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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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
IronsideSeries • 1967
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
The Outer LimitsSeries • 1963
LaramieSeries • 1959
The DetectivesSeries • 1959
The Streets of San FranciscoSeries • 1972
The MillionaireSeries • 1955
The RebelSeries • 1959
Black SaddleSeries • 1959
LaredoSeries • 1965
Honey WestSeries • 1965
Arrest and TrialSeries • 1963
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries • 1952
Ghost StorySeries • 1972
The Wild OneMovie • 1953
When Worlds CollideMovie • 1951
The Desperate HoursMovie • 1955
Westward the WomenMovie • 1951
A Man AloneMovie • 1955
Junior BonnerMovie • 1972
CarrieMovie • 1952