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Richard Shotwell, Associated Press
OREM — Actress Mackenzie Phillips noted the impact of trauma and that “survivors don’t ... have memories” as she talked about her heart pounding when a movie producer reminded her years later of details she experienced as a 12-year-old on a major Hollywood film.
Phillips, whose father was in the popular 1960s folk rock band the Mamas & the Papas, described her struggles with addiction after her tumultuous childhood during the annual Conference on Addiction at Utah Valley University on Thursday.
While attending a screening for “American Graffiti,” the early George Lucas film that Phillips acted in when she was 12, Phillips said she learned shocking details of her youth — ones she’d forgotten.