"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
It is very sad indeed. You have to wonder if drugs played a role in her untimely death. Majority of 32 year old people don't die from cardiac arrest. She was a good actress and very funny.
"It's about the Benjamins, not the Bernsteins."-CapnHook
Sad that her talent was wasted on frivolous roles. She really was one of the most underappreciated talents of her time (watch her in Girl, Interrupted, Spun and Don't Say a Word).
Rest in Peace,
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
So incredibly sad. Just the other day my roommate and I were watching Just Married on the television and discussing where Brittany Murphy had gone to these days.
Such a terrific actress, so bright and funny.
Rest in peace.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
Very sad indeed. I was a huge fan of her since I was in 9th grade after seeing Girl Interrupted, which still remains one of my favorite films to this day. Looking over her filmography on imdb, I think I've seen just about every one of her movies since then. Clueless, Drop Dead Gorgeous and even her little TV movies and lesser known ones like Falling Sky. Even the other day I just watched the trailer to one of my favorite films of hers called (ugh...) The Dead Girl. She was such a real talent. =(
She was, indeed, wonderful in A View From the Bridge; a true stage natural. I wonder if they will dedicate the new revival to her.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
So sad, she was so young! I loved her in "Uptown Girls" and "Little Black Book." She will be missed.
R.I.P Brittany Murphy.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
She was Luanne on King of the Hills, one of my all time favorite shows. RIP
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
OMG God Bless her family and friends. This year has been so dreary for celebrity deaths. Such a tragedy
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
This one has really got me, such a bubbly girl with a great talent. Her perfomances were always so quirky. I loved her in Riding In Cars With Boys, Girl Interrupted, Sin City, Clueless etc
Agreed, Dantes. I don't often get upset over celebrity deaths (the only other that really affected me this year was Patrick Swayze), but this one has really gotten to me.
Clueless was the film of a generation. It defined the attitude and sense of humor of an entire generation of teenagers better than any other film or television show. It was an iconic film, and Brittany Murphy gave a pitch-perfect performance (the most memorable one of the bunch, for me). I had truly hoped that she'd return to Broadway one day (remember how excited we all got when she was rumored to replace the injured Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity?). Rest in peace.
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and then...
"I was pointing out there was no need for two posts and that the news at the time was unconfirmed, love"
Just give it up blaxx, and thanks Brody for stating the facts in a better and more respectful way than I could have.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
I don't like that people say that she didn't get to show her talents enough. She was one of the actresses that worked the most in the last few years, she was part of many major films in Hollywood and some of the best parts for female actors. She got to co-star with Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Winona Ryder, Dakota Fanning, Ashton Kutcher, Alicia Silverstone, Dan Hadaya and the list goes on and on. She was on Broadway, on the cover of several magazines, and recorded a hit single. She was extremely successful, she got to show a lot of her talents, more than many others ever will. With that said, she was very good and she will be missed and remembered forever.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
It's such a tragedy! She was fantastic in Girl, Interrupted and she owned the 90's with her performance in Clueless. I always considered her to be one of those cute actresses who gets the quirky roles, and then I saw The Dead Girl, in which she ironically plays the title character...her performance in that was unlike anything I had seen her do. I actually thought...woah...Brittany Murphy has potential to be a fantastic dramatic actress. She blew me away in that film. So sad there won't be anything more.
"I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!"-Funny Girl
And THAT is why you should always remember to eat your meals and don't do drugs!
Rest in peace, my dear. You were totally cute in Just Married and Happy Feet respectively. Then I saw you in a Lifetime movie....and I changed my mind.
"She was one of the actresses that worked the most in the last few years, she was part of many major films in Hollywood and some of the best parts for female actors."
Filmography Year Film Role Notes 1993 Family Prayers Elsie Alternative title: A Family Divided 1995 Clueless Tai 1996 Freeway Rhonda 1997 Bongwater Mary Drive Deliverance Bodine 1998 Falling Sky Emily Nicholson The Prophecy II Izzy Direct-to-video release Zack and Reba Reba Simpson 1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous Lisa Swenson Girl, Interrupted Daisy Randone 2000 Trixie Ruby Pearli Angels! Nurse Bellows Cherry Falls Jody Marken The Audition Daniella Short subject Sidewalks of New York Ashley 2001 Summer Catch Dede Mulligan Don't Say a Word Elisabeth Burrows Riding in Cars with Boys Fay Forrester 2002 Spun Nikki Something in Between Sky 8 Mile Alex Latourno 2003 Just Married Sarah Uptown Girls Molly Gunn Good Boy! Nelly Voice 2004 Little Black Book Stacy Holt 2005 Sin City Shellie Neverwas Maggie Blake 2006 The Groomsmen Sue Love and Other Disasters Emily "Jacks" Jackson Happy Feet Gloria Voice The Dead Girl Krista Kutcher 2008 The Ramen Girl Abby Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs Colleen (Voice) Direct-to-DVD release 2009 Deadline Alice Across the Hall June Abandoned Mary
Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Murphy Brown Frank's Sister 1 episode 1991–1992 Drexell's Class Brenda Drexell 18 episodes 1992 Kids Incorporated Celeste 1 episode Parker Lewis Can't Lose Angie 1 episode 1993 Almost Home Molly Morgan 13 episodes Blossom Wendy 1 episode 1994 Frasier Olsen 1 episode Party of Five Abby 2 episodes 1994–1995 Sister, Sister Sarah 6 episodes 1995 Boy Meets World Trini 2 episodes The Marshal Lizzie Roth 1 episode seaQuest DSV Christine VanCamp 1 episode Murder One Diane "Dee-Dee" Carson 1 episode 1996 Double Jeopardy Julia Television movie Nash Bridges Carrie 1 episode Clueless Jasmine 1 episode 1997–2009 King of the Hill Luanne Platter (Voice) Various characters (Voice) 226 episodes 1998 David and Lisa Lisa Television movie 1999 The Devil's Arithmetic Rivkah Television movie 1999–2000 Pepper Ann Tank the 8th grader (Voice) 3 episodes 2000 Common Ground Dorothy Nelson Television movie 2009 Tribute Cilla McGowan Television movie Megafault Dr. Amy Lane Television movie
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-