Mary Murphy
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1931-01-26
- Died
- 2011-05-04
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (23)
Perry Mason
1957
as Eleanor Corbin
The Fugitive
1963
as Thelma Hollister
Ironside
1967
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Janet Logan
The Outer Limits
1963
as Linda Darcy
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Rebel
1959
as 'T' White
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Estelle
The Millionaire
1955
as Janie Harris
Laredo
1965
Laramie
1959
The Detectives
1959
Black Saddle
1959
as Laurie
Honey West
1965
as Vicky
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Rowena
The Westerner
1960
as Suzy
Arrest and Trial
1963
Ghost Story
1972
as Maggie Mundy
Breaking Point
1963
The Investigators
1961
as Maggie Peters
Death Valley Days
1952
as Marianne
Kodiak
1974
as Cathy
Redigo
1963
as Laura McAdams
Movies (32)
Born Innocent
1976
as Miss Murphy
The Wild One
1953
as Kathie Bleeker
Sitting Bull
1954
as Kathy Howell
Carrie
1952
as Jessica Hurstwood
The Mad Magician
1954
as Karen Lee
Westward the Women
1951
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Live Fast, Die Young
1958
as Kim Winters / Narrator
Beachhead
1954
as Nina Bouchard
When Worlds Collide
1951
as Student
The Desperate Hours
1955
as Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
Sailor Beware
1952
as Girl (uncredited)
Harlow
1965
as Sally Doane
Junior Bonner
1972
as Ruth Bonner
Katherine
1975
as Miss Collins
40 Pounds of Trouble
1962
as Liz McCluskey
The Turning Point
1952
as Secretary (uncredited)
The Atomic City
1952
as Young Woman Buying Stamps
Off Limits
1952
as WAC
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Mary Craig
A Man Alone
1955
as Nadine Corrigan
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
as Girl (uncredited)
The Maverick Queen
1956
as Lucy Lee
Footsteps
1972
as Martha Hagger
I Love You...Good-bye
1974
as Pam Parks
Make Haste to Live
1954
as Randy Benson
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974
as Mrs. Quayle
Hell's Island
1955
as Janet Martin
The Intimate Stranger
1956
as Evelyn Stewart
Crime and Punishment USA
1959
as Sally Marmon
Darling, How Could You!
1951
as Sylvia
Escapement
1958
as Ruth Vance
Two Before Zero
1962
About Mary Murphy
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 H… With 55 credits spanning from 1951 to 1976, Mary Murphy has appeared in 32 films and 23 TV shows.
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- Born Innocent (1976) — as Miss Murphy
- The Wild One (1953) — as Kathie Bleeker
- Sitting Bull (1954) — as Kathy Howell
- Carrie (1952) — as Jessica Hurstwood
- The Mad Magician (1954) — as Karen Lee
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