Mary Murphy
Known For
Acting
Born
1931-01-26 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died
2011-05-04
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. 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.
Most Known For
Perry Mason
as Eleanor Corbin
The Fugitive
as Thelma Hollister
Ironside
Dr. Kildare
as Janet Logan
The Outer Limits
as Linda Darcy
The Detectives
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Estelle
The Streets of San Francisco
Laramie
The Rebel
as 'T' White
Ghost Story
as Maggie Mundy
The Millionaire
as Janie Harris
Black Saddle
as Laurie
Honey West
as Vicky
Laredo
Arrest and Trial
The Westerner
as Suzy
Cavalcade of America
as Rowena
Death Valley Days
as Marianne
The Investigators
as Maggie Peters