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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Elliot-Kugell, daughter of Mama Cass, recently spoke to PEOPLE about why she wasn't part of Wilson Phillips alongside Chynna, Wendy Wilson and Carnie Wilson Jack Irvin has over five years of ...

In an excerpt from her new book, My Mama, Cass, Owen-Elliot Kugell reflects on the last time she saw her mother, and explains her quest to honor her legacy ...