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Mary Murphy
Actor

Mary Murphy

26 Jan 1931Born
4 May 2011Died
80Age at death
55Credits

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.

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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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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1976Born InnocentFilm: Miss Murphy
  2. 1975KatherineFilm: Miss Collins
  3. 1974KodiakSeries: Cathy (1 episode)
  4. 1974The Stranger Who Looks Like MeFilm: Mrs. Quayle
  5. 1974I Love You...Good-byeFilm: Pam Parks
  6. 1972FootstepsFilm: Martha Hagger
  7. 1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeries (1 episode)
  8. 1972Ghost StorySeries: Maggie Mundy (1 episode)
  9. 1972Junior BonnerFilm: Ruth Bonner
  10. 1967IronsideSeries (1 episode)
  11. 1965Honey WestSeries: Vicky (1 episode)
  12. 1965LaredoSeries (1 episode)
  13. 1965HarlowFilm: Sally Doane
  14. 1963RedigoSeries: Laura McAdams (1 episode)
  15. 1963The FugitiveSeries: Thelma Hollister (1 episode)
  16. 1963Breaking PointSeries (1 episode)
  17. 1963The Outer LimitsSeries: Linda Darcy (1 episode)
  18. 1963Arrest and TrialSeries (1 episode)
  19. 196240 Pounds of TroubleFilm: Liz McCluskey
  20. 1962Two Before ZeroFilm
  21. 1961The InvestigatorsSeries: Maggie Peters (13 episodes)
  22. 1961Dr. KildareSeries: Janet Logan (1 episode)
  23. 1960The WesternerSeries: Suzy (1 episode)
  24. 1959Crime and Punishment USAFilm: Sally Marmon
  25. 1959The DetectivesSeries (1 episode)
  26. 1959The RebelSeries: 'T' White (1 episode)
  27. 1959LaramieSeries (1 episode)
  28. 1959Black SaddleSeries: Laurie (1 episode)
  29. 1958Live Fast, Die YoungFilm: Kim Winters / Narrator
  30. 1958EscapementFilm: Ruth Vance
  31. 1957Perry MasonSeries: Eleanor Corbin (1 episode)
  32. 1956The Intimate StrangerFilm: Evelyn Stewart
  33. 1956The Maverick QueenFilm: Lucy Lee
  34. 1955A Man AloneFilm: Nadine Corrigan
  35. 1955The Desperate HoursFilm: Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
  36. 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries: Estelle (1 episode)
  37. 1955Hell's IslandFilm: Janet Martin
  38. 1955The MillionaireSeries: Janie Harris (1 episode)
  39. 1954Sitting BullFilm: Kathy Howell
  40. 1954The Mad MagicianFilm: Karen Lee
  41. 1954Make Haste to LiveFilm: Randy Benson
  42. 1954BeachheadFilm: Nina Bouchard
  43. 1953The Wild OneFilm: Kathie Bleeker
  44. 1953Main Street to BroadwayFilm: Mary Craig
  45. 1952Off LimitsFilm: WAC
  46. 1952Cavalcade of AmericaSeries: Rowena (1 episode)
  47. 1952Death Valley DaysSeries: Marianne (1 episode)
  48. 1952CarrieFilm: Jessica Hurstwood
  49. 1952The Turning PointFilm: Secretary (uncredited)
  50. 1952The Atomic CityFilm: Young Woman Buying Stamps
  51. 1952Sailor BewareFilm: Girl (uncredited)
  52. 1951Westward the WomenFilm: Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
  53. 1951When Worlds CollideFilm: Student
  54. 1951Darling, How Could You!Film: Sylvia
  55. 1951The Lemon Drop KidFilm: Girl (uncredited)

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