Brittany Murphy Death Photo

Murphy's work on "Wicked" came on the heels of another picture, a thriller called "Abandoned," and she would follow it up this fall with a lead part in "The Caller," the now-infamous Puerto Rico-based set where she turned up to work on the thriller but eventually parted ways with filmmakers last month, amid reports she was fired. She was also preparing to shoot a romantic comedy called "Shrinking Charlotte" in early 2010; that film may not go forward without her.