagger, and appeared with Jane Fonda in "
Barbarella".
Arrested with Keith on several occasions, they became a kind of psychedelic Scott & Zelda couple as use of cocaine and heroin, along with their preoccupation with the occult caused them to plunge into madness.
Now older and wiser, she's been sighted as a DJ here and there...