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Maureen Murphy (comedian)

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Maureen Murphy, also known as Mauro Murphy,[1] was an Australian comedian, actress, and celebrity who enjoyed some popularity in the United States during the 1980s, where she made several appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . She also appeared on HBO, An Evening at the Improv and on Dom DeLuise's television show.[2][3][4] In later years she worked on a film project directed and written by her mother Gladys Florence[5] eventually released in 2018 as Caravaggio and My Mother the Pope.[6][1]

References

  1. ^ a b Maureen Murphy IMDB biography page
  2. ^ Television; Of Special Interest 25 November 1980 Page C19 New York Times (subscription required)
  3. ^ Maureen Murphy The Comics Comic
  4. ^ Lawrence Christon MURPHY IS DEMURE AND DIVERSE The Comedy Column 20 September 1981 Page: K57 Los Angeles Times
  5. ^ "Life as performance art for a family not bound by typical assumptions". Los Angeles Times. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ Caravaggio and My Mother the Pope at IMDb