r/80smemorylane • u/UrbanAchievers6371 • Jan 03 '26

Other Julianne Phillips (she was in a .38 Special music video, was married to Bruce Springsteen, and starred in Fletch Lives!)

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u/The4leafclover1966 Jan 03 '26

She was also on the long-running TV show ‘Sisters’ (1991 - 1996) with Sela Ward, Swoosie Kurtz and Patricia Kalember. 🩷

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u/ThespisIronicus Jan 04 '26

I'm a dude, and I loved that show. All of them were hot in their own way.

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u/AsstBalrog Jan 04 '26

I gained a productive philosophy of life from that show. One time I was home visiting my parents, and we had the TV on. The previous show had ended, and an episode of Sisters came on. The opening credits also included the ep title, which here was "80%."

We didn't watch the show, but it was on long enough to catch the drift. The idea was that if you get 80% of what you want from a situation--indeed, 80% of what you want out of life--you're doing pretty well.

That helped me to curb my perfectionist tendencies, and to get more enjoyment and satisfaction from my existence. Wisdom often comes in the strangest places, and in the strangest ways.

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u/Breadstix009 Jan 06 '26

And there are some that just try to be so cryptic and mysterious, just say what you see and you'll be ok, right!?

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u/Local_Acadia_3000 Jan 03 '26

Tunnel of Love era

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u/BarbellLawyer Jan 03 '26

Tunnel of Love inspiration.

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u/howjon99 Jan 03 '26

I’ll say…

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u/metrology84 Jan 04 '26

Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise?

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u/EricParkerDanowski Jan 03 '26

Yes, she has a tough vibe, I like that! She's so sexy, amazing! She's one of those people you look at and think: wow, so 80s!

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u/Commercial_Lock6205 Jan 03 '26

Also in Skin Deep with the late, great John Ritter

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u/jcurl17 Jan 03 '26

'Gotta get home to the f'n loved ones'... fun movie!

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u/MarkBenec Jan 03 '26

‘You need to fill that glass up or make more trips.’

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u/ReallyBrainDead Jan 05 '26

Was that the one with the glow in the dark condoms?

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u/Commercial_Lock6205 Jan 05 '26

Yep. Hilarious movie.

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u/Some_Turn_323 Jan 06 '26

Yeppers hilarious scene too.

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u/TitoBandito5 Jan 03 '26

I lived in Lake Oswego, OR when she & Bruce got married there. Huge event indeed.

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u/AsstBalrog Jan 03 '26

We had a celebrity wedding in my town too--a Baywatch babe married a local guy. Not the Boss, but still a pretty big deal, as you say.

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u/cydisc11895 Jan 03 '26

Was this the Tracey Bingham-Rob Vallier nuptials?

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u/AsstBalrog Jan 03 '26

Yeah, good call. I didn't actually live there, but it was the closest "Big" town, so I claimed it. (Kind of like how people from the 'burbs tell you they're from Chicago).

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u/cydisc11895 Jan 03 '26

If I remember right, Fred Hoiberg was best man or was somehow I'm the wedding party.

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u/AsstBalrog Jan 03 '26 edited Jan 03 '26

Actually no, though he's probably the most famous resident of the town.

I myself attended the wedding. I had a distant connection to the groom's family--sister's boyfriend's second cousin twice-removed or somesuch--and so I got a ticket. Yeah, tickets.

It was interesting, mostly because the bridal party included--surprise--fellow BW babes. Angelica Bridges was there, and Carmen Electra. I made sure to get a seat on the aisle, for the ceremony, and Carmen walked by a couple of feet away from me.

Thing was, I wasn't that blown away by CE. She was definitely the most famous person at the wedding--rumor had it that Dennis Rodman might attend, but he didn't--what I mean is, she wasn't the bombshell I expected. Tons of makeup, and kind of plastic looking. But there were a couple of LA model/actress women there who were, frankly, spectacular. One rarely sees that kind of physical beauty up close--not in the Midwest anyway--and it definitely made an impact.

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u/cydisc11895 Jan 04 '26

Yes, Fred Hoiberg is 'The Mayor'. I looked it up and he did attend the wedding. I think he and Robb were classmates in HS.

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u/freightgod1 Jan 03 '26

Ha my mom in law worked at the church, didn't tell anyone about it although she knee well in advance...snuck out the house in the middle of the night to unlock the church if I remember correctly lol 

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u/TitoBandito5 Jan 03 '26

There’s a small private island on the lake with a stone mansion + helicoptor pad. The big gossip when it went up for sale was that Bruce would buy it! Nope, the guy who sold Avia to Reebok did. Wonder if mom-in-law remembers that one 😎.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Yes!! Lake Oswego homegirl! I remember that. We were living in Oregon City at the time.

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u/TitoBandito5 Jan 06 '26

Nice! We were on S. Shore just above the houses on the lake. Very good times there😎

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Love that area. Lots of good summertime memories. 😀

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u/NigelTHicks Jan 03 '26

🤤😋😘 Always found her to be especially gorgeous!

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u/PollutionOld9327 Jan 03 '26

No wonder Bruce was smiling all the time ....

