Mary Murphy
Acting
1931-01-26 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Murphy (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Born Innocent
1976 · Movie
Katherine
1975 · Movie
Kodiak
1974 · Series
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974 · Movie
I Love You...Good-bye
1974 · Movie
Footsteps
1972 · Movie
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
Ghost Story
1972 · Series
Junior Bonner
1972 · Movie
Ironside
1967 · Series
Honey West
1965 · Series
Laredo
1965 · Series
Harlow
1965 · Movie
Redigo
1963 · Series
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
The Outer Limits
1963 · Series
Breaking Point
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
40 Pounds of Trouble
1962 · Movie
Two Before Zero
1962 · Movie
The Investigators
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
The Westerner
1960 · Series
Crime and Punishment USA
1959 · Movie
The Detectives
1959 · Series
The Rebel
1959 · Series
Laramie
1959 · Series
Black Saddle
1959 · Series
Live Fast, Die Young
1958 · Movie
Escapement
1958 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
The Intimate Stranger
1956 · Movie
The Maverick Queen
1956 · Movie
A Man Alone
1955 · Movie
The Desperate Hours
1955 · Movie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Hell's Island
1955 · Movie
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
Sitting Bull
1954 · Movie
The Mad Magician
1954 · Movie
Make Haste to Live
1954 · Movie
Beachhead
1954 · Movie
The Wild One
1953 · Movie
Main Street to Broadway
1953 · Movie
Off Limits
1952 · Movie
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Death Valley Days
1952 · Series
Carrie
1952 · Movie
The Turning Point
1952 · Movie
The Atomic City
1952 · Movie
Sailor Beware
1952 · Movie
Westward the Women
1951 · Movie
When Worlds Collide
1951 · Movie
Darling, How Could You!
1951 · Movie
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951 · Movie