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Michelle Phillips

1944 - Today

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Michelle Gilliam Phillips (born Holly Michelle Gilliam; June 4, 1944) is an American folk rock singer and film and television actress. She rose to fame as a vocalist in the musical quartet The Mamas & the Papas in the mid-1960s. Her voice was described by Time magazine as the "purest soprano in pop music." She later established a successful career as an actress in film and television beginning in the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelle Phillips has received more than 10,073,773 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Michelle Phillips is the 586th most popular actor (up from 842nd in 2019), the 1,074th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,548th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michelle Phillips by language

Over the past year Michelle Phillips has had the most page views in the with 1,882,568 views, followed by German (175,498), and French (129,577). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (12,325.00%), Simple English (290.10%), and Uzbek (180.54%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michelle Phillips ranks 586 out of 13,578. Before her are Milena Dravić, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Luise Rainer, Michael Chekhov, Claude Jade, and Deborah Kerr. After her are Steve Carell, Brian Dennehy, David Caruso, Jude Law, John Heard, and Marion Cotillard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Michelle Phillips ranks 82. Before her are Ashraf Marwan, R. Lee Ermey, W. G. Sebald, Gianni Morandi, Günter Netzer, and Thein Sein. After her are Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Antonio Damasio, Coluche, Bernard Hill, Ian McDiarmid, and Donna Haraway.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michelle Phillips ranks 1,074 out of 20,380. Before her are Jack Kemp (1935), Virginia Satir (1916), Minoru Yamasaki (1912), Joel Schumacher (1939), Dred Scott (1795), and Hilary Putnam (1926). After her are Steve Carell (1962), Brian Dennehy (1938), Percival Lowell (1855), David Caruso (1956), Joseph Erlanger (1874), and Timothy McVeigh (1968).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michelle Phillips ranks 283. Before her are Laurence Fishburne (1961), Buck Henry (1930), Lance Henriksen (1940), Gary Sinise (1955), Ed O'Neill (1946), and Groucho Marx (1890). After her are Steve Carell (1962), Brian Dennehy (1938), David Caruso (1956), John Heard (1946), Piper Laurie (1932), and Wesley Snipes (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

Joshua Tree
Esther Severence
Wellman Santee (Dolph Lundgren) a former race car driver, whose livelihood is transporting exotic stolen super cars, is involved, with his partner Eddie, in shoot out, resulting in the deaths of his friend and a highway cop. Santee is framed for the cop's murder and jailed in a maximum security prison. A few months later, Santee breaks out after narrowly escaping an attempt on his life. He reaches a local diner where he steals a car, abducts the owner, Rita and flees, completely unaware that his hostage is a deputy sheriff. A massive manhunt ensues, spearheaded by Lt. Severance a tough, obessive cop. Santee leads the detective and his men on a dramatic high speed chase, from the desert wilderness to the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Santee's out to clear his name and when it comes to getting even, he's taking revenge into overdrive.
Apr 8o 19936.033 / 10
Monterey Pop
Self - Mamas and the Papas
Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.
Dec 26o 19687.414 / 10
Dillinger
Billie Frechette
After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.
Jul 20o 19736.599 / 10