George Murphy
U.S. Congressperson
1902 – 1992
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Who was George Murphy?
George Lloyd Murphy was an American dancer, actor, and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary Academy Award in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. Senator from California, the first notable U.S. actor to make the successful transition to elected official in California, predating Ronald W. Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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- Born
- Jul 4, 1902
New Haven - Also known as
- George Lloyd Murphy
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Betty Duhon Blandi
(1982 - 1992/05/03) - Julie Johnson
(1926/12/18 - 1973)
- Betty Duhon Blandi
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Peddie School
- Yale University
- Trinity-Pawling School
- Died
- May 3, 1992
Palm Beach
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on July 23, 2013
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