1977-11-10 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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.
Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy | Self (archive footage) | 2023-04-19 | |
Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery | Self (archive footage) | 2020-05-26 | |
Something Wicked | Susan | 2014-04-04 | |
Abandoned | Mary | 2010-08-24 | |
Nora Roberts' Tribute | Cilla McGowan | 2009-04-11 | |
Deadline | Alice Evans | 2009-10-05 | |
Across the Hall | June | 2009-08-27 | |
MegaFault | Dr. Amy Lane | 2009-10-10 | |
The Ramen Girl | Abby | 2008-02-08 | |
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs | Colleen O'Hallahan (voice) | 2008-06-30 | |
Happy Feet | Gloria (voice) | 2006-11-16 | |
The Groomsmen | Sue | 2006-06-09 | |
Love and Other Disasters | Emily Jackson | 2006-09-09 | |
The Dead Girl | Krista | 2006-11-07 | |
Sin City | Shellie | 2005-04-01 | |
Neverwas | Maggie Blake | 2005-09-09 | |
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust | Anonymous girl / Elsa Binder (voice) | 2005-05-05 | |
Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz | Narrator | 2005-10-25 | |
Little Black Book | Stacy | 2004-08-06 | |
The Making of '8 Mile' | Self (uncredited) | 2003-03-18 | |
Good Boy! | Nelly (voice) | 2003-10-10 | |
Spun | Nikki | 2003-02-07 | |
Just Married | Sarah McNerney | 2003-01-08 | |
Uptown Girls | Molly Gunn | 2003-08-15 | |
8 Mile | Alex | 2002-11-08 | |
Don't Say a Word | Elisabeth Burrows | 2001-09-28 | |
Summer Catch | Dede Mulligan | 2001-08-22 | |
Riding in Cars with Boys | Fay Forrester | 2001-10-19 | |
Sidewalks of New York | Ashley | 2001-11-23 | |
Cherry Falls | Jody Marken | 2000-08-25 | |
Common Ground | Dorothy Nelson | 2000-01-29 | |
Angels! | Nurse Bellows | 2000-07-08 | |
Trixie | Ruby Pearli | 2000-06-28 | |
The Devil's Arithmetic | Rivkah | 1999-03-28 | |
Falling Sky | Emily Nicholson | 1999-11-01 | |
Girl, Interrupted | Daisy Randone | 1999-12-21 | |
Drop Dead Gorgeous | Lisa Swenson | 1999-07-23 | |
David and Lisa | Lisa | 1998-11-01 | |
Phoenix | Veronica | 1998-09-04 | |
The Prophecy II | Izzy | 1998-01-20 | |
Zack and Reba | Reba Simpson | 1998-11-01 | |
Bongwater | Mary | 1998-04-18 | |
Drive | Deliverance Bodine | 1997-08-06 | |
Freeway | Rhonda | 1996-08-23 | |
Double Jeopardy | Julia Neuland | 1996-01-30 | |
Clueless | Tai Frasier | 1995-07-19 | |
Family Prayers | Elise | 1993-03-19 |