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About
Mother of late actress Brittany Murphy. She was thrust into the spotlight after she found her daughter dead in the bathroom of her Hollywood Hills home in December 2009. She was featured in HBO Max's 2021 documentary What Happened, Brittany Murphy?
Before Fame
She and her daughter moved to Los Angeles so that her daughter could pursue an acting career.
Trivia
She and her daughter's husband, Simon Monjack, lived together in the actress' home after her death. In May 2010, she found him dead in the same home. In 2013, she told The Hollywood Reporter she had chosen to stay out of the limelight and had been mourning her daughter "in seclusion."
Family Life
She and husband Angelo Bertolotti welcomed daughter Brittany in November 1977. She and Bertolotti divorced when Brittany was very young. She raised her daughter alone.
Associated With
Her daughter's costars in the 1995 film Clueless included Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd and Donald Faison.
