Julia Phillips

Birth Name:

Julia Miller

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Producer, Actress

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"

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