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Sam Phillips began her entertainment career as a Contemporary Christian Music singer, where she made a number of albums under the name "Leslie Phillips". She began to be disillusioned with the Christian music business due (mostly) to its intolerance of her brutally honest approach to her faith, and... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideComposer (2 titles)
2012-2013 Bunheads (TV series)
Next (2013)
It's Not a Mint (2013)
Take the Vicuna (2013)
 
2000-2007 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
Bon Voyage (2007)
Unto the Breach (2007)
Lorelai? Lorelai? (2007)
Hay Bale Maze (2007)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (15 titles)
2012 Bunheads (TV series)
For Fanny (2012) (writer: "Flowers Up" - uncredited / performer: "Flowers Up" - uncredited)
Pilot (2012) (writer: "Leap Toward the Earth" - uncredited / performer: "Leap Toward the Earth" - uncredited)
 
2009 Crazy Heart (writer: "Reflecting Light" 2004 / performer: "Reflecting Light" 2004)
 
2000-2006 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
Partings (2006) ("Taking Pictures")
Last Week Fights, This Week Tights (2004) (performer: "Reflecting Light" - uncredited)
Hammers and Veils (2001) (performer: "Love Is Everywhere I Go" - uncredited)
Love, Daisies and Troubadours (2001) ("How To Dream")
Double Date (2001) ("Holding On To The Earth")
 
2004 Ladder 49 (writer: "How to Dream" / performer: "How to Dream")
 
2000 Here on Earth (writer: "I Need Love")
 
2000 Down to You (writer: "I Need Love" / as Leslie A. Phillips / performer: "I Need Love")
 
1999 It Came from the Sky (TV movie) (writer: "Baby, I Can't Please You", "Strawberry Road" / performer: "Baby, I Can't Please You", "Strawberry Road")
 
1997 The End of Violence (writer: "Animals On Wheels" / performer: "Animals On Wheels")
 
1996 Stealing Beauty (writer: "I Need Love" / performer: "I Need Love")
 
1995/I The Last Supper (writer: "When I Fall" / performer: "When I Fall")
 
1994 Prêt-à-Porter (performer: "These Boots are Made for Walkin'")
 
1993 Bopha! ("AMANDLA!")
 
1993 Three of Hearts (writer: "I Need Love" / performer: "I Need Love")
 
1993 Ruby in Paradise (writer: "Raised on Promises", "Holding On To The Earth" / performer: "Raised on Promises", "Holding On To The Earth")
 
1992 A Midnight Clear (performer: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" / producer: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" / arranger: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2012-2013 Bunheads (TV series) (composer: theme music - 17 episodes)
Next (2013) (composer: theme music)
It's Not a Mint (2013) (composer: theme music)
There's Nothing Worse Than a Pantsuit (2013) (composer: theme music)
Take the Vicuna (2013) (composer: theme music)
The Astronaut and the Ballerina (2013) (composer: theme music)
 
Show ShowActress (3 titles)
2006 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
Muse Troubadour
Partings (2006) … Muse Troubadour
 
1997 The End of Violence
Singer
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1993 Bopha! (ADR loop group)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2007 TV Land: Myths and Legends (TV series documentary)
Himself
Elvis Presley … Himself
 
2003 Fan Dance (video short)
Herself
 
2002 Helmut Lotti: My Tribute to the King (video documentary)
Herself
 
1994 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 May 1994 (1994) … Herself
 

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Bunheads: Season 1: Episode 5 -- Michelle finds out more about Fanny's financial troubles. Walk the Line -- Sam Phillips challenges the boys to play that one important song. Die Hard: With a Vengeance -- Trailer for Die Hard: With a Vengeance
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Albums released on Virgin Records as Sam Phillips: "The Indescribable See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Leslie Phillips

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on creating music] Usually when I'm trying to write songs, I work hard on the lyrics and I work hard on the melodies too. I know there's a sort of tendency especially these days for people to think "I'm just gonna pick up a guitar and whatever comes out is good enough." And I don't feel that way. I feel like what I grew up listening to and some of the incredible... See more »

Trivia:

The music video for her song "Baby I Can't Please You" (1994) features archive footage of Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, whose ideologies she has denounced in numerous print and radio interviews. See more »

Trademark:

Opposition to religious and political conservatism See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius