MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT II
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                           Registration No. 33-31348

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                  POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO FORM S-6

                FOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
                       ACT OF 1933 OF SECURITIES OF UNIT
                         INVESTMENT TRUSTS REGISTERED
                                ON FORM N-8B-2

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<S>   <C>                       <C> 
A.    Exact name of Trust:      Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life
                                Separate Account II
 
B.    Name of Depositor:        Massachusetts Mutual Life
                                Insurance Company
 
C.    Complete address of       1295 State Street
      depositor's principal     Springfield, MA 01111
      executive offices:
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)


  X    immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
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       on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
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       60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485.
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       on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485.
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                       STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 24f-2

The Registrant has registered an indefinite number or amount of its variable
life contracts under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.  The Rule 24f-2 Notice for Registrant's Fiscal
Year ended December 31, 1996 was filed on or about February 28, 1997.
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The sole purpose of this amendment is to include the representation required by
Section 26(e)(2)(A) of the Investment Company Act.  Except for that requirement,
the Registrant, in reliance on the no-action letter issued by the Division of
Investment Management to Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance Co. (pub. Avail.
Oct. 23, 1990), would not be filing this amendment.  Except for the cover page,
this page and the signature pages, the remainder of this post-effective
amendment is incorporated by reference from the Registrant's previously filed
registration statement.



                                    PART II

                    INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS



                   REPRESENTATION UNDER SECTION 26(e)(2)(A)
                     OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company hereby represents that fees and
charges deducted under the limited payment variable whole life insurance
policies described in this Registration Statement, in the aggregate, are
reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be
incurred, and the risks assumed by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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                  CONTENTS OF POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 7


This Post-Effective Amendment is comprised of the following documents:


   The Facing Sheet.

   Representation under Section 26(e)(2)(A) of the Investment Company Act of
   1940.

   The Signatures.
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                    REPRESENTATION BY REGISTRANT'S COUNSEL
                    --------------------------------------

As Counsel to the Registrant, I, James M. Rodolakis, have reviewed this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement Number 33-31348 and
represent, pursuant to the requirement of paragraph (e) of Rule 485 under the
Securities Act of 1933, that this Amendment does not contain disclosures which
would render it ineligible to become effective pursuant to paragraph (b) of said
Rule 485.



                               /s/ James M. Rodolakis
                               -----------------------
                               James M. Rodolakis
                               Counsel
                               Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
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                                  SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant,
Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account II, certifies that it meets
all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 7
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement No. 33-31348 to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, all in the
city of Springfield and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 21st day of
May, 1997.

  MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT II

  MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
   (Depositor)


     By: /s/ Thomas B. Wheeler*
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     Thomas B. Wheeler, Chief Executive Officer
     Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company


/s/ Richard M. Howe     On May 21, 1997, as Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to
- --------------------    powers of attorney filed herewith.           
*Richard M. Howe        

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 7
to Registration Statement No. 33-31348 has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the duties indicated.

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         Signature                          Title                   Date
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<S>                              <C>                            <C>
/s/ Thomas B. Wheeler*           Chief Executive Officer and    May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------    Chairman of the Board
Thomas B. Wheeler                
 
/s/ John J. Pajak*               President and Chief            May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------    Operating Officer
John J. Pajak                  
 
/s/ Daniel J. Fitzgerald*        Chief Financial Officer &      May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------    Chief Accounting Officer
Daniel J. Fitzgerald           
 
/s/ Roger G. Ackerman*           Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
Roger G. Ackerman
 
/s/ James R. Birle*              Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
James R. Birle
 
/s/ Frank C. Carlucci, III*      Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
Frank C. Carlucci, III
 
/s/ Gene Chao*                   Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
Gene Chao, Ph.D.
 
/s/ Patricia Diaz Dennis*        Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
Patricia Diaz Dennis
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<S>                              <C>                            <C>
/s/ Anthony Downs*               Director                       May 21, 1997
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Anthony Downs
 
/s/ James L. Dunlap*             Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
James L. Dunlap
 
/s/ William B. Ellis*            Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
William B. Ellis, Ph.D.
 
/s/ Robert M. Furek*             Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
Robert M. Furek
 
/s/ Charles K. Gifford*          Director                       May 21, 1997
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Charles K. Gifford
 
/s/ William N. Griggs*           Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
William N. Griggs
 
/s/ George B. Harvey*            Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
George B. Harvey
 
/s/ Barbara B. Hauptfuhrer*      Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
Barbara B. Hauptfuhrer
 
/s/ Sheldon B. Lubar*            Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
Sheldon B. Lubar
 
/s/ William B. Marx, Jr.*        Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
William B. Marx, Jr.
 
/s/ John F. Maypole*             Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
John F. Maypole
 
/s/ Donald F. McCullough*        Director                       May 21, 1997
- -----------------------------
Donald F. McCullough
 
/s/ Alfred M. Zeien*             Director                       May 21, 1997
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Alfred M. Zeien
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/s/ Richard M. Howe              On May 21, 1997, as Attorney-in-Fact pursuant 
- -----------------------------    to powers of attorney filed herewith.
*Richard M. Howe                 


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