Portrait of Mary Murphy

Acting

Mary Murphy

Career

Active from 1953 to 1976, with a break from 1962 to 1971, busiest in 1954 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mary Murphy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Film 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Western 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Suspenseful 2
  • Bleak 2
  • 1950s Cinema 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

9 titles ยท average score 64
Born Innocent
Born Innocent (1976)
GoodWatch score 62

as Miss Murphy

Katherine
Katherine (1975)
GoodWatch score 61

as Miss Collins

I Love You...Good-bye
I Love You...Good-bye (1974)

as Pam Parks

Kodiak
Kodiak (1974)

TV show ยท as Cathy

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)

as Mrs. Quayle

Junior Bonner
Junior Bonner (1972)
GoodWatch score 77

as Ruth Bonner

The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show

Footsteps
Footsteps (1972)

as Martha Hagger

Ghost Story
Ghost Story (1972)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Maggie Mundy

1960s

13 titles ยท average score 65
Ironside
Ironside (1967)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

Laredo
Laredo (1965)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Honey West
Honey West (1965)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Vicky

The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1963)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Thelma Hollister

The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (1963)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Linda Darcy

Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial (1963)

TV show

Breaking Point
Breaking Point (1963)

TV show

Redigo
Redigo (1963)

TV show ยท as Laura McAdams

40 Pounds of Trouble
40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

as Liz McCluskey

The Investigators
The Investigators (1961)

TV show ยท as Maggie Peters

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Janet Logan

The Westerner
The Westerner (1960)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Suzy

1950s

32 titles ยท average score 64
Crime and Punishment USA
Crime and Punishment USA (1959)
GoodWatch score 38

as Sally Marmon

Live Fast, Die Young
Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
GoodWatch score 62

as Kim Winters / Narrator

The Intimate Stranger
The Intimate Stranger (1956)
GoodWatch score 61

as Evelyn Stewart

A Man Alone
A Man Alone (1955)
GoodWatch score 60

as Nadine Corrigan

Hell's Island
Hell's Island (1955)
GoodWatch score 49

as Janet Martin

The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours (1955)
GoodWatch score 81

as Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard

The Mad Magician
The Mad Magician (1954)
GoodWatch score 67

as Karen Lee

Beachhead
Beachhead (1954)
GoodWatch score 50

as Nina Bouchard

Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull (1954)
GoodWatch score 55

as Kathy Howell

Make Haste to Live
Make Haste to Live (1954)
GoodWatch score 60

as Randy Benson

The Wild One
The Wild One (1953)
GoodWatch score 69

as Kathie Bleeker

Main Street to Broadway
Main Street to Broadway (1953)

as Mary Craig