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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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Happy Feet

6.198 average rating
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8 Mile

7.1 average rating
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Clueless

7.3 average rating
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Sin City

7.459 average rating
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Girl, Interrupted

7.563 average rating
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Uptown Girls

6.833 average rating
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Don't Say a Word

6.2 average rating
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Just Married

5.8 average rating
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Freeway

6.5 average rating
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Spun

6.5 average rating
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The Ramen Girl

6.4 average rating
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Summer Catch

5.5 average rating
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Love and Other Disasters

5.782 average rating
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The Dead Girl

6.027 average rating
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Riding in Cars with Boys

6.8 average rating
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Drive

6.113 average rating
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Cherry Falls

5.3 average rating
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Little Black Book

5.342 average rating
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Across the Hall

5.9 average rating
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The Devil's Arithmetic

6.8 average rating