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Brittany Murphy Photos Before and After Fame: Critics Compare
There is still no Brittany Murphy autopsy photo, even though people continue to search for one, but there have been photos from Brittany's last movie, Abandoned, released and critics are comparing them to 'before photos' of when she was not famous.
There has been no definite cause of death for Brittany Murphy, but many people continue to speculate that the actress was dogged with eating disorders and drug use that may have led to her death.
She does look different in this still from Abandoned to some of her previous roles, but it could just be that she was growing and changing or adapting her look for the role.
Her director from Abandoned says he doesn't believe the rumors:
"It hurts me to hear all this salacious stuff because my experience with Brittany was really one of my best experiences with an actress," director Michael Feifer told People.com.
A colleague who worked with Brittany on a movie set had a different point of view however:
"She looked ill, as much as 10 pounds underweight, and she's a small person to begin with," Scott Chambers reportedly told the Los Angeles Times. "She easily could have made an excuse not to come to work, but she didn't. She said, 'I've got to get better, but I want to do this part.' "
When Brittany Murphy started her career in Clueless, she was almost unrecognizable to the photo from Abandoned above.
In 2006 she appeared to be healthy and happy as she posed for an event in a flowing purple dress. There were times though when she appeared to be much skinner than she probably should be, and her look often changed quite dramatically. Here she is pictured with blonde hair and looking pretty skinny again.
In 2008 she was photographed looking happy, but in one of her final red carpet appearances, many said that Brittany looked much too thin.
There is no concrete proof at this time however that she was suffering from any kind of drug use or eating disorder.



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at 21:08 on December 23rd, 2009
OMG I can't believe she is gone, I loved her in "Clueless and Up town girl".she was mazing to watch, such elegant beauty...She was a great actress...She was also great in "8 Mile"... She will be missed... But you know what they say..It happens in 3's...So mark my words there will be 2 more, in the next few weeks.... R.I.P Britney...
at 08:17 on January 20th, 2010
I watched just married the other day and it reminded me of what a great actress she is x R.I.P Brit if you see my grandparents in heaven they will want your autograph xx