Brittany Murphy
Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (née Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in 1997 before appearing as Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999).
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| Full name at birth | Brittany Anne Bertolotti
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| Claim to fame | Tai Frasier in Clueless, Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted, Sarah McNerney in Just Married and Shellie in Sin City
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| Date of birth | 10 November 1977
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| Place of birth | Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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| Date of death | 20 December 2009
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| Age | 32 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Cardiac arrest (primary causes of her death: pneumonia, anemia and multiple drug intoxication)
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| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA 34°08′39″N 118°19′11″W / 34.14414°N 118.31979°W / 34.14414; -118.31979
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| Occupation | Actress, singer, voice artist
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| Height | 5' 3" (160 cm)
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| Weight | 106 lbs (48 kg)
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| Dress size | 2
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| Shoe size | 7.5
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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- Brittany is a singer and was in a band called, "Blessed Soul", in the late 90s.
- Brittany had a mini performance at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards. She sang a line or two of the opening song with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jack Black and Andy Garcia.
- Brittany was featured as #17 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. She was ranked #32 on the Maxim 'Hot 100' in 2003 and in 2004 was named #108 out of 137 on Entertainment Weekly's "Must List".
- Brittany appeared on the cover of Cosmo Girl in September 2004.
- Brittany says that she prefers dating tall men.
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