Liz Phair

Liz Phair

Elizabeth 'Liz' Clark Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, she attempted to start a musical career in San Francisco, California, but returned to her home in Chicago, where she began self-releasing audio cassettes under the name Girly-Sound. The tapes led to a recording contract with the independent record label Matador Records. Her 1993 debut studio album, Exile in Guyville, was released to acclaim; it has been ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. She followed this with her second album, Whip-Smart (1994), which earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, and Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998). Ten years after the release of her debut, her fourth album, Liz Phair (2003), released on Capitol Records, moved towards pop rock, earning her a mainstream audience but alienating critics. In 2009, she began working as a television composer, following an invitation by her childhood friend Mike Kelley to score the show he was creating for CBS, Swingtown, given it was based on the life in their hometown. She followed it by creating the theme song for NBC's The Weber Show, and working for the CW's The 100, the USA Network show In Plain Sight, and the CW reboot of 90210, for which she won the 2009 ASCAP award for Top Television Composer. After the release of her fifth album, Somebody's Miracle (2005), she left Capitol and released her sixth album Funstyle independently in 2010. In 2018, it was announced that Matador Records would be releasing a retrospective set for her debut album Exile in Guyville which includes remastered recordings from her original Girly Sound demo tapes. She released her seventh studio album, Soberish, in 2021.

  • Title: Liz Phair
  • Popularity: 7.84
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1967-04-17
  • Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Homepage: https://www.lizphairofficial.com/
  • Also Known As:
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Liz Phair Movies

  • 2002
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    Cherish

    Cherish

    6.111 2002 HD

    After a martini-induced rampage, a fantasy-prone young woman is placed under house arrest.

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  • 1995
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    Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits

    Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits

    8.286 1995 HD

    Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, the video, is a truly altoonative collection of cartoon classics. Hosted by Drew Barrymore, this ultimate...

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  • 2004
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    Seeing Other People

    Seeing Other People

    5.8 2004 HD

    Ed and Alice are two months shy of getting married when she realizes that she wishes she'd had a more active love life while still single....

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  • 2008
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    Guyville Redux

    Guyville Redux

    1 2008 HD

    Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in...

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  • 1997
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    What's Up Matador

    What's Up Matador

    1 1997 HD

    Wanna learn a little about the music industry? Mr. Bill Boggs answers your questions with Liz Phair, Yo La Tango, and kids just like you!

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  • 1999
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    Lilith on Top

    Lilith on Top

    1 1999 HD

    Following up on her 2000 opus Suspicious River, Lynne Stopkewich directs this documentary about the final Lilith Fair. Launched in 1997 by Sarah...

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  • 2010
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    The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile

    The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile

    6.6 2010 HD

    In 1971, to get breathing room from tax and management problems, the Stones go to France. Jimmy Miller parks a recording truck next to Keith Richards...

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  • 1998
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    The Horse Whisperer

    The Horse Whisperer

    6.886 1998 HD

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  • 2008
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    Guyville Redux

    Guyville Redux

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    5.8 2003 HD

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.

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  • 2004
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    Best Week Ever

    Best Week Ever

    6.3 2004 HD

    Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in...

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  • 1998
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    Charmed

    Charmed

    8.194 1998 HD

    Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose...

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  • 1997
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    The View

    The View

    4.421 1997 HD

    ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

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  • 1992
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    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    5.4 1992 HD

    Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

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  • 2002
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    American Dreams

    American Dreams

    4.9 2002 HD

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  • 1993
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    7.1 1993 HD

    Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness....

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  • 2006
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    Pepper Dennis

    Pepper Dennis

    5.2 2006 HD

    Pepper Dennis is a reporter hoping to move into the anchor chair. She may or may not have helped her career ambitions by having a one-night stand...

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  • 2007
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    Head Case

    Head Case

    6.5 2007 HD

    Meet Therapist Dr Elizabeth Goode. She's brash, unconventional, judgmental, but undeniably thriving as the "it" therapist to Hollywood's maladjusted...

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  • 2014
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    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    5.5 2014 HD

    Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of...

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  • 2010
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    The Fran Drescher Show

    The Fran Drescher Show

    7.5 2010 HD

    The Fran Drescher Show, also called The Fran Drescher Tawk Show, is a syndicated talk show hosted by actress Fran Drescher and produced by Fox...

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  • 2014
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    Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

    4 2014 HD

    Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for...

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  • 1970
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    Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

    7.9 1970 HD

    100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet —...

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