Editing Brittany Murphy (section)

==Early life==
Brittany Anne Bertolotti<ref name="CT">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/12/20/brittany.murphy/index.html|title=Actress Brittany Murphy dead at 32|date=December 20, 2009|publisher=CNN|access-date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910091544/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/12/20/brittany.murphy/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> was born at [[Atlanta Medical Center|Georgia Baptist Hospital]] in Atlanta,{{sfn|Shelley|2022|p=7}}{{sfn|Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy|2023|loc=01:46-08:03}}<ref name="NYT1220">{{cite news|last=Wheaton|first=Sarah|title=Brittany Murphy, Actress in 'Clueless,' Dies at 32|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 21, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/movies/21murphy.html|access-date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825193908/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/movies/21murphy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> to Sharon Kathleen Murphy<ref name=eni/> and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Salamone|first=Gina|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-12-21/gossip/17941836_1_simon-monjack-difficult-time-mystified|title=Brittany Murphy's father Angelo Bertolotti 'mystified' over actress' tragic death|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|date=December 21, 2009|access-date=April 7, 2011|archive-date=April 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403122657/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-12-21/gossip/17941836_1_simon-monjack-difficult-time-mystified}}</ref> who divorced when she was three years old.{{Sfn|Kjelle|2007|p=10}} Murphy was raised by her mother in [[Edison, New Jersey]].{{Sfn|Kjelle|2007|p=10}}{{Sfn|Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy|2023|loc=01:46-08:03}}{{Sfn|What Happened, Brittany Murphy?|Episode 1|loc=10:12-10:35}}{{efn|Bertolotti was not named as her father on Brittany's first death certificate.<ref name="eni" />|group=upper-alpha}} Angelo during this period was arrested on charges of drug possession, spending twelve years in prison;{{Sfn|Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy|2023|loc=01:46-08:03}} and he had dealings with the Italian mafia, where he operated as an entrepreneur and diplomat for organized crime families.{{Sfn|Shelley|2022|p=7}} She later stated that due to Sharon's financial problems,{{Sfn|Kjelle|2007|p=10}} she was forced to eat spaghetti every night. She also said that, on certain occasions, she had to beg her mother to buy clothes at [[Kmart]]. This would later explain Murphy's marked social investment in homeless causes, as discussed in a February 2003 [[Glamour (magazine)|''Glamour'']] article.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/brittany-murphy-p200519|title=Brittany Murphy - Overview|access-date=March 1, 2023|last=Flint Marx|first=Rebecca|publisher=AllMovie|archive-date=March 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302020221/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/brittany-murphy-p200519|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In 1991, before she started high school, the family moved to Los Angeles so that Murphy could pursue an acting career.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rochlin|first=Margy|title=Film; A Young Trouper Who Plays Crazy as Well as Sexy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/movies/film-a-young-trouper-who-plays-crazy-as-well-as-sexy.html|date=September 30, 2001|work=The New York Times|page=2|access-date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=August 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818005634/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/movies/film-a-young-trouper-who-plays-crazy-as-well-as-sexy.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ref1209">{{cite news|title=Actress Brittany Murphy dies in LA at age 32|publisher=[[The Herald-Dispatch]]|date=December 20, 2009|url=http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment/x300696482/Actress-Brittany-Murphy-dies-in-LA-at-age-32|access-date=July 21, 2013|agency=[[Associated Press]]|location=Huntington, West Virginia|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903214002/http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment/x300696482/Actress-Brittany-Murphy-dies-in-LA-at-age-32|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/20/brittany-murphy-dead-dies_n_398576.html|title=Brittany Murphy Dead: Dies At Just 32|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=March 5, 2010|date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=December 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223075507/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/20/brittany-murphy-dead-dies_n_398576.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Murphy said her mother never tried to stifle her creativity, and she considered her mother a crucial factor in her later success: "When I asked my mom to move to California, she sold everything and moved out here for me. She always believed in me."<ref name="NYT1220"/> Murphy's mother is of Irish and Slovakian descent, and her father is of Italian descent.<ref name="ref1153">{{Cite news|last=Wollman Rusoff|first=Jane|title=The rising actress switches gears and goes from crazy to sexy for Riding in Cars With Boys|url=http://www.brittanymurphy.8m.com/mrshowbiz.html|publisher=Mr. Showbiz|date=October 18, 2001|access-date=November 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412060228/http://www.brittanymurphy.8m.com/mrshowbiz.html|archive-date=April 12, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="ref1121">{{Cite news|last=McGoldrick|first=Debbie|title=Brittany: I'm Irish!|work=Irish Voice|year=2005|url=http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irishinamerica/entertainment/brittanyimirish-050713.asp|access-date=November 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224115432/http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irishinamerica/entertainment/brittanyimirish-050713.asp|archive-date=December 24, 2009}}</ref> She was raised a [[Baptists|Baptist]] and later became a [[Nondenominational Christianity|non-denominational Christian]].<ref name="revmtv2">{{Cite news|last=Horowitz|first=Josh|title=Role Call: Brittany Murphy On Playing Prostitute, Penguin|publisher=MTV|date=December 28, 2006|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1548870/20061226/story.jhtml|access-date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=January 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116095238/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1548870/20061226/story.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="sanjose">{{Cite news|title=Uptown Brittany, Effervescent Actress Finds Herself Cast As A Tabloid Darling While Her Career Moves into Fast Lane|work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|date=August 11, 2003|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FCE7E2A9ADD3D7E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|access-date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095436/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FCE7E2A9ADD3D7E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|url-status=live}}; "A non-denominational Christian, she wears a cross around her neck and has ''my whole life&nbsp;—I feel more comfortable with a cross.''"</ref> She had two older half-brothers and a younger half-sister.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wrong-brittany-murphy/story?id=9395052 What Went Wrong With Brittany Murphy?: Was It Drugs, Anorexia or Her 'Shady' Husband" That Led to Her Death at 32?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419061730/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wrong-brittany-murphy/story?id=9395052 |date=April 19, 2020 }} Luchina Fisher. ABC News. December 22, 2009.</ref>