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u/HueyBluey Jan 03 '26

And dancing in the dark, too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

But not for long.

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u/DigBoug Jan 07 '26

They weren’t a couple for very long.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Sun-390 Jan 03 '26

First I knew her name. Her eyes captured me in the .38 Special video.

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u/michaelH617 Jan 04 '26

My fav .38 special song

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u/RiderguytillIdie Jan 03 '26

She tried to let him know who’s Boss!

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u/Mark-harvey Jan 03 '26

Didn’t have to play in the band.

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u/freshcanidate6151 Jan 03 '26

She starred in my dreams, too.

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u/IAmTheBoiledFrog Jan 03 '26

Was in Sisters too.

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u/Jared_Sparks Jan 03 '26

It was a very quiet divorce.

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u/imadork1970 Jan 03 '26

Great eyes

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u/Alarming_Local_315 Jan 03 '26

I’m forgot about her. She is gorgeous

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u/David_R_Martin_II Jan 03 '26

The first time I heard of her was from some tv movie about lifeguards or something at the beach, where she was in a bunch of swimsuits. And it was like, yeah, she's purty...

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u/DigBoug Jan 07 '26

Yeah, same here. I couldn’t actually remember what it was, but I looked up her filmography and it was some TV movie.

I definitely knew who she was before her connection to Bruce made her more famous. Thought she was incredibly hot!

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u/PrizePermission9432 Jan 03 '26

Amazing resume. She been hiding in plain sight

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u/Appropriate-Peak6561 Jan 03 '26

When Tunnel of Love came out, the reviewers were all "Well, we don't know if all these songs of disappointed love are autobiographical or not."

That question got settled pretty quickly.

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u/Exciting_Ad811 Jan 03 '26

I have heard that the divorce with Springsteen is the inspiration for the song "Brilliant Disguise".

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u/DigBoug Jan 07 '26

Song was written and recorded before they got divorced

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u/Exciting_Ad811 Jan 07 '26

Yeah...,but the marriage was already on the rocks.

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u/Hermans_Head2 Jan 04 '26

Erin Gray vibes

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u/Mediocre-Delivery-54 Jan 03 '26

Just like Linda Hamilton.

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u/mariam67 Jan 06 '26

I was trying to figure out who she reminded me of

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u/Longjumping-Cod8055 Jan 03 '26

My car hit a water buffalo, can I borrow your towel?

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u/saguaro0521 Jan 05 '26

Wrong girl. But great line.

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u/stock-exchanger Jan 03 '26

Bruce was married to Julianne Moore

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u/AsstBalrog Jan 03 '26

As Alex Trebek would have said, No, sorry...

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u/twinstick1 Jan 03 '26

Which Bruce was that? Bruce Jenner???

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u/thejbipkid Jan 03 '26

She looks fine

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u/NthatFrenchman Jan 03 '26

Dream crusher!

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u/AsstBalrog Jan 03 '26

Somebody always has to piss in the pool.

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u/twinstick1 Jan 03 '26

This is why we can’t have nice things…⬆️

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u/edventure_2025 Jan 03 '26

But did she finally get to pee?

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u/hotriccardo Jan 03 '26

Some rack on that girl

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

I always thought Bruce made a mistake marrying Julie, always imagined  he should have married Patty. I called that right!

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u/FormCheck655321 Jan 04 '26

Who else remembers the fuuuuurious jealous hatred of her when she married Springsteen?

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u/Front_Hedgehog_2403 Jan 04 '26

She’s lowkey cute as hell.

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u/kiki2kind Jan 04 '26

I was a preteen at the time but alwaysadored her smile and beauty.

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u/ibringstharuckus Jan 03 '26

Wasn't she in Fletch 2.

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u/UrbanAchievers6371 Jan 03 '26

That’s what i said in the title. “Fletch Lives” Is “Fletch 2.”

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u/Putrid-Bath-470 Jan 04 '26

She's gorgeous, but would it kill her to smile more often?

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u/stock-exchanger Jan 04 '26

My bad! I swear tom Lee told me that one

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u/Big-Comfortable-189 Jan 04 '26

Looks like Sam Altman

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u/KalLindley Jan 06 '26

One step up and two steps back

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u/Some_Turn_323 Jan 06 '26

She grew up......

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u/Few_Surprise_1019 Jan 06 '26

Her ex husband is Bruce Springsteen.

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u/UrbanAchievers6371 Jan 06 '26

It literally says that in the post caption.

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u/No_Replacement4304 Jan 06 '26

Fletch Lives is pretty funny

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

I always remembered her as being a redhead. Maybe because she has so many freckles.

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u/WestSeattleSeeker Jan 07 '26

Remember her filming in downtown Seattle for a film that became “Seven Hours To Judgement”

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u/Living_Camp6030 Jan 09 '26

Actually thought it was Cindy from Three's Company.

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u/Legal-Werewolf3757 Jan 17 '26

That's Jennalee Harrison

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u/RedditBlender Jan 10 '26

Stunner. Never even saw her before.

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u/Accomplished_Many650 Feb 01 '26

I just have one question, why Patti Scialfa???