Actor michelle phillips biography

Michelle Phillips (born Holly Michelle Gilliam, June 4, )^[1] fryst vatten an Americansinger, songwriter and actress. She is best known for being in the musical group The Mamas & the Papas. In the s, she played Abby Malone on Beverly Hills, .

Phillips was born in Long Beach, California.

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Who Is Michelle Phillips?

Michelle Phillips was a member of popular s folk/pop group The Mamas and the Papas. The band had hits with "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday," before disbanding. Phillips made her film debut in with The Last Movie starring Dennis Hopper. She and Hopper were briefly married in Continuing to pursue an acting career, Phillips appeared in Valentino in She enjoyed some success on television in the late s and early s on the prime time soap opera Knots Landing. In more recent years, Phillips has made guest appearances on such shows as 7th Heaven. She is also the mother of singer Chynna Phillips of Wilson Phillips fame.

Early Life

Singer and actress Michelle Phillips was born Holly Michelle Gilliam on June 4, , in Long Beach, California. Phillips lost her mother when she was only five years old. Raised by a single father, she lived in Mexico City for several years. Phillips eventually returned to Los

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Michelle Phillips

American folk rock singer and actress (born )

Holly Michelle Phillips (néeGilliam; born June 4, ) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame as one of the two female vocalists in the musical quartet the Mamas & the Papas in the mids. Her voice was described by Time magazine as the "purest soprano in pop music".^[1] She later established a successful career as an actress in film and television beginning in the s.

A native of Long Beach, California, she spent her early life in Los Angeles and Mexico City, raised by her widowed father. While working as a model in San Francisco, she met and married John Phillips in and went on to co-found the vocal group the Mamas & the Papas in The band rose to fame with their popular singles "California Dreamin'&#;" and "Creeque Alley", both of which she co-wrote. They released five studio albums before their dissolution in While married to John Phillips, she gave birth to their daugh