From the age of four, she trained in singing, dancing, and acting until her move to California at thirteen. Murphy attended Verne Fowler School of Dance and Theatre Arts in Colonia, New Jersey, in 1982. She had two older half-brothers and a younger half-sister. She was raised a Baptist and later became a non-denominational Christian. She always believed in me." Murphy's mother is of Irish and Slovakian descent and her father is of Italian ancestry. 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 moved out here for me. Prior to her enrolling at Edison High School, the family moved to Los Angeles in 1991 so that Murphy could pursue an acting career. Bertolotti was not named as her father on Brittany's first death certificate. Murphy was raised by her mother in Edison, New Jersey. On December 20, 2009, Murphy died of pneumonia at the age of 32.īrittany Anne Bertolotti was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sharon Kathleen Murphy and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti, who divorced when she was two years old. Her final film, Something Wicked, was released in April 2014.
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Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series King of the Hill (1997–2010). Her later roles included Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Just Married (2003), Uptown Girls (2003), Sin City (2005), and Happy Feet (2006). In the 2000s, Murphy appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) alongside Michael Douglas, and alongside Eminem in 8 Mile (2002), for which she gained critical recognition. 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). Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998). Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. It is time for those who really knew and loved her to put those who want to exploit her on notice: Your lies will no longer be tolerated, and as long as I live will continue to be exposed.Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack ( née Bertolotti November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. She ended the letter defiantly: “She was my baby, and we stood together throughout Brittany's life. Sharon quickly denied Bertolotti's claims in an open letter to The Hollywood Reporter: “His claims are based on the most flimsy of evidence and are more of an insult than an insight into what really happened.” She went on to describe how a hair sample is unreliable. Both were bright and bubbly, and that relationship never changed.” “They were adorable together,” Murphy’s former agent and manager JoAnne Colonna told The Hollywood Reporter. Yes, yes, I know that.” He had ordered additional toxicology reports and claimed that his daughter’s hair showed there were 10 heavy metals in her system.īut Murphy’s father hadn’t been in her life much, as she shared a tight-knit relationship with her mother. Questions continued to come up over the years and in November 2013, Murphy’s dad, Angelo Bertolotti, told Good Morning America his take: “I have a feeling that there was definitely a murder situation here… Yeah, it's poison.
When Block’s piece was published in January 2011, she told Entertainment Tonight the quotes were “100-percent untrue.” Murphy’s parents fought over theories about their daughter's death It wasn’t the first time Sharon felt the need to keep the story straight.