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Brittany Murphy - Biography |
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Brittany Murphy first came to the
attention of film audiences when she starred as Tai, one of Alicia
Silverstone's airhead friends in the 1995 comedy Clueless. After making
her name as this dim bulb character, Murphy went on to prove that she was
anything but clueless with a number of television and film roles that gave
expression to the scope of her talent and versatility.
Born in Atlanta on November 10, 1977, Murphy was raised by her mother in
Edison, New Jersey. A precocious child who began putting on shows when she
was a toddler, Murphy was acting in regional theatre productions by the
age of nine. Work in various commercials followed, and in 1990 she landed
her first television role, on the sitcom Blossom. She then went on to a
lead on the short-lived sitcom Drexell's Class in 1991, and the following
year she made her film debut in the dysfunctional family drama Family
Prayers. Murphy's talent for portraying all sorts of dysfunction was
further exhibited in such films as Clueless; the Reese Witherspoon trailer
trash odyssey Freeway (1996); and the made-for-TV David and Lisa (1998).
Murphy won particular acclaim for her work in the last film; the story of
two emotionally troubled teens (Murphy and Lukas Haas) who reach out to
each other allowed the actress to prove herself in a purely dramatic role.
In 1999, Murphy could again be seen portraying an emotionally damaged
character in Girl, Interrupted, in which she played a patient at a mental
institution. That same year, she explored the collective insanity of the
beauty pageant world in Drop Dead Gorgeous, playing a pageant contestant
who'd rather be living it up in New York with her cross-dressing brother.
On the small screen that year, she switched to much darker fare with the
Holocaust drama The Devil's Arithmetic.
In addition to the praise she has received for her film portrayals, Murphy
has won a different sort of acclaim for the work she has done on the
animated TV series King of the Hill. As the voice of the Hills' beauty
school sex kitten niece Luanne, the actress earned the kind of recognition
that can only come from an animated character who was named one of the
sexiest women on television by a major men's magazine. |
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Brittany Murphy - Personal Quotes |
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[On seeing her Girl,
Interrupted (1999) character on screen] "I always envisioned her
looking like a spindly blonde, but she looked like me".
"I don't read the script a zillion times, I don't like to analyze
things and my mind can go there very easily."
"I think they should take everyone who works for The National
Enquirer and the Star, and everyone who works for Us Weekly, and put
them all to work looking for terrorists. I think they would find the
terrorists. All of them. It would be genius!"
"I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest
memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy
traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for
audiences and reaching people."
"Home is where my mom is." |
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Brittany Murphy - Filmography |
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Sin City 2 (2008) .... Shellie
The White Hotel (2007) (pre-production)
The Other Side (2007) (pre-production) .... Max Mackenzie
The Ramen Girl (2007) (post-production) .... Abby
Tinker Bell (2007) (V) (post-production) (voice) .... Tinker Bell
Happy Feet (2006) (voice) .... Gloria
The Dead Girl (2006) .... Krista
Love and Other Disasters (2006) .... Jacks
The Groomsmen (2006) .... Sue
"King of the Hill" .... Luanne Platter / ... (73 episodes,
1997-2006)
- Edu-macating Lucky (2006) TV Episode (voice) .... Luanne
Platter/Joseph Gribble
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown (2005) TV Episode
(voice) .... Luanne Platter/Joseph Gribble
- Redcorn Gambles with His Future (2005) TV Episode (voice) ....
