Michelle Phillips filmography


Michelle Phillips is an American actress and singer whose career spans over five decades. She initially came to prominence as a vocalist in the group The Mamas and the Papas in 1965. She had her first major screen appearance in a minor role in Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie before being cast as Billie Frechette in the John Dillinger biopic Dillinger, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nominations for Most Promising Newcomer. Phillips subsequently had leading roles in the television films The Death Squad and The California Kid.
In 1977, she was cast as Natacha Rambova in the Rudolph Valentino biopic Valentino, directed by Ken Russell. Subsequent film roles included The Man with Bogart's Face, and the nature horror film Savage Harvest. Throughout the majority of the 1980s, Phillips worked prolifically in television, appearing in guest-starring roles on Fantasy Island and The Love Boat, as well as appearing in a number of television films, such as Murder Me, Murder You and Secrets of a Married Man.
Beginning in 1987, Phillips portrayed Anne Matheson on the series Knots Landing, a role she continued until 1993. She subsequently provided the voice role of Raven on the short-lived Ralph Bakshi animated series Spicy City, and appeared in several episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210, playing Abby Malone, mother of Valerie Malone. In the 2000s, Phillips appeared in several independent films, including the comedy Jane White Is Sick & Twisted and the gay-themed drama Harry + Max, and the comedy Kids in America. Since the millennium, she has also appeared in a number of documentary films as an interview subject, including Feminists: What Were They Thinking? and Echo in the Canyon.

Film

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1968Monterey Pop HerselfDocumentary film
1970Saturation 70Unfinished; lost film
1971The Last MovieBanker's Daughter
1973DillingerEvelyn "Billie" FrechetteNominated—Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer
1974The Death SquadJoyce KreskiTelevision film
1974The California KidMaggieTelevision film
1975ShampooGirl at PartyUncredited
1975MiracleTrixieShort film
1977ValentinoNatacha Rambova
1978The UsersMarina BrentTelevision film
1979BloodlineVivian Nichols
1980The Man with Bogart's FaceGena
1981Savage HarvestMaggie
1982MoonlightMeredith TyneTelevision film
1983Murder Me, Murder YouChris JamesonTelevision film
1984Secrets of a Married ManKatie JordanTelevision film
1985The CovenantClaire NobleTelevision film
1985Stark: Mirror ImageJennifer ClaytonTelevision film
1986American AnthemLinda Tevere
1987Assault and MatrimonyMadge EversTelevision film
1989Let It RideMrs. Davis
1989Mike Hammer: Murder Takes AllLeora Van TreasTelevision film
1989Trenchcoat in ParadiseSuzanna HollanderTelevision film
1991Tracy
1991ScissorsAnn Carter
1993Joshua TreeEsther SeveranceAlso known as: Vanishing Red and Army of One
1993RubdownJordana OrwitzTelevision film
1996No One Would TellLaura CollinsTelevision film
1996Pretty PoisonMrs. StepanekTelevision film
1999SweetwaterNancy NevinsTelevision film
2000Lost in the Pershing Point HotelDeeDee Westbrook
2000919 Fifth AvenueMrs. Janet Van DegenTelevision film
2000The Price of Air Mrs. Rye
2001MarchJoan
2002Jane White Is Sick & TwistedJune
2004Harry + MaxMother
2005Kids in AmericaSinger
2006Unbeatable HaroldErma
2006And the Sea Took Us Herself Documentary film
2009BetrayalEva Karlsen
2016Good Fortune HerselfDocumentary film
2018Feminists: What Were They Thinking? HerselfDocumentary film
2019Echo in the Canyon HerselfDocumentary film