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Laura Mackenzie Phillips (born November 10, 1959, in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actress and singer, known primarily for her roles in movies, soap operas and television. She is 48 years old.
She is the daughter of The Mamas and the Papas’ lead singer, John Phillips, and Susan Adams (aka Suzy January), a socialite. She was also the stepdaughter of group member Michelle Phillips, and is half-sister to Bijou Phillips and Chynna Phillips (all three have different mothers).
She was named in honor of her father’s friend, songwriting collaborator and performing partner, Scott Mckenzie.
Mackenzie began to use drugs at an early age. She began to smoke marijuana and use LSD at the age of twelve, and was taught how to shoot up heroin by her father at the age of eighteen. Shortly after turning 18, she was aggressively seduced by Mick Jagger, visiting in the Phillips home, who told her, “I’ve been waiting to do this since you were ten years old.”
Her first major acting role was the part of “Carol” in American Graffiti (1973). In 1975, she started playing “boy-crazy" Julie Cooper, the elder of two daughters, on the TV sitcom One Day at a Time. This was her most famous role.
During her run on One Day at a Time, she became addicted to cocaine. This, coupled with an alcohol problem, caused her to be late for tapings, or sometimes miss them entirely. This got a lot of coverage in the press, and the executive producer of the show fired her in 1980 when she refused to get help. She returned to the show from a rehabilitation center in 1981 but eventually became addicted again. She was fired for good in 1983 and did not return to the show before it was canceled; she did, however, appear with her castmates on the reunion special that first aired on CBS on Tuesday, February 22, 2005.
She has been married three times. Her first husband was Jeff Sessler from 1978-1980, which ended in divorce. Her second husband was Michael Barakan, with whom she has a son Shane, born in 1987. The marriage lasted from 1996 to 2000, but it also ended in divorce. Her third husband is music conductor Keith Levenson, whom she married in June 2005. She also briefly dated Tim Curry in the late 70's. |
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