Mary Murphy
Born January 26, 1931 (Age: 95)
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
Mary Murphy (January 26, 1931 – May 4, 2011) was an American film actress of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She was born in Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles. Shortly out of high school she was signed to appear in films for Paramount Pictures in the late 1940s. Murphy first gained attention in 1953, when she played a good-hearted girl who tries to reform Marlon Brando in The Wild One. The following year, she appeared opposite Tony Curtis in Beachhead, and the year after that as Fredric March's daughter in the thriller The Desperate Hours, which also starred Humphrey Bogart. She co-starred with actor-director Ray Milland in his Western A Man Alone, and appeared in dozens of television series including Perry Mason, I Spy and Ironside. She was long absent from the big screen before acting in 1972 with Steve McQueen in the Sam Peckinpah film Junior Bonner. She had retired from acting by the 1980s. Murphy died from heart disease complications on May 4, 2011; she was 80 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Murphy (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Mary Murphy (January 26, 1931 – May 4, 2011) was an American film actress of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She was born in Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles. Shortly out of high school she was signed to appear in films for Paramount Pictures in the late 1940s.
Murphy first gained attention in 1953, when she played a good-hearted girl who tries to reform Marlon Brando in The Wild One. The following year, she appeared opposite Tony Curtis in Beachhead, and the year after that as Fredric March's daughter in the thriller The Desperate Hours, which also starred Humphrey Bogart. She co-starred with actor-director Ray Milland in his Western A Man Alone, and appeared in dozens of television series including Perry Mason, I Spy and Ironside. She was long absent from the big screen before acting in 1972 with Steve McQueen in the Sam Peckinpah film Junior Bonner. She had retired from acting by the 1980s.
Murphy died from heart disease complications on May 4, 2011; she was 80 years old.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Murphy (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974
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as Mrs. Quayle
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Age: 43
I Love You...Good-bye
1974
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as Pam Parks
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Age: 43
Footsteps
1972
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as Martha Hagger
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Age: 41
Harlow
1965
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as Sally Doane
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Age: 34
40 Pounds of Trouble
1962
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as Liz McCluskey
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Age: 31
Two Before Zero
1962
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as
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Age: 31
Crime and Punishment USA
1959
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as Sally Marmon
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Age: 28
Live Fast, Die Young
1958
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as Kim Winters / Narrator
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Age: 27
Escapement
1958
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as Ruth Vance
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Age: 27
The Intimate Stranger
1956
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as Evelyn Stewart
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Age: 25
The Maverick Queen
1956
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as Lucy Lee
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Age: 25
A Man Alone
1955
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as Nadine Corrigan
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Age: 24
The Desperate Hours
1955
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as Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
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Age: 24
Hell's Island
1955
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as Janet Martin
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Age: 24
Sitting Bull
1954
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as Kathy Howell
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Age: 23
The Mad Magician
1954
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as Karen Lee
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Age: 23
Make Haste to Live
1954
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as Randy Benson
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Age: 23
Beachhead
1954
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as Nina Bouchard
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Age: 23
The Wild One
1953
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as Kathie Bleeker
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Age: 22
Main Street to Broadway
1953
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as Mary Craig
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Age: 22