Michelle Phillips(I)

Actress
Composer
Soundtrack

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Laurel Canyon (2020)

Michelle Phillips first became known as a member of the pop group The Mamas and the Papas. She sang the Mamas and Papas song "Dedicated To The One I Love" on a 1987 episode of Knots Landing (1979) in her role as Anne Matheson. She is the mother of singer Chynna Phillips and actor Austin Hines. Michelle's longest relationship was the 18 years she spent with Dr. Steven Zax, until his death in 2017.

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Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Known for

Knots Landing

7.0

TV Series

Anne Matheson
Anne Matheson Sumner

Dillinger

6.9

Billie Frechette

1973

Hotel Artemis

6.1

Soundtrack("California Dreamin'")

2018

Valentino

6.1

Natasha Rambova

1977

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Actress

Svik
4.3
- Eva Karlsen (1993)
- 2009
Unbeatable Harold
5.0
- Erma
- 2006
Kids in America
5.6
- Singer
- 2005
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
6.4
Short
- Messalina
- 2005
7th Heaven
5.3
TV Series
- Lilly
- 2001–2004
Harry + Max
5.5
- Mother
- 2004
Abby
5.9
TV Series
- Christine Newton
- 2003
That's Life
7.5
TV Series
- Maureen
- 2001–2002
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted
3.8
- June
- 2002
March
7.9
- Joan
- 2001
Spin City
7.3
TV Series
- Jane Moore
- 2001
All About Us
7.1
TV Series
- Juliana Merrick
- 2001
Stop at Nothing
5.8
TV Movie
- 2001
Rude Awakening
7.2
TV Series
- Vivian
- 1999–2001
Popular
7.4
TV Series
- Hellacious Akers
- 2000

Composer

Soundtrack

Carson Earl Gets Grounded and Arrested
TV Series
- writer: "California Dreamin'" (uncredited)
- 2025
Kleo
7.5
TV Series
- writer: "Ljubi se istok i zapad"
- 2024
The Golden Girls Radio Hour
Podcast Series
- writer: "California Streamin'"
- 2023
Stranger Things
8.6
TV Series
- writer: "California Dreamin'" (uncredited)
- 2022
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
8.3
TV Series
- writer: "California Dreaming"
- 2022
America's Weekend Headquarters
5.4
TV Series
- writer: "California Dreamin"
- 2022
Queen Stars
6.4
TV Series
- writer: "California Dreamin'"
- 2022
Ambulance
6.1
- writer: "California Dreamin'"
- 2022
Fear the Walking Dead
6.8
TV Series
- writer: "California Dreamin'" (uncredited)
- 2021
King Richard
7.5
- writer: "California Dreamin'"
- 2021
The Stranger
6.2
TV Series
- writer: "California Dreamin'"
- 2020
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7.6
- writer: "California Dreamin'"
- 2019
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.
7.8
TV Mini Series
- writer: "California Dreamin'"
- 2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
7.1
- writer: "California Dreamin'"
- 2018
Hotel Artemis
6.1
- writer: "California Dreamin'"
- 2018

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Laurel Canyon: Critics TV Spot

Personal details

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Alternative names
- The Mamas & The Papas
Height
- 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Born
- June 4, 1944
- Long Beach, California, USA
Spouses
Children
Parents
Relatives
- Russell Ann Gilliam(Sibling)
Other works
Wrote the foreword for "The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool" by Chris Strodder (2007, Santa Monica Press).
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Trivia
When The Mamas and the Papas were in the Bahamas and could not afford the flight back to the US, she won 17 straight shoots at a craps/table, coming out with enough money to buy first-class airplane tickets for everybody.