Biographie

In July 1979 Scott Cantrell committed suicide in Keith Richards' New York apartment while supposedly playing Russian Roulette. Pallenberg was in the same room as Cantrell during the incident, while her ten-year-old son Marlon was watching television with a family friend downstairs. Pallenberg claimed to not have witnessed the incident and that she took Cantrell in about a year earlier since he had no other place to stay. She was charged with having handguns without a permit and possessing a stolen gun.

Has three children with Keith Richards: Marlon Richards, Dandelion Richards (she later changed her name to Angela) and a son Tara, who died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) shortly after his birth.

Was the girlfriend of two members of The Rolling Stones: Brian Jones (1965-67) and Keith Richards (1967-77).

Co-wrote the screenplay for Performance (1970) with Donald Cammell. She had no intention of playing in the movie. She ended up replacing the original actress at the last minute due to a medical emergency.

Studied fashion design as a mature student at Central Saint Martins in London, England; she graduated in 1994.

[on whether she regretted meeting The Rolling Stones] Fate, I respect a lot. I never regret anything.

[on her first meeting with Brian Jones] I decided to kidnap Brian. It sounds ridiculous but they even made a film about it, about kidnapping a pop star [Privilège (1967)] starring Paul Jones. This was the original story, Brian seemed to be the most sexually flexible. I knew I could talk to him. As a matter of fact, when I first met him I was his groupie really. I got backstage with a photographer, I told him I just wanted to meet him. I had some Amyl Nitrate and a piece of hash. I asked Brian if he wanted a joint and he said yes, so he asked me back to his hotel and he cried all night. He was so upset about Mick and Keith still, saying they had teamed up on him. I felt sorry for him. Brian was fantastic, he had everything going for him, but he was just too complicated.

[on becoming acquainted with The Rolling Stones] They looked at me like I was some kind of threat. [Mick] Jagger really tried to put me down, but there was no way some crude, lippy guy was going to do a number on me. I was always able to squelch him. I found out that, if you stand up to Mick, he crumbles.

I was too independent for Mick. I wasn't proper enough for him. He's a chauvinist. I wouldn't put up with that. Keith, surprisingly, is not. Though I feel sorry for Patti [Hansen]. I love her and I think she is a marvellous woman, but I would not want to be in her shoes now. It's such a lovely existence, living with a rock 'n' roller. No matter how much he loves you, he will always love his music more. I know when Keith is working on his music, nothing else matters to him. He can be in a room with a fifty people and he won't nothing anything but his guitar. A woman, to live with a rock star, must find her ways of independence.

[on how her long-term relationship with Keith Richards ended] That boy of 17 who shot himself in my house really ended it for us. And although we occasionally saw each other for the sake of our children, it was the end of our personal relationship.