Mama Cass was born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore in 1941. As a teenager, she took on the name Cass Elliot, and left high school to pursue a career as an actress. She had a small part in a touring ...

Henry Diltz/Corbis via Getty Mama Cass’ daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell is opening up about her experience with the pop group Wilson Phillips in her upcoming book and a new conversation with PEOPLE.

Owen Elliot-Kugell, the daughter of late The Mamas & the Papas member Cass Elliot, is setting the record straight on her mother's death in her new memoir, My Mama, Cass. In July 1974, Cass passed ...

Despite the group’s legacy, I was drawn to one member in particular: Cass Elliot, also known as Mama Cass. Though we lived in completely different worlds, I soon began to see myself in Mama Cass.