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 March, 1987, episode of Knots Landing in her role as Anne Matheson. She is the mother of singer Chynna Phillips and stepmother of actress Mackenzie Phillips.



Mother of Chynna Phillips, Austin Hines and Aron Wilson. Mother-in-law of actor William Baldwin. The wildly popular The Mamas and the Papas '60s pop/folk group ("Monday, Monday" and "California Dreamin'" were their biggest hits) was comprised of Michelle and her husband at the time, John Phillips, along with 'Mama' 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), who Cass had a crush on. The fans, however, 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. When The Mamas and the Papas were in the Bahamas and couldn't afford the flight back to the US, she won 17 straight shoots at a crap table, coming out with enough money to buy first-class airplane tickets for everybody. Born to Joyce Leon, née Poole, an accountant, and Gardner Burnett Gilliam, a merchant marine.