Julianne Phillips (born May 6, 1960

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, ''Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s'',

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and actress. She began her career as a model in the early 1980s before moving on to acting. She first attracted attention for becoming the first wife of

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and later for her role as Francesca "Frankie" Reed on the television drama series ''

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'' (1991–1996).

Biography

Phillips was born in

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and raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Her parents are William Phillips, an

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and executive, and Ann, who raised their children in the

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faith. Phillips is a graduate of

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and Brooks College in Long Beach. She has five siblings: four older brothers and one older sister. She credits her father with getting her into acting and giving her encouragement.

Early career

Phillips began work as a model in

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in the early 1980s. By 1982, she was represented by the

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, which characterized her as a "perfect-ten package," earning as much as $2,000 a day. She then moved to

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, where she appeared in the

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for the song "If I'd Been the One." This led to Phillips' acting roles in 1984's made-for-TV movies "His Mistress", in which she co-starred with

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, and "Summer Fantasy." She also appeared at the end of then-husband

's music video " Glory Days."

Marriage and divorce

Phillips garnered publicity as the girlfriend, and later the first wife, of musician

. The two met in October 1984 and were subsequently married in her native Lake Oswego shortly after midnight on Monday, May 13, 1985, surrounded by intense media Citing irreconcilable differences, she filed for divorce in August 1988, which was finalized the following

Acting career

Phillips continued her acting career during and after the marriage. She appeared in '' Odd Jobs'' (1986), '' Sweet Lies'' (1988), and '' Seven Hours to Judgment'' (1988), and starred opposite

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in ''

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'' and

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in '' Skin Deep'' both in 1989. Two years later, she accepted the role of Frankie Reed, the business-oriented character on ''

''; it became her best-known role. She left the show at the end of its fifth season in 1995, returning for its final episode in 1996. She then briefly returned to movies, appearing in '' Big Bully'' (1996), ''

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'' (1997), '' Allie & Me'' (1997), and the made-for-TV disaster film '' Tidal Wave: No Escape'' (1997).

1997–present

Phillips stopped acting in 1997 and has rarely been in the public eye since. In 2001 she was interviewed on an episode of the biographical documentary series ''

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'' that profiled her ''Sisters'' co-star

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. In 2014, she reunited with Ward and her other ''Sisters'' co-stars,

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, and Patricia Kalember, for ''

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''. The reunion was documented on ''

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''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Julianne 1960 births Living people Actresses from Oregon American film actresses American television actresses Bruce Springsteen People from Lake Oswego, Oregon Lake Oswego High School alumni Actresses from Chicago 20th-century American actresses