Lily Collins parents: Meet Phil Collins, Jill Tavelman

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Lily Jane Collins was born on March 18, 1989, in Guildford, Surrey, to English musician Phil Collins and his second wife, former Beverly Hills Women’s Club president Jill Tavelman.

Her maternal grandfather was a Canadian Jewish immigrant who for many years maintained a men’s clothing store in Beverly Hills.

Lily Collins parents: Meet Phil Collins

Philip David Charles Collins was born on January 30, 1951, in Wandsworth, southwest London, at Putney Hospital.

Greville Philip Austin Collins (1907-1972) worked for London Assurance as an insurance salesman, while his mother, Winifred June Collins (1913-2011), worked in a toy shop before becoming a booking agent at the Barbara Speake Stage School, an independent performing arts school in East Acton.

Collins is the youngest of three children; his sister Carole is a professional ice skater who also works as a theatrical agent, and his brother Clive is a well-known cartoonist.

By the time Collins was two, the family had relocated twice and settled at 453 Hanworth Road in Hounslow, Middlesex.

Jill Tavelman

She was a businesswoman who was born in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. She is a U.S. citizen. Her ancestry is British-Irish.

Her father was a Canadian-Jewish native who operated a men’s clothing business in Beverly Hills, and her mother was a theatrical artist and actor.

She was born on April 9, 1956, making her 66 years old in 2022. Jill rose to prominence after meeting Phil and settling down with him.

Despite being tied to her famous ex-husband and daughter, she also owns a successful antique website called WAVERLY ON DOHENY.

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