Birth Name: Holly Michelle Gilliam
Place of Birth: Long Beach, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 4, 1944
Ethnicity: English, Scottish
Michelle Phillips is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained fame as a member of the 1960s vocal group The Mamas & the Papas, along with then-husband John Phillips, Denny Doherty, and Cass Elliot. Her daughter is singer/actress Chynna Phillips.
Michelle is the daughter Joyce (Poole) and Gardner Burnett Gilliam.
Her paternal grandparents are Marcus Heath Gilliam (the son of Washington Smith Gilliam and Esther Aldrich Taylor) and Estelle Geneva Burnett Hoskinson.
Her maternal grandmother’s surname was “Salter”.
Source: Genealogy of Michelle Phillips (focusing on her father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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