Cast & creator
Mary Murphy
Best known for Perry Mason, The Fugitive, Ironside
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 acting by the 1980s. Murphy died from heart disease complications on May 4, 2011; she was 80 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Murphy (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
23
television credits
55
1951–1976 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (55)
Showing 55 of 55 credits
Perry Mason
Eleanor Corbin
1957
The Fugitive
Thelma Hollister
1963
Ironside
1967
Dr. Kildare
Janet Logan
1961
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Outer Limits
Linda Darcy
1963
The Detectives
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Estelle
1955
Laramie
1959
The Millionaire
Janie Harris
1955
Laredo
1965
The Rebel
'T' White
1959
Honey West
Vicky
1965
Arrest and Trial
1963
Ghost Story
Maggie Mundy
1972
Black Saddle
Laurie
1959
Cavalcade of America
Rowena
1952
The Investigators
Maggie Peters
1961
Breaking Point
1963
Kodiak
Cathy
1974
The Westerner
Suzy
1960
Redigo
Laura McAdams
1963
Death Valley Days
Marianne
1952
The Desperate Hours
Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
1955
The Wild One
Kathie Bleeker
1953
Westward the Women
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
1951
40 Pounds of Trouble
Liz McCluskey
1962
When Worlds Collide
Student
1951
The Lemon Drop Kid
Girl (uncredited)
1951
Sailor Beware
Girl (uncredited)
1952
Junior Bonner
Ruth Bonner
1972
The Mad Magician
Karen Lee
1954
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Mrs. Quayle
1974
Carrie
Jessica Hurstwood
1952
A Man Alone
Nadine Corrigan
1955
Crime and Punishment USA
Sally Marmon
1959
The Maverick Queen
Lucy Lee
1956
Make Haste to Live
Randy Benson
1954
Sitting Bull
Kathy Howell
1954
Darling, How Could You!
Sylvia
1951
Born Innocent
Miss Murphy
1976
The Turning Point
Secretary (uncredited)
1952
Live Fast, Die Young
Kim Winters / Narrator
1958
Main Street to Broadway
Mary Craig
1953
Katherine
Miss Collins
1975
Hell's Island
Janet Martin
1955
Beachhead
Nina Bouchard
1954
The Atomic City
Young Woman Buying Stamps
1952
Footsteps
Martha Hagger
1972
Harlow
Sally Doane
1965
I Love You...Good-bye
Pam Parks
1974
Off Limits
WAC
1952
The Intimate Stranger
Evelyn Stewart
1956
Escapement
Ruth Vance
1958