VITAL STATISTICS
Wendy Phillips
Occupation: Actress.
Birthday: Jan. 2, 1952.
Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Current home: West Los Angeles.
Marital status: Married 11 years to actor Scott Paulin.
Child: Jenny Dare, 8.
Car: A red 1989 Saab convertible.
Working on: "Homefront," on ABC.
The last good movie I saw was: "Howards End. "
I stay home to watch: "I'll Fly Away" and "Northern Exposure. "
The book I've been reading is: Clockers, a novel by Richard Price.
Favorite performer: Meryl Streep.
Favorite childhood memory: My mother taking me to see "The Music Man" in New York when I was 7.
Prized possession: A first edition of The Wizard of Oz.
Personal heroes: Eric Sevareid, Marlon Brando, Martin Luther King Jr.
I've never been able to: Do a cartwheel.
I'd give anything to meet: Bob Dylan. In my formative years, he was a moral guardian.
If I could do it over: I would have had children at an earlier age.
My fantasy is: I'm in Southern France, very wealthy, very beautiful, very cultured, with my entire extended family around me.
The worst advice my mother ever gave me was: "Don't expect to be a success in acting. "
If I could change one thing about myself, I'd: Like to have more energy.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Spacy. I would forget homework and what time school started.
My most irrational act: I deliberately drove my car into someone else's car because they had insulted my driving.
Behind my back, my friends say: "She has a lot of self-doubt. "
My most humbling experience: When I auditioned for Marvin Hamlisch for a TV special and realized I couldn't sing a note.
When people first meet me, they think I'm: Sweet and with an earthy vulnerability.
The words that best describe me: Spiritual, shy and long-distance runner.
- By Cheryl Lavin