Entertainment | Marlon Brando Wholesome Girl From The Wild One Dies Actress Mary Murphy has died of heart disease at age 80 By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted May 16, 2011 11:22 AM CDT Copied Actress Mary Murphy, left, was best known for playing the wholesome small-town girl opposite Marlon Brando, right, in "The Wild One." ("The Wild One," 1953 Columbia Pictures) Actress Mary Murphy has died of heart disease at 80; passed away May 4 at her Beverly Hills home. Murphy was discovered in a coffee shop and landed her best-known role as the small-town, wholesome girl opposite Marlon Brando in The Wild One, in which she played an innocent girl in a town terrorized by a biker gang led by Brando. Murphy was a package wrapper at Saks Fifth Avenue on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills when she was discovered in a nearby coffee shop by a Paramount Pictures talent scout. Murphy had several roles in 1950s films, including The Desperate Hours, Beachhead, A Man Alone, Sitting Bull, and The Mad Magician. Read These Next Sienna proves herself to be a very, very good dog. Three hikers jumped into a waterfall and never resurfaced. Millions of student loan borrowers could see their paychecks docked. Runner to attempt what was once thought impossible. Report an error