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Mary Murphy

Mary Murphy

Acting

January 26, 1931 – May 4, 2011 (died at 80)
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Female
32 Movies
23 TV Shows

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Murphy (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Wild One
The Wild One

The Wild One

1953 6.6

as Kathie Bleeker

Age 22 (now 80)
The Mad Magician
The Mad Magician

The Mad Magician

1954 6.9

as Karen Lee

Age 23 (now 80)
The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours

1955 7.0

as Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard

Age 24 (now 80)
A Man Alone
A Man Alone

A Man Alone

1955 5.8

as Nadine Corrigan

Age 24 (now 80)
Born Innocent
Born Innocent

Born Innocent

1976 6.3

as Miss Murphy

Age 44 (now 80)
Junior Bonner
Junior Bonner

Junior Bonner

1972 6.1

as Ruth Bonner

Age 41 (now 80)
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull

1954 5.3

as Kathy Howell

Age 23 (now 80)
Beachhead
Beachhead

Beachhead

1954 5.7

as Nina Bouchard

Age 23 (now 80)
The Intimate Stranger
The Intimate Stranger

The Intimate Stranger

1956 6.2

as Evelyn Stewart

Age 25 (now 80)
Hell's Island
Hell's Island

Hell's Island

1955 5.5

as Janet Martin

Age 24 (now 80)
Make Haste to Live
Make Haste to Live

Make Haste to Live

1954 6.0

as Randy Benson

Age 23 (now 80)
Carrie
Carrie

Carrie

1952 6.5

as Jessica Hurstwood

Age 21 (now 80)
The Maverick Queen
The Maverick Queen

The Maverick Queen

1956 5.8

as Lucy Lee

Age 25 (now 80)
Escapement
Escapement

Escapement

1958 4.9

as Ruth Vance

Age 27 (now 80)
When Worlds Collide
When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide

1951 6.4

as Student

Age 20 (now 80)
Crime and Punishment USA
Crime and Punishment USA

Crime and Punishment USA

1959 5.7

as Sally Marmon

Age 28 (now 80)