Mackenzie Phillips
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Laura Mackenzie Phillips (born November 10, 1959, in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actress and singer.
Phillips was born in 1959, the daughter of The Mamas and the Papas’ lead singer, John Phillips, and his first wife Susan Adams (aka Suzy January). She is the onetime stepdaughter of singer and actress Michelle Phillips, and the half-sister of actress Bijou Phillips and singer Chynna Phillips.
Phillips' first major acting role was at the age of 14 when she appeared in the role of “Carol” in the 1973 film classic American Graffiti (1973). Her career skyrocketed in the 1970s and 1980s, when she was best known as Bonnie Franklin’s rebellious, boy-crazed elder daughter, Julie Cooper Horvath, on the long-running television show One Day at a Time.
Phillips began to smoke marijuana and use LSD at the age of twelve. At 18 she was aggressively seduced by Mick Jagger who, while visiting the Phillips home, reportedly told her, “I’ve been waiting to do this since you were ten years old.” [1]
In 1999, she co-starred with Cara DeLizia on the Disney Channel series So Weird as rock star "Molly Phillips", performing numerous songs in her own right. She also guest-starred as Annie Spadero's sister, also a singer, on Caroline in the City.
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[edit] Personal life
She has been married three times: to Jeff Sessler (from 1979-1981), to rock guitarist Michael Barakan (between 1996 and 2000) and, since June 2005, to music conductor/arranger Keith Levenson.
She has one son, Shane, born in 1987.
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Phillips was the inspiration for her father's friend (and songwriting collaborator) Philip Blondheim's stage name "Scott McKenzie".
During her childhood some of the biggest names in pop culture frequently hung out at the Phillips' home in Bel Air, including Tommy James of The Shondells, Neil Diamond, John Sebastian and Barry McGuire.
