Julia Phillips Biography

Fast Facts

• Became the first female producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture with 1973's "The Sting"
• Graduated from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts with a political science degree
• Passed away in 2002 at the age of 57 after struggling with cancer for a short time
• Quote: "Hollywood is a place that attracts people with massive holes in their souls․"
• Authored the bestselling tell-all memoir "You'll Never Eat in This Town Again" about her various Hollywood exploits and the never-before-told horror stories of the industry
• Initially an editor for print publications, she would transition to the entertainment industry at the insistence of her then-husband and future writing partner, Michael Phillips
• A close friend of Mama Cass, she would often play cards with the singer before her untimely death
• A former abuser of cocaine, she once recounted several films in which she was fired from due to her dependency on the drug including "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"