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Julia Phillips Wikipedia

Julia Phillips (April 7, 1944 ??? January 1, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning film producer and author.

Born Julia Miller in New York City, New York, she received her B.A. in Political Science from Mount Holyoke College in 1965.

In 1974, Phillips became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the enormously successful film The Sting. She was nominated again for her 1976 film, Taxi Driver.

In 1991 Phillips wrote a no-holds-barred autobiography about her experiences in Hollywood titled "You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again." The book went to No.1 on the New York Times bestseller list but its revelations about high-profile film personalities and Hollywood's casting couch mentality, made her one of the most despised people in the film industry. In 1995, she followed up her story with a second book, "Driving Under the Affluence."

Julia Phillips died in West Hollywood, California at the age of fifty-seven from cancer and was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Last Modified:   2005-12-19