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Mary Murphy (choreographer)
American ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and judge (born c. 1958)
For other people with the same name, see Mary Murphy (disambiguation).
Mary Ann Murphy (born c. 1958)[1] is an American ballroom dance champion,[2] accredited dance judge, and a judge and choreographer on the Fox dance competition-reality showSo You Think You Can Dance.
Early life and education
Mary Murphy was born in Lancaster, Ohio in an Irish family.[3] She graduated from Northwest High School in Canal Fulton, Ohio.[4] After graduating from Ohio University with a degree in physical education and a minor in modern dance, Murphy moved to Washington, D.C. to begin her career.
Career
She answered a newspaper advertisement for studio instructor trainees. She became an instructor after only one week, and the studio owner invited her to attend the United States Ballroom Championships in New York City, which was the event that influenced her to commit to a career in ballroom dancing.[5]
Murphy moved to Ca
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Mary Murphy Biography
Mary Murphy spent most of her free time after school and on weekends participating in athletics such as track and field basketball volleyball and football. Mary graduated from Northwest High School in Canal Fulton Ohio. Shortly after graduating from Ohio University with a degree in Physical Education and a minor in modern dance Mary moved to Washington D.C. where looking for a summer job she answered an ad in the newspaper; a local studio was recruiting trainees to become instructors. The turning point came when the owner of the dance studio invited her to attend the United States Ballroom Championships in New York City. At that moment Mary realized that ballroom dancing was more than just job for her - she no longer felt the desire to spend the rest of her life as a modern dancer performing alone. While continuing to teach for the studio she sought out the best instructors in the area and began her competitive dance training. Her search for a suitable dance partner lead her across the country to Southern California. Although the partnership ultimately d
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This actress' two-decade career produced only one single stand-out film role but that one role as the "good girl" who redeems "bad boy" Marlon Brando's tough biker in the cult flick The Wild One (1953) put Mary Murphy at the head of the acting class for one brief shining moment. In others, she proved a lovely distraction amid the male action surrounding her and also, given the right material, displayed obvious talent in both Grade "A" and "B" drama as the feminine co-star or second lead.
The beautiful blue-eyed brunet stunner was born on January 26, 1931, in Washington D.C. but quickly moved with her family six months later to Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, James, a businessman, died there in 1940, and her mother eventually moved Mary and her two brothers and sister (she was the youngest of the four) West to Southern California where Mary went on to attend University High School in the Los Angeles area, graduating in 1949. A one-time employee of Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, the fresh-faced beauty was "discovered" at
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