Brittany Murphy

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Brittany Murphy at the premiere of Happy Feet in Australia in December 2006

Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (* 10. November 1977 as Brittany Anne Bertolotti in Atlanta , Georgia , USA ; † 20th December 2009 in Los Angeles , California , USA ) was an American actress , musician and voice actress . She was already in front of the camera for commercials at the age of thirteen. Her international breakthrough came as a supporting actress in films such as Clueless - What Else! and crazy .

Life

Brittany Murphy was born Brittany Bertolotti in Atlanta and grew up in Edison , New Jersey , with her mother Sharon Murphy. Brittany Murphy had Italian roots through her father ; her mother's ancestors came from Ireland . At the age of nine she was already on the stage of regional theaters . Appearances in television commercials followed four years later .

In 2003, Brittany Murphy met her colleague Ashton Kutcher while filming Fully Married , with whom she was subsequently dating. The couple separated after seven months.

On May 5, 2007, Brittany Murphy married screenwriter Simon Monjack .

death

At around 8:00 am local time on December 20, 2009, Brittany Murphy was found unconscious in the shower of her home by her mother Sharon. After unsuccessful attempts at resuscitation by the rescue workers who had been summoned, her death was found in the hospital at 10:04 a.m. Heart failure was given as the cause of death . She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park on December 24, 2009 . On February 4, 2010, Los Angeles coroners announced the death was due to pneumonia , multiple medication and iron deficiency anemia . In late July 2010, it was believed that mold may have spread around her home and resulted in her death. After a short time, however, this theory was invalidated by the family of the deceased and examinations by the health department. The final finding of forensic medicine describes her death as a result of improper self-medication against suspected flu, whereby the over-the-counter drugs she took would have made the actual, unrecognized pneumonia worse.

On May 23, 2010, her widower, Simon Monjack, was found dead in his Hollywood home. He, too, was initially diagnosed with heart failure as the cause of death, and he was also found unconscious by Brittany's mother, Sharon. Monjack was buried next to his wife in Los Angeles on May 27, 2010.

Brittany's father Angelo Bertolotti repeatedly voiced public doubts about the official cause of death. In 2013 he claims to have proven by means of a toxicological report that both Brittany and her husband were poisoned with heavy metals. A few weeks later, he suspected that his ex-wife had poisoned Sharon, Brittany's mother, her daughter and son-in-law out of greed in order to be able to dispose of the actress's fortune as sole heir. University of Florida toxicologist Bruce Goldberger said that since no lines were found on the actress' fingernails, heavy metal poisoning is unlikely, which is an important characteristic of poisoning.

Acting career

Beginnings

To advance her daughter's acting career, Sharon Murphy moved her to Burbank , California in 1991 . There Brittany Murphy got a role in the television series Drexell's Class on the side of Dabney Coleman , Cleavant Derricks and Jason Biggs . The series was canceled after a season, but was a career springboard for Brittany Murphy. She was then seen in many successful television series such as Murphy Brown , Blossom or Parker Lewis - The cool guy from school as a guest actress. In 1993 she got a supporting role in the feature film Family Affairs - My father the gambler and made her screen debut alongside Joe Mantegna and Anne Archer .

1995-2000: breakthrough

Her international breakthrough came in 1995, again in a supporting role, in the film Clueless - What else! at the side of Alicia Silverstone . Due to the great success, the television series Clueless - The Chaos Clique was developed. In this, however, Murphy only appeared in a guest role.

Brittany Murphy was also seen as a supporting and guest actress in television series such as Life and Me , seaQuest DSV and Nash Bridges . In 1996 she starred alongside Kiefer Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon in the film Freeway . Together with Sidney Poitier she starred in the 1998 television film David and Lisa . In the same year she was cast in Danny Cannon's film Phoenix - Bloody City and starred alongside Christopher Walken and Russell Wong in God's Army II - The Prophecy .

In 1999 Brittany Murphy starred alongside her colleague Kirsten Dunst in a leading role. The television film The Devil's Bill tells the story of a girl who is transported back into the past of the Second World War and who experiences life in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp . Also in 1999, the actress played the inmate of a mental hospital in the film Crazy . In addition to Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie , she played Daisy Randone , suffering from bulimia , who is initially released from the clinic as cured, but kills herself after visiting two former inmates.

2001–2007: successes

In 2001, Brittany Murphy stood in front of the camera in the teen comedy Summer Catch with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jessica Biel and in the tragic comedy Unterwegs mit Jungs at the side of Drew Barrymore and Steve Zahn . The performers in the film from director Penny Marshall received consistent praise. In Gary Fleder's thriller Don't Say a Word , Murphy played the role of a mentally unstable woman who, as a young girl, witnessed the murder of her father. The psychiatrist Nathan R. Conrad , played by Michael Douglas , tries to get access to Elisabeth Burrows in order to solve a jewel theft. The actress was nominated for a Satellite Award for her convincing performance .

In 2002 she played the girlfriend of the rapper Eminem in the film 8 Mile and in the same year she was also seen in the independent film Spun at the side of Jason Schwartzman , Mickey Rourke and Mena Suvari as Nikki . 2003 followed lead roles in the comedy Fully Married to Ashton Kutcher and as a spoiled party girl in Uptown Girls - a bitch rarely comes alone with Dakota Fanning . She also played a leading role as a budding television presenter in My Boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriends at the side of Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates . Her portrayal earned Brittany Murphy a Teen Choice Award nomination .

In 2005 she starred as the waitress Shellie in the comic book version Sin City . A year later she played the lead role in the British comedy Love and Other Disasters and the murder victim Krista in the independent film Dead Girl .

