Pauline Phillips
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Pauline Esther Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newspaper column in 1956. It became the most widely sy
Publicity photo, 1961
Jeanne Phillips
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Jeanne Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who wrote for the advice column Dear Abby from the 1980s to July 2026. She was born in Minneapolis to Pauline Esther P
Pauline Phillips
…wedding ceremony on July 2, 1939, two days before their 21st birthday. Pauline married Morton Phillips of Minneapolis, and had son Edward and daughter Jeanne. Phillips' writing career began in January 1956 when she was 37 and new to the San Francisco area. She phoned the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle…
Dear Abby star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame memorializing the Dear Abby radio show