- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Rosemary Murphy was born on January 13, 1925 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and After.Life (2009). She died on July 5, 2014 in New York City, New York, USA.
- ParentsMildred Claire Taylor
- RelativesMildred Margaret Murphy (Pond)(Sibling)Catherine Claire Taylor Murphy(Sibling)
- Was raised in Paris, France.
- The daughter of a U.S. diplomat stationed in Germany, Rosemary Murphy did not come to the U.S. until 1939.
- Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award three times: twice as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic), in 1961 for "Period of Adjustment" and in 1965 for "Any Wednesday," and once as Best Actress (Dramatic), in 1967 for Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Delicate Balance." The latter performance also earned her the Variety Critics Poll Award as Best Actress.
- Began her acting career in summer stock in Olney, Maryland.
- She died only twelve days before her September (1987) co-star Elaine Stritch.
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