Name: Sam Phillips
Date of Birth: 28 January 1962 Has a daughter, Simone, born in 1998, with husband T Bone Burnett. The music video for her song "Baby I Can't Please You" (1994) features archive footage of Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson, and Jerry Fallwell, whose ideologies she has denounced in numerous print and radio interviews. Although in real life she is best-known as a singer with an acclaimed voice, her character Katya in Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) is mute. Was 2nd runner-up for Best Songwriter of 1994 in "Rolling Stone" magazine's annual critics' poll, for her album "Martinis & Bikinis". She was bested by Freedy Johnston and Kurt Cobain, who placed 1st and 2nd in the poll, respectively. ... Nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards for the song "Circle of Fire" from her album _Martinis & Bikinis_ (1994). She lost to Melissa Etheridge. Named Best Female Singer of 1994 in "Rolling Stone" magazine's annual critics' poll, for her album "Martinis & Bikinis" (1994) Due to an unknown technical error, in the mid-1980s her song "Here He Comes with My Heart" was accidentally sent blaring onto the set of "Today" (1952), interrupting an on-air segment with Jane Pauley. Pauley made a disparaging comment about the song, but she invited Ms. Phillips to be a guest on the show soon thereafter. Her real name is Leslie Ann Phillips. The nickname of "Sam" was adopted when she crossed over to secular from gospel music. She was never nick-named "Sam" during her childhood. Read more Sam Phillips movies (actor)User Comments |
