- Born
- Birth nameHolly Michelle Gilliam
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- 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.- IMDb Mini Biography By: <wrc@primenet.com>
- SpousesRobert Scott Burch(May 21, 1978 - March 19, 1982) (divorced)Dennis Hopper(October 31, 1970 - November 8, 1970) (divorced)John Phillips(December 31, 1962 - August 10, 1970) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsJoyce Leon (Poole)Gardner Burnett Gilliam
- 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.
- The wildly popular '60s pop/folk group The Mamas and the Papas ("Monday, Monday" and "California Dreamin'" were their biggest hits), comprised Michelle and her husband at the time, John Phillips, along with Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty. Michelle was temporarily kicked out of the group (replaced by Jill Gibson) after it was discovered she was having an affair with the other "Papa" (Doherty), whom Cass had a crush on. However, the fans missed her and she was soon brought back, but the damage had been done and the group wasted no time in splitting up.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 (as a member of The Mamas and the Papas).
- Grew up partly in Mexico City, where her father attended college on the GI Bill.
- Sang at the funeral of Denny Doherty, whose death made her the only surviving member of The Mamas and the Papas.
- I will say this about Dennis Hopper: We were married for eight days and truly . . . they were the happiest days of my life.
- [about Cass Elliot] There will never be anyone like her in my lifetime. I will never have a friend like her, or an influence like her. And I will never hear another voice like hers.
- I don't mind feeling naked. I'm fine with nothing.
- [asked what word comes to mind when she looks into a mirror] Lucky.
- [on her relationship with Warren Beatty] He was a horrible person to be dating because he did nothing but flirt with other women and then act innocent about it.
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