Biography
Mary Murphy (January 26, 1931 β 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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Filmography
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Movies 31
TV Shows 23
Narrator 1
Katherine (1975)
Kodiak (1974)
Born Innocent (1974)
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
I Love You...Good-bye (1974)
Footsteps (1972)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Ghost Story (1972)
Junior Bonner (1972)
Ironside (1967)
Honey West (1965)
Laredo (1965)
Harlow (1965)
Redigo (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
The Outer Limits (1963)
Breaking Point (1963)
Arrest and Trial (1963)
40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)
Two Before Zero (1962)
The Investigators (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
The Westerner (1960)
Crime and Punishment USA (1959)
The Detectives (1959)
The Rebel (1959)
Laramie (1959)
Black Saddle (1959)
Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
Escapement (1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
Finger of Guilt (1956)
The Maverick Queen (1956)
A Man Alone (1955)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Hell's Island (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Sitting Bull (1954)
The Mad Magician (1954)
Make Haste to Live (1954)
Beachhead (1954)
The Wild One (1953)
Main Street to Broadway (1953)
Off Limits (1952)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
Death Valley Days (1952)
Carrie (1952)
The Turning Point (1952)
The Atomic City (1952)
Westward the Women (1951)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Darling, How Could You! (1951)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1931-01-26
Deathday2011-05-04 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., United States of America
RelationshipsDale Robertson (1956-01-01 - 1956-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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