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Rosemary Murphy (January 13, 1925 – July 5, 2014) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She was nominated for three
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for her stage work, as well as two
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for television work, winning once, for her performance in '' Eleanor and Franklin'' (1976).


Biography and career

Murphy was born in Munich, Germany in 1925, the elder daughter of American parents Mildred (née Taylor) and Robert Daniel Murphy, a
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. The family left Germany in 1939 due to the onset of
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.


Education

Murphy, whose résumé came to include French and German films, attended Manhattanville College and trained as an actress at Catholic University of America in
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, and in New York at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the
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with Sanford Meisner before beginning her career on stage.


Stage

She made her stage debut in Germany, in a 1949 production of ''
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''. She made her Broadway debut in 1950 in ''The Tower Beyond Tragedy''. She went on to appear in some 15 Broadway productions, most recently in
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's '' Waiting in the Wings'' (1999).


Film and television

Murphy also acted in films and on TV, most notably portraying Sara Delano Roosevelt in the TV miniseries '' Eleanor and Franklin'' (1976) and '' Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years'' (1977). She played Maudie Atkinson in ''
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'' (1962) as well as Callie Hacker in '' Walking Tall'' (1973). The following year, in 1974, she appeared in the television film ''
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'', playing a ruthless defense attorney who brutally cross-examines a rape victim (played by
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) and wins an acquittal for the man who attacked her. In 1974–75, she played high-school principal Margaret Blumenthal in the series '' Lucas Tanner''. Her first soap opera role was Nola Hollister #2 on ''
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'' (1969–1970). In 1977, she appeared on ''
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'' as Maureen Teller Dalton, Eric Kane's former mistress, and the mother of his son, Mark Dalton. In 1988, she played Loretta Fowler for several months, the kleptomaniac mother of Mitch Blake and Sam Fowler on '' Another World''. The following year, she appeared on ''
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'' as Gretel Aldin #2 (a role previously played by Joan Copeland) when her character's son, James Stenbeck, was allegedly murdered. She also appeared in episodes of ''
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'' (1974) and ''
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'' (1987).


Awards

Murphy won an Emmy Award for her role in ''Eleanor and Franklin''. She also won a
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and an
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and was nominated for three
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.


Death

She died on July 5, 2014, in Manhattan, from esophageal cancer. She never married or had children.


Filmography


Television films


Partial Television Credits


References


External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Rosemary 1925 births 2014 deaths American expatriates in Germany American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Actresses from New York City Manhattanville University alumni Deaths from esophageal cancer in New York (state) Primetime Emmy Award winners Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners 21st-century American women