1. Brittany Murphy's breakthrough came when she co-starred as Tai Frasier in Clueless, followed by independent films such as Freeway, and her 1997 Broadway debut in a production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge.
41 Facts About Brittany Murphy
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Brittany Murphy finished the decade with supporting roles in Girl, Interrupted and Drop Dead Gorgeous.
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Brittany Murphy voiced Luanne Platter on Fox's King of the Hill for the entirety of its run.
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Brittany Murphy gained critical recognition for her roles in numerous high-profile film projects during the early 2000s, such as Don't Say a Word, Riding in Cars with Boys, and 8 Mile.
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On December 20,2009, Brittany Murphy died at age 32 under disputed circumstances.
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Brittany Murphy was raised by her mother in Edison, New Jersey.
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Brittany Murphy later stated that due to Sharon's financial problems, she was forced to eat spaghetti every night.
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Brittany Murphy said that, on certain occasions, she had to beg her mother to buy clothes at Kmart.
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In 1991, before she started high school, the family moved to Los Angeles so that Brittany Murphy could pursue an acting career.
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Brittany Murphy was raised a Baptist and later became a non-denominational Christian.
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Brittany Murphy had two older half-brothers and a younger half-sister.
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Brittany Murphy later got her first job in Hollywood at the age of thirteen, playing the role of Brenda Drexell in the series Drexell's Class.
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Brittany Murphy then went on to play Molly Morgan in the TV series Almost Home.
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Brittany Murphy appeared as a guest star on several television series, including Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Blossom, seaQuest 2032, Murder One and Frasier.
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Brittany Murphy had recurring roles on Party of Five, Boy Meets World and Sister, Sister.
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Brittany Murphy made her Broadway debut in 1997 playing the role of Catherine, in a new version of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge along with actors Anthony LaPaglia and Allison Janney.
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Brittany Murphy continued with roles in Freeway, with Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland, and the independent comedy Bongwater.
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Brittany Murphy was nominated at the Young Artists Awards for Best Young Lead Actress in a Feature Film for Girl, Interrupted, on March 19,2000.
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Brittany Murphy later starred as an aspiring beauty queen in Drop Dead Gorgeous.
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Brittany Murphy voiced the character of Luanne Platter in the Fox animated sitcom King of the Hill for the entirety of the show from 1997 to 2009, and Joseph Gribble until the fifth season.
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Brittany Murphy began the 2000s playing certain roles, with Jody Marken in the thriller Cherry Falls, and the lead role in Don't Say a Word alongside Michael Douglas, whose critical reception was negative, but his performance was praised.
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Brittany Murphy appeared alongside Dakota Fanning in Uptown Girls, playing Molly Gunn, a twenty-two-year-old girl whose deceased father was a musician.
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Brittany Murphy's task was to read the names of the five nominees, open an envelope, and reveal the name of the winner.
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Brittany Murphy followed with several independent films, including as Spun, Neverwas, and Karen Moncrieff's The Dead Girl, as well as two Edward Burns films: Sidewalks of New York and The Groomsmen.
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Brittany Murphy returned to voice acting with the critically acclaimed 2006 animated feature Happy Feet, as Gloria Penguin.
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In November 2009, Brittany Murphy left the production of The Caller, which was being filmed in Puerto Rico, and was replaced by Rachelle Lefevre.
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Brittany Murphy denied media reports that she had been fired from the project after being difficult on set, and cited "creative differences".
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Brittany Murphy was able to learn to play an instrument in just twenty minutes of practice, and learned to play the piano and trumpet at an early age.
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Brittany Murphy recorded unreleased demos that were never officially released, the song "Boomlay" was leaked on the Internet, it never completed and part of the recording was lost.
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Brittany Murphy was in a band called Blessed Soul with fellow actor Eric Balfour in the early 1990s.
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Brittany Murphy was engaged to talent manager Jeff Kwatinetz, but their relationship only lasted four months.
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Brittany Murphy was with Joe Macaluso in December 2005, a production assistant she met while working on the film Little Black Book.
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Brittany Murphy's character commits suicide in the movie, I just can't.
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Brittany Murphy appeared to smoke both in movies and in the making-ofs in which she appeared.
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Brittany Murphy was against the consumption of both marijuana and drugs.
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On December 24,2009, Brittany Murphy was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills.
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Sharon Brittany Murphy described the reports of mold contributing to the deaths as "absurd" and went on to state that inspecting the home for mold was never requested by the Health Department.
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In December 2011, Sharon Brittany Murphy changed her stance, announcing that toxic mold was indeed what killed her daughter and son-in-law, and filed a lawsuit against the attorneys who represented her in an earlier suit against the builders of the home where her daughter and son-in-law died.
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On November 10,2013, the Brittany Murphy Foundation was officially relaunched by her father Angelo Bertolotti, according to a press release posted at the foundation's website.
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Brittany Murphy had a big, bawdy laugh and acted with a manic mood mixed with breathless disbelief that things had turned out so well.
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The song "Faster Kill Pussycat", by British DJ Paul Oakenfold performed by Brittany Murphy, re-entered at number seven on the UK Dance Chart.