Brittany Murphy was born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 10, 1977.Her parents, Sharon Murphy and Angelo Bertolotti, divorced when she was two, and Murphy was raised by her mother in Edison, New Jersey and later Los Angeles, where they moved so Murphy could pursue an acting career. Murphy said her mother never tried to stifle her creativity, and she considered her mother a crucial factor in her later success: “When I asked my mom to move to California, she sold everything and move out here for me. … She always believed in me.” Murphy’s mother is of Irish and Eastern European descent and her father is Italian American.She was raised a Baptist and later became a non-denominational Christian.

Murphy landed her first job in Hollywood when she was 14, starring as Brenda Drexell in the series Drexell’s Class. She then went on to play Molly Morgan in the short-lived The Torkelsons spinoff Almost Home. Murphy also guest-starred on several television series including Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Blossom, and Frasier. She also had recurring roles on Sister, Sister; Party of Five; and Boy Meets World. In 1997, she began voicing the character of Luanne Platter (as well as the younger version of Joseph Gribble) on the long-running animated series King of the Hill.

Murphy starred in many successful films, including Clueless (1995); Girl, Interrupted (1999); Don’t Say a Word (2001); the TV adaption of the novel The Devil’s Arithmetic (2001); 8 Mile (2002) and Uptown Girls (2003) as well as many lesser-known films, such as Spun (2003). In 2004, she starred in the romantic comedy Little Black Book, and the critically acclaimed Sin City (2005). She starred in two Edward Burns films: Sidewalks of New York (2002) and The Groomsmen (2006). In 2009, she was cast in the Lifetime TV movie, Tribute, as the main character, Cilla.

On December 20, 2009, Murphy was rushed to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering a full cardiac arrest and pronounced dead. Reports of her death were confirmed by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office and a spokesperson at the hospital. Before she was transported to the hospital, members of the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to an 8 a.m. call from Murphy’s Hollywood Hills home and attempted to resuscitate her while her husband, Simon Monjack, looked on.

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