2008–2009: activities until her death

After a short acting break, she played leading roles in the comedy The Ramen Girl in 2008 and a year later in the thriller Across the Hall and in the horror film Deadline . After her death, Deadline's DVDs were removed from numerous chain stores in the United States , as Murphy could be seen lying lifeless in a bathtub on the cover and on advertising posters. She played her last roles in the thrillers Without Any Trace - where she embodies a woman, whose husband has disappeared alongside Dean Cain and Mimi Rogers - and Something Wicked . Without a Trace was released as a direct-to-video production in the US in August 2010 , Something Wicked was released in the US on August 25, 2011.

Theater work

In addition to her work as an actress in front of the film and television cameras, Brittany Murphy was also seen on stage. She played from 1997 to 1998 on Broadway in the play A View from the Bridge (dt. View from the Bridge ) by Arthur Miller . At the side of Anthony LaPaglia and Allison Janney , she played the role of Catherine .

Synchronous activity

Brittany Murphy has appeared frequently as a voice actress. Since 1997 she has lent her voice to Luanne Platter , a main character in the cartoon series King of the Hill , for which she was awarded the Annie Award in 2004. She had other speaking roles in the 2006 animated film Happy Feet and the cartoon Futurama: The era of the tentacle from 2008. The actress's voice can also be heard in the video game Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure .

Music career

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Faster Kill Pussycat (with Oakenfold )
  UK 7th 06/03/2006 (15 weeks)

In the early 1990s, Brittany Murphy was the lead singer in the band Blessed With Soul , which also featured fellow actor Eric Balfour . She can be seen as an actress in the music videos "A Little Respect" by the band Wheatus and "Closest Thing to Heaven" by Tears for Fears . She was also the singer on Faster Kill Pussycat by DJ Paul Oakenfold . The song was a number one dance club hit in the US and reached number seven in the UK singles chart . Both in My Boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriends and in the animated film Happy Feet , the main characters she spoke had a vocal part.

Filmography

Brittany Murphy performing with Paul Rodriguez in front of US troops in the Persian Gulf 2003

As an actress

Murphy did not have a permanent German voice actress. It was often spoken by Uschi Hugo or Melanie Hinze . German actress Tanja Geke gave her her voice in Sin City .

As a voice actress

Music videos

Awards

Teen Choice Award

Young Artist Award

  • 1996: Nomination for best young supporting actress in a feature film for Clueless - What Else!
  • 1999: Nomination for Best Young Lead Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Special for David and Lisa
  • 2000: Nomination for best young leading actress in a feature film for Durchgeknallt

Annie Award

  • 1997: Nomination for best dubbing voice in an animated television series for King of the Hill
  • 2000: Nomination for best dubbing voice in an animated television series for King of the Hill (episode 76)
  • 2004: Award for best dubbing voice in an animated television series for King of the Hill (episode 164)

Further

literature

Web links

Commons : Brittany Murphy  - Album containing pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mourning Brittany Murphy. In: T-Online .de. Retrieved December 21, 2009 .
  2. ↑ Hollywood star Brittany Murphy is dead. In: spiegel.de . Retrieved December 20, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Brittany Murphy's family, friends gather for somber Christmas Eve funeral. In: New York Daily News. Retrieved December 27, 2009 .
  4. ↑ Forensic medicine: Death of US actress Murphy was an accident, AFP, February 4, 2010 (via n24.de)
  5. ↑ Brittany Murphy: Possible Cause of Mold Death. In: derStandard. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010 ; Retrieved August 22, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Celebrity couple did not die from mold. In: stern.de. Retrieved July 20, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Britanny Murphy's husband found dead. Retrieved May 24, 2010 .
  8. ↑ Brittany Murphy's husband dies of heart failure , World Online, accessed May 25, 2010.
  9. ↑ Simon Monjack: Buried next to Brittany Murphy , Gala.de, accessed on May 28, 2010.
  10. ↑ Brittany Murphy may have been poisoned , The World . November 20, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2014. 
  11. ^ Poison as a cause of death , Gala . November 19, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2014. 
  12. ↑ Shock accusation! Brittany Murphy poisoned by her own mother (December 12, 2013 article)
  13. ↑ ABC News: What Brittany Murphy Poisoned to Death? Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  14. ^ Drexell's Class Cast and Crew. In: TV.com. Retrieved December 23, 2009 .
  15. ↑ Brittany Murphy: Retail chains are removing DVDs from their range. In: filmstarts.de. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010 ; Retrieved August 22, 2012 .
  16. ↑ Redbox pulling Brittany Murphy promo posters. In: bizjournals.com. Retrieved December 29, 2009 .
  17. ↑ Abandoned (2010) - Release dates. IMDb, accessed December 20, 2010 .
  18. ↑ Brittany Murphy's Last Movie. In: imdb.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011 .
  19. ^ A View from the Bridge. In: ibdb.com . Retrieved December 23, 2009 .
  20. ↑ Legacy: 32nd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2004). In: annieawards.org. Retrieved December 25, 2009 .
  21. ↑ Chart sources: UK
  22. ↑ Faster Kill Pussycat. In: billboard.com. Retrieved December 23, 2009 .
  23. ↑ Brittany Murphy in the Official UK Charts (English)
  24. ^ Young Hollywood Awards: 2002. In: imdb.com . Retrieved December 23, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME Murphy, Brittany
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murphy, Brittany Anne (full name); Bertolotti, Brittany Anne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia , USA
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 2009
Place of death Los Angeles , California , USA