Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was a voice actress on King of the Hill portraying Luanne Platter and Joseph Gribble before Joseph went through puberty (Breckin Meyer went on to voice Joseph Gribble when he hit puberty, though Murphy voiced John Redcorn's illegitimate daughter, Kate, on "The Untitled Blake McCormick Project" using the voice she used to play prepubescent Joseph).
On December 20, 2009, Murphy passed away from pneumonia and anemia at the age of 32. Her death came roughly three months after the conclusion of King of the Hill on FOX. Because of her death, Luanne has been written off the show for the Hulu continuation.
The episode "The Honeymooners" was dedicated in her memory.
King of the Hill[]
Besides voicing Luanne Platter and Joseph Gribble (Seasons 1-4), she has also voiced various other characters, including:
- Melinda Grab (Seasons 2, 4, and 8)
- Stefani
- Emily (Seasons 4-5)
- Jennifer
- Renaissance Faire pretend-wench employee (in "Joust Like a Woman")
- Alice
- Unnamed student (in "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Hill")
- Becky (nudist)
- Ice Cream Lady
- Unnamed girl (in "The Miseducation of Bobby Hill")
- Sharla
- Kate
Trivia[]
- Both she and Reese Witherspoon previously collaborated in the 1996 movie Freeway before they voiced characters together in "Hanky Panky" and "High Anxiety".
- In 2005, Murphy won an Annie Award (Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production) for voicing Luanne in the episode "Girl, You'll Be a Giant Soon".
- Murphy was 19 years old when she started voicing Luanne Platter.
External links[]
- Brittany Murphy at IMDb
- Brittany Murphy at Wikipedia
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