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Mary Murphy

Acting
Known For

80 Years Old

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.

Born

Washington, District of Columbia, USA on 26th January 1931

Died

4th May 2011

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Laramie
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Dr. Kildare
Janet Logan
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Perry Mason
Eleanor Corbin
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The Streets of San Francisco
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The Rebel
'T' White
The Detectives Image
The Detectives
The Outer Limits Image
The Outer Limits
Linda Darcy
Honey West Image
Honey West
Vicky
Black Saddle Image
Black Saddle
Laurie
Ironside Image
Ironside
The Fugitive Image
The Fugitive
Thelma Hollister
Death Valley Days Image
Death Valley Days
Marianne
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Arrest and Trial
The Millionaire Image
The Millionaire
Janie Harris
Breaking Point Image
Breaking Point
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Estelle
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Redigo
Laura McAdams
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The Westerner
Suzy
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Laredo
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Ghost Story
Maggie Mundy
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Kodiak
Cathy
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The Investigators
Maggie Peters
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Cavalcade of America
Rowena
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The Wild One
Kathie Bleeker
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When Worlds Collide
Student
Born Innocent Image
Born Innocent
Miss Murphy
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Sailor Beware
Girl (uncredited)
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The Mad Magician
Karen Lee
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The Desperate Hours
Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
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Sitting Bull
Kathy Howell
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Westward the Women
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
The Lemon Drop Kid Image
The Lemon Drop Kid
Girl (uncredited)
Junior Bonner Image
Junior Bonner
Ruth Bonner
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Carrie
Jessica Hurstwood
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The Intimate Stranger
Evelyn Stewart
A Man Alone Image
A Man Alone
Nadine Corrigan
Beachhead Image
Beachhead
Nina Bouchard
The Maverick Queen Image
The Maverick Queen
Lucy Lee
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Main Street to Broadway
Mary Craig
The Turning Point Image
The Turning Point
Secretary (uncredited)
Harlow Image
Harlow
Sally Doane
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Make Haste to Live
Randy Benson
The Atomic City Image
The Atomic City
Young Woman Buying Stamps
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Crime and Punishment USA
Sally Marmon
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Hell's Island
Janet Martin
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40 Pounds of Trouble
Liz McCluskey
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Off Limits
WAC
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The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Mrs. Quayle
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Footsteps
Martha Hagger
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Katherine
Miss Collins
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Escapement
Ruth Vance
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Darling, How Could You!
Sylvia
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I Love You...Good-bye
Pam Parks
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Live Fast, Die Young
Kim Winters / Narrator
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Two Before Zero