Mary Murphy

Acting Jan 26, 1931 May 4, 2011 (aged 80) Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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.

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55 Acting Credits

Mary Murphy

Acting

The Wild One

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

When Worlds Collide

The Desperate Hours

The Outer Limits

Perry Mason

Junior Bonner

The Streets of San Francisco

Westward the Women

Ironside

The Fugitive

Born Innocent

The Mad Magician

Carrie

A Man Alone

The Turning Point

Sailor Beware

The Lemon Drop Kid

Sitting Bull

Beachhead

Harlow

40 Pounds of Trouble

Dr. Kildare

Laramie