- 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.
- Divides her time between New York City and Europe, and sporadically appears in public as a party disc jockey.
- Daughter of Arnold 'Arnaldo' Pallenberg, a German travel agent and hobbyist painter working in Italy, and Paula Wiederhold, a German secretary.
- Naturalized US citizen.
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