Biography The Mamas and the Papas (Season 23, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Biography

The Mamas and the Papas (Season 23, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Director

Al Greenfield

Producers

Al Greenfield (producer) | Gregory Hall (producer)

Cinematographers

Shawn Fernandez (director of photography) | Mike Kelly (director of photography) | Jeff Regan (director of photography) | Stephen Sheridan (director of photography)

Editor

Chris Yelton

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 31, 2009

Release date

2009 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 22 wins & 43 nominations

Contacts

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34 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry Diltz Self Self See fewer	Last Summer (1969)
David Crosby Self Self See fewer	Backdraft (1991)
John Phillips Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cocktail (1988)
Matthew Greenwald Self Self See fewer	Biography (1987)
John Stewart Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Enemy (2013)
Graham Nash Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Denny Doherty Self Self See fewer	Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Cass Elliot Self (archive footage) (as 'Mama' Cass Elliot) Self (archive footage) (as 'Mama' Cass Elliot) See fewer	Free Guy (2021)
Suzy Phillips-January Self Self See fewer	Mamas & the Papas: Straight Shooters (1989)
Michelle Phillips Self Self See fewer	Knots Landing (1979)
Peter Pilafian Self Self See fewer	A River Runs Through It (1992)
Roger McGuinn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Easy Rider (1969)
Jill Gibson Self - Former Member, The Mamas And Papas Self - Former Member, The Mamas And Papas See fewer	Hello Au Revoir (2021)
Lou Adler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Up in Smoke (1978)
Joan Baez Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Rich Bartholomew Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Biography (1987)
Lenny Bruce Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dance Hall Racket (1953)
Dick Cavett Self Self See fewer	Beetlejuice (1988)
Eric Clapton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Bill Cosby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cosby Show (1984)
Bob Dylan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Renaldo and Clara (1978)
Pete Fornatale Self - Radio Host Self - Radio Host See fewer	Rock Jocks: The FM Revolution (2002)
George Harrison Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Jimi Hendrix Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Woodstock (1970)
The Hi-Los Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
John Lennon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Mamas and the Papas Themselves Themselves See fewer	The One I Love (2014)
Paul McCartney Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Barry McGuire Self Self See fewer	Rose Island (2020)
Scott McKenzie Self - Member of 'The Journeymen' Self - Member of 'The Journeymen' See fewer	Cocktail (1988)
Joni Mitchell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Elvis Presley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Ringo Starr Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Ed Sullivan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)