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Born Brittany Bertolotti, on Nov 10, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Died of cardiac arrest caused by pneumonia, anemia, and drug intoxication on Dec 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA at age 32. Reportedly 5' 3".
Though she can clean up well enough when she wants to, Brittany Murphy tends to specialize in dowdy characters, most of which are either endearingly airheaded (Clueless, Drop Dead Gorgeous) or deeply disturbed (Freeway, Girl, Interrupted). Which makes her all the more interesting, as far as I’m concerned, but also makes it harder to find her movies anywhere; that she’s cute more in a pasta-fed sort of way than in a conventionally Hollywood sort of way means she’s less likely to have top billing in anything except TV movies and independent films that may or may not make it to video.
Also sprach Golem.
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The plot thickens
Friday, February 26, 2010
Just when you thought your Brittany Murphy death pool had been settled once and for all...... Read more
Hmm
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Well it’s about damn time: The L.A. coroner’s office reported today that Brittany Murphy’s death, while preventable and partly drug-induced, was an accident.... Read more
Sin City
Thursday, April 21, 2005
It’s Don Quixote meets Pulp Fiction: Three (or so) interweaving and ultra-violent tales of a directionless, burnt-out thug on parole, a directionless, burnt-out cop on the verge of retirement, and a directionless, burnt-out death row escapee who independently seek redemption and meaning by avenging or protecting the fallen women who for a fleeting moment made their lives worthwhile. Stylishly adapted with gory exuberance by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino from the stylishly bloody graphic novels of Frank Miller.... Read more
Premature Praise
Thursday, August 14, 2003
After sitting through one miscarried joke after another during Brittany Murphy’s spastic appearance on Leno tonight, I’d like to withdraw my earlier suggestion and propose that Brittany hire someone to script everything that comes out of her mouth.... Read more
Hell Hath No Fury
Thursday, August 7, 2003
Appearing on David Letterman to promote Uptown Girls, Brittany Murphy, who had until recently been dating her Just Married co-star Ashton Kutcher, offered some insight into Aston’s current relationship with Demi Moore: “I think what it says on his part is that age isn’t important, and on her part, that size isn’t important.” Assuming that line wasn’t fed to her by Letterman’s writers, she might have a viable career in punching up scripts if ever she gets bored of acting.... Read more
The Importance of Being Blonde
Thursday, June 5, 2003
Damn, what a difference a dye-job can make! Since she’s gone blonde and lost some weight (to the point that she looks like she needs to ease up on the coke), Brittany Murphy has gone from relative obscurity to starring in almost every movie these days (and dating all her co-stars), and has partied up such an E! True Hollywood Stories-type storm that she felt compelled to explain in a Cosmo interview that she’s not nearly as out of control as everyone says she is. (Indeed, when Eminem dumps you for being too out of control, you know you’ve got a serious problem.)... Read more
If You Can’t Beat ’Em...
Sunday, July 1, 2001
In a business where a woman has to be unhealthily thin just to get an audition, Brittany Murphy has figured out how to beat the odds. Her secret? Why, a strict diet, of course — one apparently inspired by Al Pacino’s powdery last meal in Scarface.... Read more
BRITTANY MURPHY’S FILMOGRAPHY
Film
- The Ramen Girl (2008) .... Abby
- The Dead Girl (2006) .... Krista
- The Groomsmen (2006) .... Sue
- Happy Feet (2006) .... Gloria [voice]
- Love and Other Disasters (2006) .... Emily ‘Jacks’ Jackson
- Boyfriend in a Box (2005)
- Neverwas (2005) .... Maggie Blake
- Sin City (2005) .... Shellie
- Little Black Book (2004) .... Stacy
- Good Boy! (2003) .... Nelly [voice]
- Just Married (2003) .... Sarah McNerney
- Uptown Girls (2003) .... Molly Gunn
- 8 Mile (2002) .... Alex
- Spun (2002) .... Nikki
- Across the Hall (June) .... (2009)
- Don’t Say a Word (2001) .... Elisabeth Burrows
- Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) .... Fay Hope Forrester
- Sidewalks of New York (2001) .... Ashley
- Summer Catch (2001)
- Angels! (2000) .... Nurse Bellows
- The Audition (2000) .... Daniella
- Cherry Falls (2000) .... Jody Marken
- Trixie (2000) .... Ruby Pearli
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) .... Lisa Swenson
- Girl, Interrupted (1999) .... Daisy Randone
- Bongwater (1998) .... Mary
- Falling Sky (1998) .... Emily Nicholson
- Phoenix (1998) .... Veronica
- Zack and Reba (1998) .... Reba Simpson
- Drive (1996) .... Deliverance Bodine
- Freeway (1996) .... Rhonda
- Clueless (1995) .... Tai Fraiser
- Family Prayers (1993) .... Elise
