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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gender
Female
Birthday
January 26, 1931
Died
May 4, 2011
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Harlow
1965
40 Pounds of Trouble
1962
The Atomic City
1952
A Man Alone
1955
Off Limits
1952
The Maverick Queen
1956
The Mad Magician
1954
Westward the Women
1951
Footsteps
1972
Sailor Beware
1952
Carrie
1952
Hell's Island
1955
Beachhead
1954
The Intimate Stranger
1956
Live Fast, Die Young
1958
The Turning Point
1952
Katherine
1975
Junior Bonner
1972
The Wild One
1953
Escapement
1958
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The Fugitive
1963
Perry Mason
1957
Ironside
1967
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Outer Limits
1963
Laramie
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Detectives
1959
Laredo
1965
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Rebel
1959
Black Saddle
1959
Honey West
1965
Ghost Story
1972
The Millionaire
1955
Cavalcade of America
1952
Kodiak
1974
Breaking Point
1963
Death Valley Days
1952
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