Update: TMZ Reports Actress Brittany Murphy Dead at Age 32

By: Dec. 20, 2009
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TMZ is reporting that actress Brittany Murphy has passed away at the age of 32 after going into full cardiac arrest early this morning.

Murphy's screen credits include; 'Sister, Sister', 'Boy Meets World', 'Clueless', 'Girl, Interrupted' and '8 Mile'. She also played the role of Catherine in a Broadway revival of 'A View from the Bridge'.

The story on TMZ reads:

"Brittany Murphy died early this morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived, multiple sources tell TMZ.

She was 32.

A 911 call was made at 8:00 AM from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to her husband, Simon Monjack, the Los Angeles City Fire Department tells TMZ.

We're told Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival."

More details on Murphy's death are expected shortly.

Brittany Murphy had an early start in show business performing at the age of nine in a production of 'Les Miserables'. Her first Hollywood gig came mere years later, at the age of 14, when she starred in the series 'Drexell's Class'. Murphy also guest starred on several television series including 'Parker Lewis Can't Lose', 'Blossom', and 'Frasier', and had recurring roles on 'Sister, Sister', 'Party of Five', and 'Boy Meets World.'

Murphy's breakthrough role came in 1995 when she starred in the teen comedy 'Clueless' opposite Alicia Silverstone. Other movie credits include, 'Just Married', 'Girl, Interrupted', '8 Mile', 'Sin City', 'The Dead Girl', 'Uptown Girls', 'Riding in Cars with Boys', 'Don't Say a Word', Spun, 'Little Black Book', and 'Sin City'.

Murphy also delved in music; in 2006 she released the single 'Faster Kill Pussycat' from the album 'A Lively Mind'. Murphy's voice can also be heard singing in the film 'Happy Feet' where she performed a cover of Queen's 'Somebody to Love' and Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Boogie Wonderland'.

Murphy played the role of Cathering in the Broadway production of 'A View from The Bridge', which opened on December 14, 1997 at the Criterion Center Stage Right. The show later transferred to the Neil Simon Theatre, where the production ran for 239 performances. Directed by Michael Mayer, the cast included Anthony LaPaglia and Allison Janney. The production won the Tony Award for: Best Revival of a Play; Best Actor in a Play (LaPaglia); and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Janney), and Outstanding Direction of a Play.

Murphy was most recently cast as the main character Cilla, in the Lifetime TV movie 'Tribute', based on the novel by Nora Roberts.

Murphy, once linked to actor Ashton Kutcher, married screenwriter Simon Monjack in May 2007 at a private Jewish ceremony

 

 


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