Made for Television Movies/Specials
- MTV Video Music Awards 2002 (2002) .... Herself [presenter]
- Clueless: The E! True Hollywood Story (2001) .... Herself [archive footage]
- Common Ground (2000) .... Dorothy Nelson
- The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) .... Rivkah
- David and Lisa (1998) .... Lisa
- Double Jeopardy (1996; aka “Victim of the Night”) .... Julia Newland
Television
- King of the Hill (1997) .... Luanne Platter/Joseph John Gribble [voice]
- Pepper Ann (1997) .... Tank the 8th grader [voice]
- Clueless: “Driving Me Crazy” (11/22/1996) .... Jasmine
- Nash Bridges: “Night Train” (10/25/1996) .... Carrie
- Boy Meets World: “The Last Temptation of Cory” (12/1/1995) .... Trini
- Boy Meets World: “My Best Friend's Girl” (9/22/1995) .... Trini
- Murder One: “Chapter Nine” (1995) .... Dianne "DeeDee" Carson
- SeaQuest DSV: “Second Chance” (1995) .... Christine VanCamp
- Party of Five: “Good Sports” (9/26/1994) .... Abby
- Party of Five: “Homework” (9/19/1994) .... Abby
- Frasier: “Give Him the Chair!” (3/17/1994) .... Olsen
- Sister, Sister (1994-1995) .... Sarah
- Blossom: “Blossom in Paris” (9/19/1993) .... Wendy
- Almost Home (1993) .... Molly Morgan
- Murphy Brown: “On Another Plane: Part 1” (2/25/1991) .... Frank's Sister
- Drexell's Class (1991) .... Brenda Drexell
Video & DVD
- The Prophecy 2 (1998) .... Izzy
BRITTANY MURPHY-RELATED ARTICLES
- Brittany Murphy’s Husband Found Dead
TMZ.com (May 24, 2010)
Simon Monjack, widower of Brittany Murphy, was found dead late Sunday night at his home in the Hollywood Hills — the same home where his wife Brittany Murphy collapsed and eventually died five months earlier ... and both bodies were discovered by the same woman.
- Brittany Murphy — The Presciption List Goes On
TMZ.com (Mar 21, 2010)
TMZ has learned Brittany Murphy used her own name — besides the alias Lola Manilow Murphy — to secure an array of prescription drugs.
- Brittany Murphy — Hundreds of Pills a Month
TMZ.com (Mar 20, 2010)
TMZ has learned Brittany Murphy received no fewer than 200 pills every month from January 2008 through August 2009 ... and sometimes as many as 400
- Brittany Murphy — “Accident” Waiting to Happen
TMZ.com (Mar 19, 2010)
A Los Angeles pharmacy owner tells TMZ he cut off Brittany Murphy, Simon Monjack and Sharon Murphy just months before Brittany’s death because he “thought there was going to be an accident”.
- LA coroner: Anemia, meds left Murphy vulnerable
Associated Press (Feb 25, 2010)
Severe anemia left actress Brittany Murphy weakened and vulnerable to pneumonia and the prescription medications she was using to treat it.
- Drugs in Brittany Murphy’s System
TMZ.com (Feb 25, 2010)
The L.A. County Coroner has released the drugs that were in Brittany Murphy’s system when she died.
- Brittany Murphy Foundation — Not Charitable
TMZ.com (Feb 14, 2010)
The Brittany Murphy Foundation is a foundation in name alone — because according to state and federal records it does not exist.
- New Twist in Brittany Murphy Death
TMZ.com (Jan 30, 2010)
Brittany Murphy’s death investigation has taken a mysterious turn — the L.A. County Coroner’s Office is now trying to fill in some critical gaps in her medical history.
- Brittany Murphy’s Hubby Will Sue Warner Bros.
TMZ.com (Jan 27, 2010)
Brittany Murphy’s husband, Simon Monjack, says Warner Bros. is responsible for the death of his wife and he plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the company.
- Small, private funeral held for Brittany Murphy
Associated Press (Dec 25, 2009)
Brittany Murphy’s family says words can’t express the devastation they felt as they laid the 32-year-old actress to rest at a private Christmas Eve funeral.
- Emergency Recall on Brittany Murphy Posters
TMZ.com (Dec 23, 2009)
A DVD rental company is moving fast to remove outdoor promotional posters of Brittany Murphy — posed lifeless in a bathtub — for her movie, Deadline.
- Brittany Murphy’s Home — ‘Haunted’ Tour Stop
TMZ.com (Dec 23, 2009)
Her body isn’t even buried yet — but Brittany Murphy’s home is already a stop on “Haunted Hollywood Tours”.
- Movie Producers to Recast Brittany Murphy Role
TMZ.com (Dec 23, 2009)
The producers behind the last movie Brittany Murphy was set to star in have decided to forge on with the project, and will have to recast her role.
- Hospital: Actress Brittany Murphy dies at age 32
Associated Press (Dec 20, 2009)
Brittany Murphy, the actress who got her start in the sleeper hit Clueless and rose to stardom in 8 Mile, has died in Los Angeles.
- Actress Brittany Murphy dies aged 32
Reuters (Dec 20, 2009)
Actress Brittany Murphy, who starred in such films as Just Married and 8 Mile but suffered waning fortunes in recent years, died on Sunday.
- Murphy Sick and Vomiting Just Before She Died
TMZ.com (Dec 20, 2009)
Brittany Murphy was very ill in the hours before she went into cardiac arrest and died, sources tell TMZ.
- Who Is Brittany Murphy Anyway?
Us Weekly (Jul 1, 2002)
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