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Michelle Phillips
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Eva y Victoria
- Eva y Victoria : Las Vacaciones Del Verano
- Smorgasbord of Lust
- Exhibitionist
- Teachers Taking Charge
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Film & TV
Acting · Long Beach, California, USA
Holly Michelle Phillips (née Gilliam; born June 4, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained fame as a member of the 1960s group The Mamas & the Papas, and is the last surviving original member of the group.
Known for
- Ponte Nova Dreamin' — Self (archive footage)2020
- Laurel Canyon — Self2020
- Echo in the Canyon — Self2019
- Feminists: What Were They Thinking? — Self2018
- The Summer of Love2017
- Good Fortune — Self2016
- Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation — Self2013
- Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' — Self - Musician2013
- Unbeatable Harold — Erma2006
- Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula — Messalina2005
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1944
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,760
- Total plays
- 35,921
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Michelle Phillips (born June 4, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She gained fame as a member of the popular 1960s singing group The Mamas & the Papas and is the last surviving original member of the group. Early life Phillips was born Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Joyce Leon (née Poole), an accountant, and Gardner Burnett Gilliam, a merchant marine.[1] She grew up partly in Mexico City where her father was attending college on the GI Bill
Academic profile · OpenAlex
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- 183
- Cited by
- 3,139
Research areas
Most cited works
- Corticosteroids improve short-term survival in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis: meta-analysis of individual patient data2010 · 449 cit
- Two mouse retinal degenerations caused by missense mutations in the β-subunit of rod cGMP phosphodiesterase gene2007 · 418 cit
- Low molecular weight versus standard heparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism after major abdominal surgery1993 · 289 cit
- Psychological treatment of cardiac patients: a meta-analysis2007 · 285 cit
- Differences in blood pressure and vascular responses associated with ambient fine particulate matter exposures measured at the personal versus community level2010 · 145 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,331x
- The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software platform partners
· 2019 · cited 20,772x
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,017x
- Scalable molecular dynamics with NAMD
· 2005 · cited 15,760x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,341x
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Quotes
- “I was so lucky to have been surrounded by really great actors. Everybody in that movie was a real actor: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Richard Dreyfuss, Harry Dean Stanton. It was just a wonderful, wonderful experience for me and I had so much support and so much help and so much encouragement.”
- “I would not let her work until she was eighteen, and believe me, since the time she was being strolled down the street in her stroller, people were saying, “Can I use her in my commercial? Can I put her in my movie?” “No!” But I did let her take any class that she wanted to take. Singing, acting, dancing...”
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Key facts
- Born
- Holly Michelle Gilliam , ( 1944-06-04 ) June 4, 1944 (age 81) , Long Beach, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter actress
- Years active
- 1965–2009
- Spouses
- John Phillips ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1969 ) Dennis Hopper ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1970 ) Robert Burch ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1979 )
- Partners
- Grainger Hines (1981–1984) Geoffrey Tozer (1987–1996) Steven Zax (1999–2017; his death)
- Children
- 3, including Chynna Phillips
- Genres
- Folk rock psychedelic pop sunshine pop
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Label
- A&M
- Formerly of
- The Mamas & the Papas
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Michelle Phillips 1971 Golden Globes (cropped).jpg
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- Michelle Phillips
- date of birth
- 1944-06-04
- birth name
- Holly Michelle Gilliam
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
- name in native language
- Michelle Phillips
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Holly Michelle Phillips (née Gilliam; born June 4, 1944) is an American retired singer, songwriter and actress. Described by Time magazine as the "purest soprano in pop music", she rose to fame in the mid-1960s with the folk rock vocal group the Mamas & the Papas. After their disbandment, she started a successful acting career in film and television in the 1970s.
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 1962 and went on to co-found the Mamas & the Papas in 1965. 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 1970. While married to John Phillips, she gave birth to their daughter, singer Chynna Phillips. Michelle Phillips is the last surviving original member of the band.