Julia Phillips
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For the American author, see Julia Phillips (author). For the American physicist, see Julia Phillips (physicist).
Julia Phillips (née Miller; April 7, 1944 – January 1, 2002) was an American film producer and author. She co-produced with her husband Michael (and others) three prominent films of the 1970s—The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind—and was the first female producer to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, received for The Sting.
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Born | Julia Miller (1944-04-07)April 7, 1944 New York City, U.S. |
Died | January 1, 2002(2002-01-01) (aged 57) |
Occupation(s) | Film producer, author |
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Children | 1 |
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In 1991, Phillips published an infamous tell-all memoir of her years as a Hollywood producer, titled You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, which became a bestseller.