Mackenzie Phillips: Tragic Life Story and Photos From Her Life and Early Career

Mackenzie Phillips is an actress and singer, best known for her role in the comedy film “American Graffiti”. She was only 13 when the movie was released. Her career-changing role came with the famous Sitcom series “One Day at a Time” in 1975. Mackenzie is the daughter of John Phillips, singer in The Mamas & the Papas. From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, Mackenzie performed in folk-rock vocal group ‘The New Mamas and The Papas’. She also won an Honorary Best Actress award on March 20, 2011.

Mackenzie had Troubled life

Mackenzie Phillips was a drug addict like her father and she was arrested several times by the police on charges of possession of cocaine and heroin. She first tried cocaine when she was 11 years old. Mackenzie also went to rehab several times for drug and alcohol addiction. She was fired from the “Dinah and Her New Best Friends” TV series in the 1980s because she was always late for the rehearsals and during the rehearsals, she fell asleep.
Phillips has been married twice: first to Jeff Sessler, member of the Rolling Stones entourage. And then in 1986, she married guitarist Michael Barakan.

Mackenzie Phillips hand an intimate relationship with her father

In her memoir, High on Arrival, Mackenzie Phillips mentioned the shocking truth that she had a 10-year intimate relationship with her father. She and her father John took drugs together several times. The relationship began when she was only 18. she woke up after blacking out to find that her father was raping her. The next day, Mackenzie told her father, “We need to talk about how you raped me.” Seemingly puzzled, John Phillips replied, “Raped you? Don’t you mean, ‘We made love?’”

Mackenzie also gave the impression that the relationship became consensual over time. The relationship ended when Mackenzie became pregnant and wasn’t sure if it was her father or her husband who was the father.

Mackenzie’s half-sister, Chynna Phillips, gave a different opinion. During an interview Chynna said. “Was he actually raping her? I don’t know,” Chynna said. “Do I believe that they had an incestuous relationship and that it went on for 10 years? Yes.”

Here below are some amazing photos of young Mackenzie Phillips from her life and career.

#1 Mackenzie Phillips attends a celebrity charity sporting event in circa 1976.

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#2 Mackenzie Phillips with her son Shane at the world premiere of “Volcanoes of the Deep Sea”

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#3 Mackenzie Phillips with Valerie Bertinelli, 1976

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#4 Mackenzie Phillips holding a Tiger Beat Magazine, 1976.

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#5 Mackenzie Phillips holding a jacket with her name on it, 1976.

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#6 Mackenzie Phillips with a baby at the piano on December 3, 1976

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#7 Mackenzie Phillips arriving at a party, 1977.

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#8 Mackenzie Phillips poses for a portrait session on June 25, 1979

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#9 Mackenzie Phillips enjoying a hot dog during a game, 1980.

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#10 MacKenzie Phillips singing for “The Mamas & The Papas” band in a concert, 1983.

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#11 16-years-old Mackenzie Phillips.

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#12 Close-up portrait of Mackenzie Phillips, 1975.

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#13 Mackenzie Phillips as Julie Cooper in “One Day At A Time”, 1975.

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#14 Mackenzie Phillips poses for a portrait session in June of 1976

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#15 Mackenzie Phillips with the cast of “One Day At A Time”, 1975.

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#16 Mackenzie Phillips olding a bumper sticker that reads “One Day At A Time” on December 3, 1976

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#17 Mackenzie Phillips at the Chasen’s Party in Beverly Hills, 1977.

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#18 Mackenzie Phillips with Jim O’Connor, 1977.

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#19 Mackenzie Phillips with Peter Asher, 1978.

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#20 Mackenzie Phillips with Lance Kerwin, 1978.

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#21 Mackenzie Phillips at an event wearing a name tage in 1979.

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#22 Mackenzie Phillips 1979.

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#23 Mackenzie Phillips at her home circa 1980s.

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#24 Mackenzie Phillips playing with her father John Phillips, 1980.

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#25 Mackenzie Phillips with Denny Doherty Elaine McFarlane, and John Phillips, 1981.

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#26 Mackenzie Phillips during the making of “The Love Boat”, 1982.

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#27 Mackenzie Phillips attends Soap Opera Party on February 22, 1982

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#28 MacKenzie Phillips enjoying a cigarette, 1982.

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#29 Mackenzie Phillips with a guest at The 2nd Annual “A Night of 100 Trees” Gala, 1984.

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#30 Mackenzie Phillips during the making of “One day at a Time”, 1982.

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#31 Mackenzie Phillips poses for a portrait in 1989

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#32 Mackenzie Phillips during a fashion photoshoot, 1989

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#33 Mackenzie Phillips in New York, 1989.

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#34 Mackenzie Phillips Performing in a concert, 1990.

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#35 Mackenzie Phillips at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, 1977.

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#36 Mackenzie Phillips with Kristy McNicho at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Hollywood, California, 1978.

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#37 Mackenzie Phillips with her step mother Michelle Phillips.

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#38 Mackenzie Phillips with Valerie Bertinelli and Joe Pantoliano.

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#39 Mackenzie Phillips acts in a scene from the movie “American Graffiti” which was released on August 11, 1973.

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#40 Mackenzie Phillips with Bonnie Franklin and Valerie Bertinelli in “One Day At A Time”, 1975.

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#41 Mackenzie Phillips poses for a fashion layout on September 9, 1976.

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#42 MacKenzie Phillips with her father John Phillips, 1980.

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#43 Mackenzie Phillips enjoying her drink, 1989

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#44 Mackenzie Phillips with Lea Thompsom and Donna Spadaro from the set of “Caroline in the City”.

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#45 MacKenzie Phillips with her father John Phillips, half-brother Tamerlane and her mother Genevieve Waite, 1980.

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