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She is the daughter of The Mamas and the Papas lead singer John Phillips and was the stepdaughter of group member Michelle Phillips.

Her first major acting role was the part of Carol in American Graffiti ( 1973). In 1975, she started playing Julie Cooper on the television series One Day at a Time. This was Mackenzie's most famous role.

Using her star power from One Day at a Time, Mackenzie had easy access to drugs like cocaine, to which she became addicted. This, coupled with an alcohol problem, caused her to be late for tapings, or sometimes miss them entirely. This got a lot of coverage in the press, and the executive producer of the show fired her in 1980 when she refused to get help. She returned to the show from a rehabilitation center in 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D but eventually became addicted again. She was fired for good in 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu and did not return to the show before it was canceled.

In the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends and early 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn, Mackenzie attempted and eventually succeeded in getting over her drug problem with the help of her father, who was also a recovering addict. Nowadays, she is a budding singer and has starred with Cara DeLizia on the Disney ChannelThe Disney Channel is a cable TV network run by The Walt Disney Company in the United States that went on the air on April 18, 1983. Disney Channel features family-oriented programming, much of it aimed at pre-teens and younger adolescents. Most Disney Ch series So Weird .