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Photos: Brittany Murphy: 1977 - 2009

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  1. A life cut short

    Brittany Murphy posing for photographers in Sydney, Australia in 2006. The actress died Dec. 20, 2009, at age 32. (Tracey Nearmy / EPA file) Back to slideshow navigation
  2. Breakout role

    Murphy, center, began to make a name for herself in acting when she starred with Alicia Silverstone, left, and Stacey Dash, right, in 1995's "Clueless." (Corbis Sygma) Back to slideshow navigation
  3. Hard-knock life

    Murphy played rapper Eminem's girlfriend in the autobiographical "8 Mile," which came out in 2002. (Eli Reed / Universal Studios) Back to slideshow navigation
  4. Hollywood couple

    Murphy dated actor Ashton Kutcher for a time. The two co-starred in 2003's "Just Married." The actor posted on Twitter that with Murphy's death, "the world lost a little piece of sunshine." (Frank Trapper / Corbis Sygma) Back to slideshow navigation
  5. Booking it

    Murphy and Josie Maran co-starred in 2004's "Little Black Book," about a woman who snoops into her boyfriend's past. (Zade Rothental / Columbia Pictures) Back to slideshow navigation
  6. Supporting the troops

    In 2003, Murphy performed for crewmembers aboard the USS Nimitz for a USO show. (Phan Shannon Renfroe / Department of Defense / Corbis) Back to slideshow navigation
  7. Speaking for Tinkerbell

    In 2006, a news conference announced that Murphy would voice the animated character TInkerbell in an upcoming movie, but she was later replaced by Mae Whitman. (Keith Bedford / Reuters / Corbis) Back to slideshow navigation
  8. French adventure

    Jessica Alba and Murphy starred in 2005's "Sin City," based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller. The two promoted the film at the Cannes Film Festival that spring. (Stephane Cardinale / People Aven) Back to slideshow navigation
  9. Happy penguins

    Murphy often did voice work, and was perhaps best known as the voice of Luanne Platter in "King of the Hill." She also gave voice to Gloria in the animated penguin flick "Happy Feet." (Peter Andrews / Corbis) Back to slideshow navigation
  10. Newlyweds

    Murphy married British screenwriter Simon Monjack in 2007. He was one of the writers for 2006's "Factory Girl," which told the story of Edie Sedgwick and her relationship with painter Andy Warhol. (Dan Steinberg / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
  11. Smiling for the cameras

    In 2005, Murphy helped launch the summer sale at Harrods department store in central London. (Matt Dunham / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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updated 1/8/2010 4:48:47 PM ET 2010-01-08T21:48:47

A 911 call released Friday reveals the frantic efforts by Brittany Murphy’s mother and husband to save the actress’ life on the morning she died.

Murphy’s mother, Sharon, is heard crying and telling a fire dispatcher that the actress wasn’t breathing.

The dispatcher then gives directions to Sharon Murphy on how to try to revive Murphy. She relays the information to Murphy’s husband, Simon Monjack, who had already started CPR and is heard in the background trying to revive the actress.

“My daughter’s passed out,” Sharon Murphy tells the dispatcher, adding that the actress had been ill, had vomited and was feeling dizzy. She states that her daughter wasn’t taking any medication.

She also said on the eight-minute call that no one saw how Murphy collapsed. Sharon Murphy is heard crying and wailing at times on the call.

“Brittany please come back!” she is heard screaming.

Brittany Murphy, 32, was found in the bathroom of her Hollywood Hills home on Dec. 20 and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Coroner’s officials are awaiting the results of toxicology tests to determine how she died. They have said the family reported Murphy was ill with flulike symptoms in the days before her death.

Murphy’s family laid her to rest at a funeral service on Dec. 24 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills.

Murphy moved with her mother, Sharon, to Los Angeles when she was a teenager to pursue an acting career. She started out in sitcoms and commercials in the early 1990s before winning starring roles in several films.

Her breakthrough role came in 1995, as a dowdy high school student (and best friend of star Alicia Silverstone’s character) in “Clueless.”

Murphy worked steadily after that. She shared the screen with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie in 1999’s “Girl, Interrupted.” She played Eminem’s love interest in “8 Mile” and Ashton Kutcher’s wife in “Just Married.” She starred as a suspicious girlfriend in 2004’s “Little Black Book” and a barmaid with an abusive ex-boyfriend in 2005’s “Sin City.” She also voiced Gloria the penguin in the 2006 animated film “Happy Feet.”

Murphy was juggling multiple movie projects in the months before her unexpected death, wrapping two indie thrillers over the summer and preparing to shoot a romantic comedy next month.

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