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Brittany Murphy

1977-11-10

The Biography

Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (née Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in 1997 before appearing as Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). In the 2000s, Murphy appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) alongside Michael Douglas, and alongside Eminem in 8 Mile (2002), for which she gained critical recognition. Her later roles included Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Just Married (2003), Uptown Girls (2003), Sin City (2005), and Happy Feet (2006). Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series King of the Hill (1997–2010). Her final film, Something Wicked, was released in April 2014. On December 20, 2009, Murphy died under disputed circumstances at the age of 32. The coroner's verdict was pneumonia, exacerbated by anemia and addiction to various prescription medicines. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brittany Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Brittany Murphy in

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Sin City

7.458 average rating
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Uptown Girls

6.8 average rating
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8 Mile

7.138 average rating
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Clueless

7.3 average rating
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Girl, Interrupted

7.6 average rating
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Happy Feet

6.194 average rating
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Summer Catch

5.5 average rating
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Just Married

5.8 average rating
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The Ramen Girl

6.4 average rating
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Don't Say a Word

6.2 average rating
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Drive

6.084 average rating
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Little Black Book

5.3 average rating
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Freeway

6.449 average rating
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Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

7 average rating
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Cherry Falls

5.3 average rating
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Spun

6.5 average rating
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The Prophecy II

6 average rating
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Riding in Cars with Boys

6.764 average rating
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Abandoned

5 average rating
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Drop Dead Gorgeous

6.4 average rating