Julia Phillips (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, for The Sting.
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Full name at birth | Julia Miller
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Claim to fame | First Woman to Win An Academy Award
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Date of birth | 7 April 1944
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Place of birth | New York City, NY, USA
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Date of death | 1 January 2002
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Age | 57 (age at death)
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Place of death | West Hollywood, California
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Cause of death | Cancer
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Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Occupation | Editing Aryicles for Magazines / Author/ Film Co-Producer
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University | Mount Holyoke College (1965) (B.A. in Political Science)
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Julia Phillips is known for her role in the documentary Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) as Self.
She is also known for her role in the TV special The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) as Self - Memorial Tribute.
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