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Brittany Murphy

1977 - 2009

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Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (née Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer, known for her work in both comedy and drama. Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to pursue a career in acting. Her breakthrough came when she co-starred as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by independent films such as Freeway (1996), and her 1997 Broadway debut in a production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge. She finished the decade with supporting roles in Girl, Interrupted and Drop Dead Gorgeous (both 1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brittany Murphy is the 1,500th most popular actor (down from 1,181st in 2019), the 2,792nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,036th in 2019) and the 737th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brittany Murphy ranks 1,500 out of 13,578Before her are Emilia Clarke, Vladimír Menšík, Lina Cavalieri, Olga Chekhova, Alisa Freindlich, and Isa Miranda. After her are Una O'Connor, Lara Dutta, David Soul, Karen Gillan, Lauren Hutton, and Antonella Lualdi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Brittany Murphy ranks 32Before her are Phil Neville, Hidetoshi Nakata, Mark van Bommel, Gianluca Zambrotta, John Green, and Mette Frederiksen. After her are Luca Toni, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Di Natale, A.J. Styles, Chris Martin, and Maryam Mirzakhani. Among people deceased in 2009, Brittany Murphy ranks 96Before her are Andrew Wyeth, Félix Malloum, Shih Kien, Alicia de Larrocha, Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, and Manea Mănescu. After her are Yves Rocher, Oleg Yankovsky, Zbigniew Religa, Stephen Toulmin, Lino Lacedelli, and Ernst Barkmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brittany Murphy ranks 2,792 out of 20,380Before her are Benjamin Spock (1903), E. E. Cummings (1894), Gordon Cooper (1927), Richard Bassett (1745), Nancy Roman (1925), and Robert B. Wilson (1937). After her are Tito Jackson (1953), Dexter Gordon (1923), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Rex Tillerson (1952), Martin Ritt (1914), and Elmer Drew Merrill (1876).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brittany Murphy ranks 737Before her are Paul Sorvino (1939), Lionel Barrymore (1878), Elisha Cook Jr. (1903), Priscilla Pointer (1924), Chris Noth (1954), and Billy Drago (1945). After her are David Soul (1943), Lauren Hutton (1943), Teri Garr (1944), Kurtwood Smith (1943), Charles Durning (1923), and Roscoe Arbuckle (1887).