Luanne Platter/Joseph Gribble
- Arlen City Bomber (2005) TV Episode (voice) .... Luanne
Platter/Joseph Gribble
- Care-Takin' Care of Business (2005) TV Episode (voice) .... Luanne
Platter/Joseph Gribble
(68 more)
Neverwas (2005) .... Ally
Sin City (2005) .... Shellie
... aka Frank Miller's Sin City (USA: complete title)
Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Karen
Light
... aka Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (USA:
complete title)
Little Black Book (2004) .... Stacy
Good Boy! (2003) (voice) .... Nelly
Uptown Girls (2003) .... Molly Gunn
Just Married (2003) .... Sarah McNerney
... aka Voll verheiratet (Germany)
8 Mile (2002) .... Alex
... aka 8 Mile (Germany)
Spun (2002) .... Nikki
Something in Between (2002) .... Sky
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) .... Fay Forrester
Don't Say a Word (2001) .... Elisabeth Burrows
Summer Catch (2001) .... Dede Mulligan
Sidewalks of New York (2001) .... Ashley
The Audition (2000) .... Daniella
Cherry Falls (2000) .... Jody Marken
Angels! (2000) .... Nurse Bellows
Trixie (2000) .... Ruby Pearli
Common Ground (2000) (TV) .... Dorothy Nelson
Girl, Interrupted (1999) .... Daisy Randone
... aka Durchgeknallt (Germany)
... aka Durchgeknallt - Girl, interrupted (Germany: TV title)
"Pepper Ann" .... Tank the 8th grader (3 episodes, 1999)
... aka Disney's Pepper Ann
- One of the Guys (1999) TV Episode (voice) .... Tank the 8th grader
- The Finale (????) TV Episode (voice) .... Tank the 8th grader
- Unhappy Campers (????) TV Episode (voice) .... Tank the 8th grader
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) .... Lisa Swenson
... aka Gnadenlos schön (Germany)
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV) .... Rivkah
David and Lisa (1998) (TV) .... Lisa
... aka Oprah Winfrey Presents: David and Lisa (USA: complete title)
Zack and Reba (1998) .... Reba Simpson
Phoenix (1998) .... Veronica
The Prophecy II (1998) (V) .... Izzy
... aka God's Army II (Europe: English title)
Falling Sky (1998) .... Emily Nicholson
Drive (1997) .... Deliverance Bodine
Bongwater (1997) .... Mary
"Clueless" .... Jasmine (1 episode, 1996)
- Driving Me Crazy (1996) TV Episode .... Jasmine
"Nash Bridges" .... Carrie (1 episode, 1996)
... aka Bridges
- Night Train (1996) TV Episode .... Carrie
Double Jeopardy (1996) (TV) .... Julia
... aka Victim of the Night (USA: cable TV title)
Freeway (1996) .... Rhonda
"SeaQuest DSV" .... Christine VanCamp (1 episode, 1995)
... aka SeaQuest 2032 (USA: new title)
- Second Chance (1995) TV Episode .... Christine VanCamp
"The Marshal" .... Lizzie Roth (1 episode, 1995)
- These Foolish Things (1995) TV Episode .... Lizzie Roth
"Boy Meets World" .... Trini (2 episodes, 1995)
- The Last Temptation of Cory (1995) TV Episode .... Trini
- My Best Friend's Girl (1995) TV Episode .... Trini
"Murder One" .... Diane 'Dee-Dee' Carson (1 episode, 1995)
- Chapter Nine (1995) TV Episode .... Diane 'Dee-Dee' Carson
Clueless (1995) .... Tai
"Sister, Sister" .... Sarah (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
- Smoking in the Girls' Room (1995) TV Episode .... Sarah
- The Concert (1994) TV Episode .... Sarah
- The Birthday (1994) TV Episode .... Sarah
- Cheater, Cheater (1994) TV Episode .... Sarah
- Slumber Party (1994) TV Episode .... Sarah
(1 more)
"Party of Five" .... Abby (2 episodes, 1994)
- Good Sports (1994) TV Episode .... Abby
- Homework (1994) TV Episode .... Abby
"Frasier" .... Olsen (1 episode, 1994)
- Give Him the Chair! (1994) TV Episode .... Olsen
"Blossom" .... Wendy (4 episodes, 1993)
- Blossom in Paris: Part 1 (1993) TV Episode .... Wendy
- Blossom in Paris: Part 2 (1993) TV Episode .... Wendy
- Blossom in Paris: Part 3 (1993) TV Episode .... Wendy
- Blossom in Paris: Part 4 (1993) TV Episode .... Wendy
Family Prayers (1993) .... Elise
... aka A Family Divided
"Almost Home" (1993) TV Series .... Molly Morgan (unknown episodes)
... aka The Torkelsons: Almost Home
"Parker Lewis Can't Lose" .... Angie (1 episode, 1992)
... aka Parker Lewis (USA: new title)
- The Kiss (1992) TV Episode .... Angie
"Kids Incorporated" .... Celeste (1 episode, 1992)
... aka Kids Inc. (USA: short title)
- Lay Off (1992) TV Episode .... Celeste
"Drexell's Class" (1991) TV Series .... Brenda Drexell (unknown
episodes, 1991-1992)
"Murphy Brown" .... Frank's Sister (1 episode, 1991)
- On Another Plane: Part 1 (1991) TV Episode .... Frank's Sister |
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Brittany Murphy - Related Links |
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Wikipedia: Brittany Murphy
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Brittany Murphy at Celebs, Inc.
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